CELEX: 31989R2001
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2001/89 of 5 July 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

6 . 7 . 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 191 / 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2001/89
                                                            of 5 July 1989
                  opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish
                                                         intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the
                                                                       provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the
Economic Community,                                                    following quantities of olive oil :
Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the                       — 3 600 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive oil,
Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                 — 16 400 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil.
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 225/89 (2), and in               By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                     (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil
                                                                       in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       establish several lots with part only of that oil.
2754/78 ('), provides that olive oil held by the
intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                                        Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission                       The invitation to tender shall be published on 6 July
Regulation (EEC) No 629/86 (4), the Spanish intervention               1989 .
agency holds in stock large quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                       Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 0,                      places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid               central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                      28004, Spain.
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable          A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                 delay to the Commission.
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and                                            Article 3
 in order to provide the greatest possible number of
operators with a minimum supply for their immediate                    The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia             8,
 needs, it should be stipulated that each operator may only            Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p. m . (local time)   pn
submit tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order               20 July 1989 . Tenders shall be admissible only              if
to avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore                    submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises        an
 prevent a limited number of operators from monopolizing               activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status
 the quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that          as at 31 December 1988 in a public register of a Member
 only recognized operators may submit tenders in response              State .
 to this invitation ;
                                                                       Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are               quantity in excess of 1 500 tonnes.
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                                                  Article 4
                                                                        1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                         shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
                                                                       2.      Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                               Article 1                               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 :
The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de
 Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa',              — up to 3 acidity :
                                                                            increase of Pta 49,35 for each tenth of a degree of
(') OJ   No 172, 30. 9.   1966, p. 3025/66.                                 acidity below 3° ,
(2) OJ   No L 128, 11 .   5. 1989, p. 15.
(') OJ   No L 331 , 28 .  11 . 1978, p. 13.                            — above 3° up to 8° acidity :
  4 OJ   No L 60, 1 . 3 .  1986, p. 8 .
0   OJ   No L 348 , 30 .  12. 1977, p. 46 .                                 reduction of Pta 49,35 for each tenth of a degree of
  4 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                                      acidity above 3° ,
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— above 8     :                                                                         Article 7
    additional reduction of Pta 53,98 for each tenth of a       The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the
    degree above 8° .                                           fifth working day after the date of notification of the
                                                                decision referred to in Article 6 .
                         Article 5                              Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
                                                                with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders* Senpa shall send                                Article 8
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 2960/77 shall be Pta 3 000 per 100 kilograms.
                         Article 6
                                                                                         Article 9
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall        The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in         (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Pta 400 per 100 kilograms.
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day                               Article 10
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member          publication in the Official Journal of the European
State concerned.                                                 Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 5 July 1989.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission