CELEX: 31993R3044
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3044/93 of 3 November 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 272/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  4. 11 . 93
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3044/93
                                                           of 3 November 1993
                    opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                           intervention agency
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            — approximately 7 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
                                                                         — approximately 6 600 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      oil,
  Community,                                                             — approximately 2 300 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
                                                                             oil.
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC) of
  22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
                                                                                                  Article 2
  organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
  amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in
                                                                        The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
  particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                     9 November 1993 .
  Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                          Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
  No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                         places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
  No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­            central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome.
  vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                        A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
  Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation                    without delay to the Commission.
  No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds
  certain quantities of olive oil ;                                                               Article 3
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                   The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via
  as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid              Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome not later than 2 p.m. (local
  down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                     time) on 15 November 1993.
  Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas                Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
  the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable         or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
  for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
                                                                        1992 in a public register of a Member State.
 Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­
  drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the
                                                                                                  Article 4
 market ;
                                                                        1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are               shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Oils and Fats,                                           2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                        acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                        price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                        increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          — up to 3° acidity :
                                                                            increase of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                            acidity below 3°
                               Article 1
                                                                        — above 3° up to 5° acidity :
                                                                            reduction of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
 The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli                 acidity above 3°
 interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as
 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance              — above 5° acidity :
with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation                    additional reduction of ECU 0,35 for each tenth of a
(EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market                       degree of acidity above 5° .
 of the following quantities of olive oil :
                                                                                                 Article 5
(■) OJ   No  172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No  L 215, 30.   7. 1992, p. 1 .                               Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
(3) OJ   No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                          laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send
(4) OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ   No  L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                             the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
(6) OJ   No  L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20 .                            the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
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                          Article 6                                                      Article 8
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall        The    product shall    be withdrawn      not later than
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in          15 December 1993 .
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the           No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms.
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member                                  Article 9
State concerned .
                                                                The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
                          Article 7                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­                           Article 10
sion referred to in Article 6 .
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
with a list of the lots remaining unsold .                      European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 3 November 1993.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Rene STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission