NATIONAL PRODUCTION FELL SHORT OF DEMAND .
39 PROVISION WAS MADE FOR THIS REDUCTION BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE WHOLE OF THE 'SOVRAPREZZO' TOGETHER WITH THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS WOULD HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPORT COMMUNITY SUGAR INTO ITALY, SINCE FOREIGN SUPPLIERS COULD NOT HAVE OFFERED THEIR PRODUCTS AT A PRICE HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM PRICE FIXED BY THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES, WHICH ACCORDING TO CIP WOULD HAVE BEEN 'CONTRARY TO THE OBJECTIVES WHICH WERE PURSUED '.
40 THE SAID ORDERS PROVIDED FOR THE ORGANIZATION BY CCZ OF PUBLIC INVITATIONS TO TENDER OPEN TO ALL OPERATORS WISHING TO IMPORT AT LEAST 1 000 METRIC TONS OF COMMUNITY SUGAR, AND COVERING THE AMOUNT OF THE REDUCED 'SOVRAPREZZO' WHICH THE PERSONS CONCERNED WERE PREPARED TO PAY, PROVIDED THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNTS WHICH MIGHT BE AWARDED AND THEREFORE BENEFIT FROM A REDUCED 'SOVRAPREZZO' WERE NOT TO EXCEED THE CEILING FIXED ON EACH OCCASION BY CIP .
41 SINCE THE PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH THIS SYSTEM IS BASED IS THE INTENTION OF THE ITALIAN ADMINISTRATION TO OBTAIN FROM SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF THE 'SOVRAPREZZO' HAVING DUE REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM PRICES, CCZ WAS GIVEN THE POWER TO FIX SECRETLY THE PROPORTION OF THE 'SOVRAPREZZO' WHICH IT CONSIDERED TO BE ADEQUATE (' PREZZO CONGRUO ') AND AWARD IMPORT QUOTAS ACCORDING TO THE QUANTITY AND AMOUNT OF THE 'SOVRAPREZZO' OFFERED BY THE APPLICANTS .
42 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING THAT IMPORTS ARE EFFECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS THE PERSONS CONCERNED MUST GIVE SECURITY OF A RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNT UNDER THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS WHICH PROVIDE THAT THE WHOLE OF THE 'SOVRAPREZZO' MUST BE PAID IF THE SAID CONDITIONS ARE NOT FULFILLED .
43 SINCE 'ALL COMMERCIAL OPERATORS CANNOT HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WHICH ENABLES THEM TO TAKE PART IN OPEN TENDERS', CIP AUTHORIZED CCZ TO ALLOW NOT MORE THAN 1 000 METRIC TONS TO BE IMPORTED OUTSIDE THE INVITATIONS TO TENDER AND IN CONSIDERATION OF A REDUCED 'SOVRAPREZZO', PROVIDED THAT, IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR WHICH APPLICATIONS WERE MADE IN THIS WAY EXCEEDED 10 000 METRIC TONS, THE QUANTITIES FOR WHICH EACH APPLICANT APPLIED WERE REDUCED IN PROPORTION .
44 ORDER ISSUED AT A LATER DATE STATED THAT THE AMOUNTS IMPORTED OUTSIDE THE INVITATIONS TO TENDER WERE TO BE RESERVED FOR INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS AND WERE NOT TO EXCEED IN THE AGGREGATE 20 PER CENT - LATER 25 PER CENT - OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FIXED FOR EACH INVITATION TO TENDER .
45 THE CLEAR OBJECTIVE OF THE INVITATIONS TO TENDER AND IMPORTS OUTSIDE THESE INVITATIONS TO TENDER WAS ONLY TO PERMIT THE QUANTITY OF SUGAR TO BE IMPORTED WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MAKE GOOD THE AMOUNT BY WHICH NATIONAL PRODUCTION FELL SHORT OF DEMAND .
46 AFTER HAVING ABOLISHED THE SYSTEM OF MAXIMUM CONSUMER PRICES IN FORCE BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES 'IN ORDER TO SHIELD ITALIAN CONSUMERS FROM INCREASES WHICH ARE NOT DUE TO VARIATIONS OF COMMUNITY PRICES' ISSUED IN 1969, ORDER NO 1236, WHICH IN