NoL225/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.8.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2376/89
of2August1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoRegulationNo136/66/EECofthe
Councilof22September1966ontheestablishmentofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1225/89(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2754/78(3),providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinterven­
tionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1(2)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No629/86(4),theSpanishinterventionagency
holdsinstocklargequantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(*),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberofopera­
torswithaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediateneeds,it
shouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonlysubmit
tendersforamaximumquantity;whereasinorderto
avoidanymisuseofthisprovisionandthereforepreventa
limitednumberofoperatorsfrommonopolizing the
quantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbestipulatedthatonly
recognizedoperatorsmaysubmittendersinresponseto
thisinvitation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,—2000tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—10000tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wfcerethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon1
September1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on
12September1989.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisenteredinthatstatus
asat31December1988inapublicregisterofaMember
State.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof500tonnesforvirginoliveoiland
1500tonnesforlampantevirginoliveoil.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,
—above3°upto8°acidity:
reductionofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,
—above8°:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.f)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.0OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.nOJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
f6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.additionalreductionofPta53,98foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°.

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Senpashallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbePta3000per100kilograms.Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,Senpashallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbySenpanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthedeci­
sionreferredtoinArticle6.Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission