7.6.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL154/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1571/89
of6June1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheItalian
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoRegulation(EEC)No136/66/EECof
theCouncilof22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1225/89(2),andinparticularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2754/78(3),providesthatoliveoilheldbythe
interventionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencyholds
certainquantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(5),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinolive
oilswheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandandin
ordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberofoperators
withaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediateneeds,in
shouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonlysubmit
tendersforamaximumquantity;whereasinorderto
avoidanymisuseofthisprovisionandthereforepreventa
limitednumberofoperatorsfrommonopolizing the
quantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbestipulatedthatonly
recognizedoperatorsmaysubmittendersinresponseto
thisinvitation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,'AIMA,shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarket
ofthefollowingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—approximately 1000tonnesofordinaryvirginolive
oil,
—approximately 10000tonnesoflampantevirginolive
oil,
—approximately 1000tonnesofolive-pomace oil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon12June
1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedispayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,viaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachAIMAatthecentraloffice,via
Palestro81,Rome,Italynotlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)
on22June1989.
Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmittedbyanatural
orlegalpersonwhoexercisesanactivityintheoliveoil
sectorandisenteredinthatstatusasat31December
1988inapublicregisterofaMemberState.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof1500tonnes,forlampantevirgin
oliveoil,and500tonnesforolive-pomace oil.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tendersshall
besubmittedforanoilof5°acidity.
Withregardtoolive-pomace oil,tendersshallbe
submittedforanoilof10"acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeofacidity
fromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,thepriceto
bepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,increasedor
reducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
A.Lampantevirginoliveoil:
—upto5°acidity:
increaseofLit528,6foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow5°,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION •
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagency,'AziendadiStatopergli
interventi'nelmercatoagricolo',hereinafterreferredtoas
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.
(J)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

NoL154/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7,6.89
No136/66/EEC,onthebasisofthetendersreceived,not
laterthanthelastworkingdayofthemonthduring
whichthetendersweresubmitted.Thedecisionfixingthe
minimumsellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtothe
MemberStateconcerned.
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthanthe
seventhdayofeachmonthfollowingthatduringwhich
thetendersweresubmitted.—above5Qupto8acidty:
reductionofLit528,6foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove5°,
—above8°:
additionalreductionofLit578,2foreachtenthof
adegreeabove8°.
B.Olive-pomace oil:
—below10°downto8°acidity:
anincreaseofLit350foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow10°,
—below8°:
anadditionalincreaseofLit300foreachtenthof
adegreebelow8°,
—above10°:
areductionofLit350foreachtenthofadegree
above10°.
Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMAshallsend
theCommission alist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttendersreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbefixed,inaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulationArticle8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeLit30000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeLit4000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6June1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission