4.6.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL140/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1492/91
of31May1991
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3577/90(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2754/78(3),amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2203/90(4),
providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinterventionagencies
shallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1(2)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No629/86(*),theSpanishintervention
agencyholdsinstocklargequantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2960/77(6),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85f),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovide .thegreatestpossiblenumberof
operatorswithaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediate
needs,itshouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonly
submittendersforamaximumquantity;
Whereasspecialtimelimitsshouldbelaiddownfor
withdrawaloftheoliveoiltoexpediteitsplacingonthe
market;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:—200tonnesofextravirginoliveoil,
—1300tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—1500tonnesofordinaryoliveoil,
—2000tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wherethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon6June
1991.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
ArticleJ
ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on
20June1991.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisenteredinthatstatus
asat31December1990inapublicregisterofaMember
State.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof500tonnes.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta48,62foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,
—above3°upto5°acidity,
reductionofPta48,62foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,
—above5°acidity,
additionalreductionofPta53,17foreachtenthofa
degreeabove5°.(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
f)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.5.0OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.
(6)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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Senpashallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbePta3000per100kilograms.Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,Senpashallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38of.RegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbySenpanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthe
decisionreferredtoinArticle6.Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission