18.2,89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL46/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No407/89
of17February1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbythePortuguese
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoRegulationNo136/66/EECofthe
Councilof22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2210/88(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2754/78(3)providesthatoliveoilheldbytheintervention
agenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,thePortugueseinterventionagencyholds
certainquantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/850,laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketin
lampantvirginoliveoliswheresupplyislowcompared
withdemandandinordertoprovidethegreatestpossible
numberofoperatorswithaminimumsupplyfortheir
immediateneeds,itshouldbestipulatedthateach
operatormayonlysubmittendersforamaximumquan­
tity;whereasinordertoavoidanymisuseofthisprovi­
sionandthereforepreventalimitednumberofoperators
frommonopolizing thequantitiesputupforsale,it
shouldbestipulatedthatonlyrecognizedoperatorsmay
submittendersinresponsetothisinvitation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,dancewiththeprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunity
marketofthefollowingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—500tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—500tonnesofordinaryvirginoliveoil,
—500tonnesoflampantvirginoliveoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon23
February1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofIroma,RuaPadreAntonioVieiran?1,
Lisbon,Portugal.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachtheIroma,atthecentraloffice,
RuaPadreAntonioVieiran?1,Lisbon,Portugalnotlater
than2p.m.(localtime)on9March1989.
Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmittedbyanatural
orlegalpersonwhoexercisesanactivityintheoliveoil
sectorandisregisteredasat31December1988ina
publicregisterofaMemberState.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof150tonnes.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantvirginoliveoil,tendersshall
besubmittedforanoilof5°acidity.1
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
lampantvirginoliveoil:
—upto5°acidity;
increaseofEsc60,16foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow5°,
—above5°upto8°acidity:
reductionofEsc60,16foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove5°,
—above8°:
additionalreductionofEsc65,8foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThePortugueseinterventionagency,'InstituteRegulador
eOrientadordeMercadosAgrícolas',hereinafterreferred
toas'Iroma',shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccor
(1)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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Iromashallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeEsc3340per100kilograms.Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,Iromashallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .
Article7 s
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyIromanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthedeci­
sionreferredtoinArticle6.Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeEsc430per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17February1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission