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Language: en
Date: 1982-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 October 1982 on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 299/40                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 10 . 82
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 20 October 1982
                  on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Italian intervention agency
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                        (82/724/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               1 . The Italian intervention agency (Azienda di Stato
                                                                  per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo), hereinafter
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC                called 'AIMA', shall sell for the best price it can
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                    obtain , a quantity of approximately 258 tonnes of vat
common organization of the market in oils and fats (! ),          bottom residues which it is holding as a result of its
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),               purchases on the olive oil market during the 1975/76,
and in particular Article 12 thereof,                             1976/77 and 1977/78 marketing years .
Whereas during the marketing years 1977/78, 1978/ 79,             2. The notice of sale shall be displayed by AIMA at
 1979/80 and 1980/81 approximately 110 000 tonnes of              its head office at Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, for at
olive oil of all qualities held by the Italian intervention       least 10 days before the date set for the sale.
agency were sold by tender ; whereas following these              3 . Sale of the product referred to in paragraph 1
sales the intervention agency still holds in stock a              shall be effected before 10 November 1982. Delivery
quantity of vat bottom residues ; whereas these resi­             of the product sold must take place before 30
dues contain a considerable percentage of oil ; whereas           November 1982 .
correct management of the intervention agency's
purchases of olive oil requires that these residues               AIMA shall inform the Commission as soon as
should therefore be sold ;                                        possible of the outcome of the sale .
Whereas, for commercial reasons based chiefly on the                                      Article 2
fact that there is no well-defined market or price
system for the product in question, it is not advisable           This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
to use the sale by tender procedure previously adopted
for the olive oil ; whereas the intervention agency
should therefore sell the product for the best price it           Done at Brussels, 20 October 1982.
can obtain ;
                                                                                            For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                             Poul DALSAGER
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66 .
(2 OJ No L 162, 12. 6 . 1982, p . 6.