NoL225/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.8.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2377/89
of2August1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheItalian
interventionagency
'AIMA,shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarket
ofthefollowingquantityofoliveoil:approximately 1
8000tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon1
September1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,viaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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(I)ofRegulation(EEC)
No136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencyholds
certainquantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(*),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinolive
oilswheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandandin
ordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberofoperators
withaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediateneeds,it
shouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonlysubmit
tendersforamaximumquantity;whereasinorderto
avoidanymisuseofthisprovisionandthereforepreventa
limitednumberofoperatorsfrommonopolizing the
quantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbestipulatedthatonly
recognizedoperatorsmaysubmittendersinresponseto
thisinvitation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,Article3
ThetendersmustreachAIMAatthecentraloffice,via
Palestro81,Rome,Italynotlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)
on12September1989.
Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmittedbyanatural
orlegalpersonwhoexercisesanactivityintheoliveoil
sectorandisenteredinthatstatusasat31December
1988inapublicregisterofaMemberState.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof1500tonnes.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article4
1.Tendersshallbesubmittedforanoilof5°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto5°acidity:
increaseofLit528,6foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow5°,
—above5°upto8°acidity:
reductionofLit528,6foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove5°,
—above8°:Article1
TheItalianinterventionagency,AziendadiStatopergli
interventinelmercatoagricolo',hereinafterreferredtoas
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.additionalreductionofLit578,2foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°. 0OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeLit30000per100kilograms.
Article9Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMAshallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttendersreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbefixed,inaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,onthebasisofthetendersreceived,not
laterthanthelastworkingdayofthemonthduring
whichthetendersweresubmitted.Thedecisionfixingthe
minimumsellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtothe
MemberStateconcerned .
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthanthe
seventhdayofeachmonthfollowingthatduringwhich
thetendersweresubmitted.ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeLit4000per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission