EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 6. 98 L 171/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1246/98
of 16 June 1998
on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a commonorganisation of the market in oils and fats (
1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in
particular Article 12(2) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/
78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4),
provides that olive oil held by the intervention agencies isto be put up for sale by invitation to tender except whereparticular conditions call for other procedures;
Whereas Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 2960/77 (
5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3818/85 (6), provides that intervention agencies may not
sell the olive oil which they hold until a regulation to thateffect has been adopted in accordance with the procedureprovided for in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas, following sales of olive oil by invitation to
tender organised by the Italian intervention agency, thelatter still holds a stock of vat bottom residues; whereasthose residues contain oil in varying percentages; whereassound management of the olive oil bought in by theintervention agency demands that those residues shouldbe put up for sale;
Whereas, for commercial reasons based chiefly on the fact
that there is no well-defined market or price system forthe product in question, the system of sale by invitationto tender previously applied for olive oil is ruled out;whereas the Italian intervention agency should thereforesell the product at the best price it can obtain;Whereas the product in question could not be sold under
Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/98 (
7) because of the
low level of offers received; whereas the residues musttherefore be put on sale again;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The Italian intervention agency Azienda di Stato per
gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter referred toas ‘AIMA', shall sell at the best price it can obtain on theCommunity market approximately 720 tonnes of the vatbottom residues it holds from olive oil bought in.
2. The notice of sale shall be displayed by AIMA at its
head office at Via Palestro 81, 00185 Rome, Italy, at least10 days before the date set for the sale.
3. The product referred to in paragraph 1 must be sold
before 15 July 1998. The product sold must be deliveredbefore 30 September 1998.
4. AIMA shall inform the Commission as soon as
possible of the outcome of the sale.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 16 June 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 331, 28. 11. 1978, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
(6) OJ L 368, 31. 12. 1985, p. 20. (7) OJ L 103, 3. 4. 1998, p. 17.