CELEX: 31981R1879
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1879/81 of 7 July 1981 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale for export of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

9 . 7. 81                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 187/ 19
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1879/81
                                                            of 7 July 1981
                  opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale for export of olive oil held
                                                  by the Greek intervention agency
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       if oil subject of an award by tender under this Regula­
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion were to be exported in bulk to these two coun­
                                                                       tries, it might well damage this traditional export
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                trade ; whereas, to guard against this danger, exporta­
  Economic Community,                                                  tion in bulk or in immediate containers of a net
                                                                       content of more than five litres should be allowed
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                    only to countries other than the United States of
  of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                       America and Canada ;
  common organization of the market in oils and
  fats (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
  3454/80 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,               No 2730/79 of 29 November 1979 laying down
                                                                       common detailed rules for the application of the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 5/81                    system of export refunds on agricultural products (7),
 of 1 January 1981 laying down the general rules for                   as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 607/80 (8),
 the system of accession compensatory amounts for                      specifies the evidence required to prove importation
 olive oil (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,                   into non-Community countries ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2 566/79
 2754/78 (4) provides that olive oil held by the interven­             of 15 November 1979 on the country nomenclature
 tion agencies is to be put up for sale by tender ;                    for the external trade statistics of the Community and
                                                                       statistics of trade between Member States (9) lists the
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No                 non-member countries of Europe, Africa and the Near
  136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has                        and Middle East ;
 bought in, since the 1980/81 marketing year, large
 quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
 2960/77 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 3473/80 (6), laid down the conditions for the sale by
 tender of olive oil for the Community market and for
 export ; whereas at the present time there exist oppor­
 tunities for exporting edible virgin olive oil ; whereas,             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 therefore, the said oil should be put up for sale under
 a standing invitation to tender ;
 Whereas the minimum selling price is so fixed that                                            Article 1
 the Community operators enjoy equal conditions of
competition with operators in non-member countries ;
whereas, accordingly, oil should under this Regulation                 1 . The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachi­
qualify neither for the export refund provided for in                 riseos Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter
Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC nor for the                    referred to as 'Ydagep', shall open a standing invita­
consumption aid provided for in Article 11 of the                     tion to tender in accordance with the provisions of
same Regulation ;                                                     this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77
                                                                      for the sale for export of about 1 2 000 tonnes of extra
                                                                      quality virgin olive oil out of intervention purchases
Whereas there is an established export trade in olive
                                                                      made during the 1980/81 olive oil marketing year at a
oil put up in small containers from the Community to                  rate of 2 000 tonnes per month, this latter quantity
the United States of America and to Canada ; whereas
                                                                      being increased the following month by any quantity
                                                                      of olive oil remaining unsold from the previous invita­
(')  OJ   No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           tions to tender.
(2)  OJ   No  L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 1 .
P)   OJ   No  L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 8.
(4)  OJ   No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                        (7) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ   No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.                             (8) OJ No L 160, 26. 6. 1980, p. 42.
(6)  OJ   No  L 363, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 49.                            H OJ No L 294, 21 . 11 . 1979, p. 5.
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2. The quantities of olive oil awarded shall not be         A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
exported in bulk or in immediate containers of a net        remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
content of more than five litres to the United States of    tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep
America or Canada.                                          not later than the seventh day of each month.
                       Article 2
                                                                                      Article 7
The invitation to tender shall be made public on 10
July 1981 .                                                 The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                            (EEC). No 2960/77 shall be 9-50 ECU per 100
Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and the      kilograms.
places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
head office of Ydagep, 5 Acharnon Street, Athens,
                                                            The security referred to in Article 12 (3) of Regulation
Greece. A copy of the invitation to tender referred to      (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 145 ECU per 100 kilo­
above shall be sent without delay to the Commission.        grams of olive oil.
                        Article 3                            For the purposes of applying the provisions of Article
                                                             1 (2), the security referred to in the second subpara­
The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5            graph of this Article shall not be released in the event
Acharnon Street, Athens, Greece, not later than 2 p.m .      of olive oil being exported in bulk or in immediate
(local time) on 22 July 1981 .                               containers of a net content of more than five litres
                                                             unless proof is provided that the oil was imported into
Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m .       a non-member country other than the United States
on :                                                         of America or Canada, except in cases where it has
                                                             been destroyed during transport as a result of force
— 20 August 1981 ,                                           majeure, or that it has been used for supplies as indi­
— 23 September 1981 ,                                        cated in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79.
— 21 October 1981 ,
— 20 November 1981 ,                                         The Member States may, however, exempt the
                                                             exporter from producing the documentary evidence,
— 15 December 1981 .
                                                             other than the transport document, specified in
                                                             Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 in the
                                                             case   of a   transaction    where   there is  reasonable
                        Article 4
                                                             certainty of arrival at destination of products for which
                                                             a declaration of export to a non-member country in
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time      Europe, Africa, or the Near or Middle East, listed in
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep
                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 2566/79, was made.
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot
put up for sale.                                             In the case of export of oil in containers of a net
                                                             content not exceeding five litres, the security referred
                                                             to in the second subparagraph shall be forfeit up to
                        Article 5                            the amount of the accession compensatory amount, if
                                                             the party concerned does not provide proof that it has
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accor­          not received the compensatory amount.
dance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of
Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the
tenders received, not later than the last working day of                              Article 8
the month during which the tenders were submitted.
The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall
be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.         The storage charge provided for in Article 15 of
                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 100 per
                                                             100 kilograms.
                        Article 6
The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than
                                                                                      Article 9
the seventh day of each month following that during
which the tenders were submitted.
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Ydagep shall supply the agencies responsible for             publication in the Official Journal of the European
storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold.             Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 July 1981 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                     Gaston THORN