25.5.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL141/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1416/89
of24May1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoRegulationNo136/66/EECofthe
Councilof22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1225/89(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2754/78(3),providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinterven­
tionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1(2)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No629/86(4),theSpanishinterventionagency
holdsinstocklargequantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(6),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketin
lampantevirginoliveoilswheresupplyislowcompared
withdemandandinordertoprovidethegreatestpossible
numberofoperatorswithaminimumsupplyfortheir
immediateneeds,itshouldbestipulatedthateach
operatormayonlysubmittendersforamaximumquan­
tity;whereasinordertoavoidanymisuseofthisprovi­
sionandthereforepreventalimitednumberofoperators
frommonopolizing thequantitiesputupforsale,it
shouldbestipulatedthatonlyrecognizedoperatorsmay
submittendersinresponsetothisinvitation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—2500tonnesofordinaryvirginoliveoil,
—12500tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wherethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon25May
1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia ,8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia ,8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on
8June1989.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisregisteredasat31
December 1988inapublicregisterofaMemberState.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof1500tonnes.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirgnoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,
—above3°upto8°acidity:
reductionofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,
—above8°:
additionalreductionofPta53,98foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.0OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(«)OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.0OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
(s)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,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
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .
Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbySenpanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthedeci­
sionreferredtoinArticle6.Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24May1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission