2001/377/EC: Commission Decision of 6 April 2001 fixing the maximum amount of aid granted for the private storage of olive oil under the second partial invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EC) No 327/2001 (notified under document number C(2001) 847)
Date: 2001-04-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Greece, Spain, award of contract, olive oil, private stock

L 132/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.5.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 April 2001

fixing the maximum amount of aid granted for the private storage of olive oil under the second
partial invitation to tender provided for by Regulation (EC) No 327/2001

(notified under document number C(2001) 847)

(Only the Spanish and Greek texts are authentic)

(2001/377/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22
September 1966 on the establishment of a common organ-
isation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2), and in particular Article
12a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
327/2001 of 16 February 2001 authorising the conclu-
sion of private storage contracts for olive oil and
opening an invitation to tender for a limited period for
aid relating thereto (3), the bodies referred to in Article 1
of that Regulation are authorised to conclude contracts
for the private storage of virgin and extra virgin olive oil
they market.

An invitation to tender has been opened for a limited
period. Four consecutive partial invitations to tender are
to be opened from 1 March 2001. The first partial
invitation to tender was restricted to producer groups or
associations of such groups as referred to in the second
sentence of the first paragraph of Article 12a of Regula-
tion No 136/66/EEC. The following three partial invita-
tions to tender are open to all approved operators
referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2768/
98 (4).

Article 12a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for
the granting of aid for the implementation of storage
contracts. On the basis of
the tenders submitted in
response to the second partial invitation to tender and
with a view to making a significant contribution to

regulating the market, the amount of that aid should be
fixed.

(4)

(5)

No tenders were received in Greece in response to the
second partial

invitation to tender.

The measure provided for in this Decision is in accord-
ance with the opinion of the Management Committee
for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

invitation to tender provided for by
For the second partial
the maximum
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 327/2001,
amount of the aid referred to in Article 12a of Regulation No
136/66/EEC shall be as follows:

Virgin or extra virgin olive oil:

in Spain:

in Greece:

1,22 EUR/1 000 kg,

—

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain and the
Hellenic Republic.

Done at Brussels, 6 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 48, 17.2.2001, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 14.