Commission Regulation (EC) No 2599/2001 of 28 December 2001 on the sale of Community olive oil residues held by the Spanish, Greek and Italian intervention agencies
Date: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, Spain, award of contract, intervention agency, olive oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2599/2001

of 28 December 2001

on the sale of Community olive oil residues held by the Spanish, Greek and Italian intervention
agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the management
Committee foir Oils and Fats,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20
July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the estab-
lishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and
fats (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001 (2), and
in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the

intervention arrangements, prior

to 1
Under
November 1998, sales by tender of olive oil were carried
out by the Spanish, Greek and Italian intervention agen-
cies. Those arrangements were repealed by Regulation
(EC) No 1638/98 with effect from 1 November 1998. A
quantity of vat bottom residues are still held in stock by
those intervention agencies. These residues contain a
considerable percentage of oil. To ensure a smooth tran-
sition from the intervention arrangements to the present
situation in which those arrangements no longer exist,
the sale of the olive oil bought in by the intervention
agencies under the arrangements now repealed and still
held in stock should be authorised.

Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 of
23 November 1978 on intervention in the olive oil
sector (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/
90 (4), provides that Community olive oil held by the
intervention agencies is to be put up for sale by tender
except when particular conditions necessitate recourse to
other procedures.

For commercial reasons based chiefly on the fact that
there is no well-defined market or price system for the
product in question, it is not possible to use the sale by
tender procedure. The Spanish, Greek and Italian inter-
vention agencies should therefore sell the product at the
best price they can obtain whilst ensuring that Article
2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 is complied with.
A second sale may be envisaged if the product remains
totally or partly unsold after the first sale.

1.
The Spanish intervention agency ‘Fondo Español de
Garantía Agraria’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘FEGA’, the Greek
intervention agency ‘Οργανισµός και Ελέγχου Κοινοτικών Ενισχύ-
σεων Προσανατολισµού και Εγγυήσεων’ (hereinafter referred to as
‘Opekepe’) and the Italian intervention agency ‘Agenzia per le
Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘AGEA’),
shall sell on the Community market at the best price they can
obtain, whilst ensuring that Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2754/78 is complied with, 22,6 tonnes, 1 375 tonnes and 27,1
tonnes respectively of the vat bottom residues of Community
olive oil which they hold as a result of intervention on the
Community olive oil market.

The notices of sale shall be displayed by the national

2.
intervention agencies at their respective offices;

— FEGA — Calle Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid,

— Opekeke — Acharnon 241, GR-11253 Athens,

— AGEA — via Palestro 81, I-00185 Rome,

at least 10 days before the date set for the sale.

3.
Sale of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
effected on 31 January 2002. Where that sale does not enable
all the quantities referred to in paragraph 1 to be disposed of, a
second sale may be organised on 28 February 2002.

Delivery of the product sold shall take place before 15
4.
March 2002. For the second sale, delivery shall take place
before 15 April 2002.

The agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform the
5.
Commission as soon as possible of the outcome of the sales.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 331, 28.11.1978, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 201, 31.7.1990, p. 5.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission