19.10.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL289/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3056/91
of18October1991
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1720/91(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2754/78(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2203/90(4),providesthatoliveoilheldbythe
interventionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1(2)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No629/86(%theSpanishintervention
agencyholdsinstocklargequantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85Q,laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberof
operatorswithaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediate
needs,itshouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonly
submittendersforamaximumquantity;
Whereasspecialtimelimitsshouldbelaiddownfor
withdrawaloftheoliveoiltoexpediteitsplacingonthe
market;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,—500tonnesofextravirginoliveoil,
—4000tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—4000tonnesofordinaryoliveoil,
—6500tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wherethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon24October
1991.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on
11November1991.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisenteredinthatstatus
asat31December1990inapublicregisterofaMember
State.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof500tonnes.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta47,94foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,
—above3°upto5°acidity,
reductionofPta47,94foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,
—above5°acidity,
additionalreductionofPta52,43foreachtenthofa
degreeabove5°.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:
(■)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL162,26.6.1991,p.27.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.5.
4OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.
0OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
f)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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ArticleJ
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,Senpashallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.Article8
Theproductshallbewithdrawnnotlaterthan30
December1991.
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbePta3000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned.
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbySenpanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthe
decisionreferredtoinArticle6.
Senpashallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18October1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission