NoL348/54 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.12.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2963/77
of23December 1977
onthesaleforexportofoliveoilheldbytheItalianinterventionagency
called'AIMA,shallputupforsalebytenderfor
export:
—1000tonnesofextravirginoliveoil,
—1500tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil,
outoftheinterventionpurchasesmadeduringthe
1975/76oliveoilmarketingyear,inaccordancewith
theprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77.
2.Thequantitiesawardedmustbeexported:
—forextravirginoliveoil,afterpackaging,in
immediate containers withamaximum net
contentoffivekilograms ;
—forlampantevirginoliveoil,afterrefiningand
packaging,inimmediatecontainerswitha
maximumnetcontentoffivekilograms .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketinoilsand
fats(j),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle11(5)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle11(1)ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencybought
inlargequantitiesofoliveoilduringthe1975/76
marketingyear;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2960/77
of23December1977ondetailedrulesforthesaleof
oliveoilheldbyinterventionagencies(3),laiddown
theconditionsforthesalebytenderofoliveoilon
theCommunitymarketandforexport;whereasthe
existenceofatraditionalmarketinoliveoilisfavou­
rablefortheresalethereonoftheoilinquestion;
whereastheoliveoilshouldthereforebeputupfor
salebytenderforexport;
WhereasunderRegulation (EEC)No2960/77theoil
exporteddoesnotqualifyfortheexportrefund;
whereastheminimumpriceforawardsmusttherefore
befixedonthebasisoftheworldprice;
Whereastheoilexportedunderthisproceduremust
notinterferewithtraditionalexports;whereasthe
samerequirements regardingmarketpreparation
shouldthereforebelaiddownforexportsofthequan­
titiesawardedasforexportsofoilinreceiptofthe
refund;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,Article2
Theinvitationstotendershallbemadepublicon18
January1975.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandthe
placewheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,ViaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.
Article3
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article4
TendersshallreachAIMA,ViaPalestro81,Rome,
Italy,notlaterthan2p.m.(Italiantime)on23
January1978.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheItalianinterventionagency,AziendadiStato
pergliinterventinelmercatoagricolo,hereinafterArticle5
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAon24January
1978.
AIMAshallforwardtothestorageagenciesthelistof
lotsnotawarded .(MOJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
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Article6
ThesecurityfortenderprovidedforinArticle8of
Regulation(EEC)No2960/77shallbeeightunitsof
accountper100kilogramsofoliveoil.
ThesecurityprovidedforinArticle12(3)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2960/77shallbe60unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsofoliveoil.Article7
ThestorageallowanceshallbeLit1000per100kilo­
grams.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
MinimumsellingpriceofoliveoilheldbytheItalianinterventionagency
1.1°extravirginoliveoil:Lit102000per100kilograms,
2.5°lampantevirginoliveoil:Lit78200per100kilograms .
Inthecaseoflampantevirginoliveoilwithadifferentdegreeofacidity,thereshallbeaddedor
deducted,asthecasemaybe,Lit1000per100kilogramsforeachdegreeofacidityorfraction
thereofbeloworabove5°.