NoL269/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2971/88
of28September1988
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheItalian
interventionagency
Unsoldquantitiesfromthefirsttenderwillbeputonsale
atthefollowingtender. .
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon30
September1988.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedispayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,viaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
136/66/EECof22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommon"organizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2210/88(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(*),laid
downtheconditionsforthesale.bytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas •
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;Article3
ThefirstseriesoftendersmustreachAIMAatthecentral
office,viaPalestro81,Rome,Italynotlaterthan2p.m.
(localtime)on10October1988.
Thenextseriesoftendersmustbelodgedby2p.m.(local
time)on25October1988.
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article4
1.Withregardtovirginlampanteoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof5°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto5°acidity:
increaseofLit5162foreachdegreeorfractionof
degreeofaciditybelow5°,
—above5°upto8°acidity:
reductionofLit5162foreachdegreeorfractionof
degreeofacidityabove5°,
—above89:
additionedreductionofLit5646foreachdegreeor
fractionofdegreeabove8°.Article1
TheItalianinterventionagency,'AziendadiStatopergli
interventinelmercatoagricolo',hereinafterreferredtoas
'AIMA',shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarket
ofthefollowingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—approximately 10000tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—approximately 8000tonnesofvirginlampanteolive
oil.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.1.Article5
Notlaterthantwodaysaftertheexpiryofeachtimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMAshallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
{")OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
0OJNoL368,31.12.-1985,p.20.

29.9.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL269/19
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulation (EEC)No.136/66/EEC,onthe
basisofthetendersreceived,notlaterthanthetenth
workingdayaftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddown
forthesubmissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingthe
minimumsellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtothe
MemberStateconcerned .AIMAshallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeLit30000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77'shallbeLit4000per100kilograms.'
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthe
decisionreferredtoinArticle6.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President