CELEX: 31985R2293
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2293/85 of 9 August 1985 on the sale by standing invitation to tender and direct-award procedure of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

10 . 8 . 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 213/33
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2293/85
                                                     of 9 August 1985
               on the sale by standing invitation to tender and direct-award procedure of olive
                                       oil held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                        Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachiriseos
                                                                 Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                as 'Ydagep', shall open a standing invitation to tender
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),          and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /85 (2),              the Community market of approximately 2 300 tonnes
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                        of virgin lampante olive oil out of intervention
                                                                 purchases.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Unsold quantities from the first tender will be put on
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive             sale at the following tender.
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up
for sale by tender or, in particular circumstances, by
other procedures ;                                                                      Article 2
                                                                 The invitation to tender shall be published on 10
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No            August 1985. Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has, since             sale and of the places they are stored shall be
the 1980/81 marketing year, bought in large quantities           displayed at the central office of Ydagep, 5 Acharnon
of olive oil ;                                                   Street, Athens, Greece.
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No              without delay to the Commission .
 1922/85 (*), laid down the conditions for the sale by
tender on the Community market and for export of
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Greek market in                                    Article 3
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of the said
oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular supply of      The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5
the market, the sale should be effected by means of a            Acharnon Street, Athens, Greece, not later than 2 p.m .
standing invitation to tender for virgin lampante olive          (local time) on 24 September 1985.
oil ;
                                                                 The next series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m.
                                                                 on 23 October 1985 .
Whereas, however, for commercial reasons it is not
advisable to use the sale by tender, procedure for olive
oil of other quality, available only in small amounts ;                                 Article 4
whereas the intervention agency should therefore sell
the product for the best price it can obtain and to              1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
avoid any risk of its return into intervention ;                 shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
                                                                 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                 the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
                                                                 tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
                                                                 scale below :
(') OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.                          — up to 5° acidity :
(3) OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.                           increase of Dr 290 for each degree or fraction of
(<) OJ   No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
0   OJ   No L 180, 12. 7. 1985, p. 26.                               degree of acidity below 5° ;
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— above 5 up to 8 acidity :                                                            Article 9
    reduction of Dr 290 for each degree or fraction of
    degree of acidity above 5° ;                              The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
— above 8° :                                                   tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 200 per 100 kilo­
                                                              grams.
    additional reduction of Dr 317 for each degree or
    fraction of degree above 8° .
                                                                                      Article 10
                        Article 5
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time        1.    Ydagep shall sell for the best price it can obtain.
                                                                              i
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep         — approximately 1 0 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot       — approximately 68 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
put up for sale.                                              — approximately 87 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                   oil,
                        Article 6
                                                              — approximately 16 tonnes of olive residue oil,
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis        which it is holding as a result of its purchases on the
of the tenders received, not later than the last working      olive oil market until the 1984/85 marketing year.
day of the month during which the tenders were
submitted and in accordance with the procedure set            The sale price must be such that the products in ques­
out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The            tion cannot be offered a second time into intervention
decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be            for profit.
notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.
                                                              2.     The notice of sale shall be displayed by Ydagep
                       Article 7                              at its head office at Acharnon 2, Athens, Greece, for at
                                                              least 10 days before the date set for the sale.
The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than
the seventh day of each month following that during           3 . Sale of the product referred to in paragraph 1
which the tenders were submitted. Ydagep shall                shall be effected before 31 October 1985. Delivery of
supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list       the product sold must take place before 30 December
of the lots remaining unsold.                                 1985 .
A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
remaining unsold from the previous invitations to             Ydagep shall inform the Commission as soon as
tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep        possible of the outcome of the sale.
not later than the seventh day of each month.
                                                                                      Article 11
                       Article 8
The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 2 050 per 100 kilo­              publication in the Official Journal of the European
grams.                                                        Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 9 August 1985.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President