CELEX: 31993R2576
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2576/93 of 20 September 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

21 . 9. 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 236/3
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2576/93
                                                      of 20 September 1993
                 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          ting year ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to specify
                                                                     the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the case of this invitation to tender ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                 Committee for Oils and Fats,
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                                                  Article 1
No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­           The Spanish intervention agency, 'Servicio Nacional de
vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa' shall
                                                                     open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provi­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)             sions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC)
No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds                 No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the
certain quantities of olive oil ;                                    following quantities of olive oil :
                                                                    — approximateley 6 500 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                      oil,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid            — approximately 3 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                        oil.
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable        By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                              (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil
                                                                     in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to esta­
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin            blish several lots with part only of that oil.
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­                                     Article 2
tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit
tenders for a maximum quantity ;                                    The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
                                                                    24 September 1993.
Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­           Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the              places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
market ;                                                            central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , Madrid
                                                                    28004, Spain.
Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for deter­            A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
mining and applying the agricultural conversion rates Q             without delay to the Commission.
lays down that tenders submitted in response to invita­
tions to tender be expressed in ecus and Articles 13 to 17                                     Article 3
thereof provide for advance fixing of the agricultural
conversion rates for the amounts concerned ; whereas                The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8,
Article 10 of the said Regulation applies to the olive oil          Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on
sector only as from the beginning of the 1993/94 marke­             5 October 1993 . Tenders shall be admissible only if
                                                                    submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an
(') OJ  No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status
(2) OJ  No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               as at 31 December 1992 in a public register of a Member
(3) OJ  No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.                           State.
(4) OJ  No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ  No L 348, 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46.
(6) OJ  No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                             Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
0   OJ  No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.                              quantity in excess of 500 tonnes.
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                         Article 4                              selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
                                                                State concerned.
1.    With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders
shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.                                               Article 7
2.    Where the oil awarded has a different degree of           The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the
acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the        fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­
price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,           sion referred to in Article 6.
increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
— up to 3° acidity :                                            Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
                                                                with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
    increase of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of
    acidity below 3°                                                                       Article 8
— above 3° up to 5° acidity :
    reduction of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of .      The product shall be withdrawn not later than
                                                                 15 November 1993 .
    acidity above 3°
— above 5° acidity :                                            The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
    additional reduction of 0,35 ECUS for each tenth of a        No 2960/77 shall be 18 ECUS per 100 kilograms.
    degree of acidity above 5° .
                                                                                           Article 9
                         Article 5                              The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 3 ECUS per 1 00 kilograms.
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send                                 Article 10
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.       The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate
                                                                applicable in the context of this invitation to tender shall
                         Article 6                              be determined in accordance with the provisions of
                                                                Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93.
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in                                   Article 11
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
after the expiry of each final date laid down .for the          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum           European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 20 September 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission