CELEX: 31979R0281
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 281/79 of 14 February 1979 on the sales for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 40/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               15 . 2 . 79
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 281 /79
                                                    of 14 February 1979
                   on the sales for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                            A rticle 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                 The invitation to tender shall be made public on 16
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             February 1979 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
Economic Community,                                              sale and the places where they are stored shall be
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC               displayed at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro
                                                                  81 , Rome, Italy.
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and
fats ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                          Article 3
1 562/78 (2), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No           The minimum selling price of 15° acidity olive
136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency bought               residue oil shall be fixed according to the tenders
in large quantities of olive oil during the 1977/78               received, in accordance with the procedure set out in
marketing year ;                                                 Article 38 of Regulation No 136 /66/ EEC .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77
of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of                                     Article 4
olive oil held by intervention agencies (3) laid down
the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil on            Tenders should reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome ,
the Community market and for export ; whereas at
                                                                  Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (local time) on 1 March
the present time there exist opportunities for                    1979 .
exporting refined olive residue oil to African coun­
tries ; whereas, therefore, with a view for the manufac­
                                                                  AIMA shall communicate to the Commission on 5
ture of the abovementioned product should be put up
for sale by tender ;                                              March 1979 a statement summarizing the offers they
                                                                  have received .
Whereas, in order to ensure the proper functioning of
the system described above, it should be laid down,
that the security will be released only on presentation                                   Article 5
of proof that the product has reached its destination ;
                                                                  The olive residue oil shall be sold by AIMA on the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              second day following the publication of the minimum
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                 price in the Official Journal of the European Commu­
ment Committee for oils and fats,                                 nities.
                                                                  In the case of olive residue oil with a degree of acidity
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     different from that for which the minimum selling
                                                                  price has been fixed, Lit 1 800/ 100 kg shall be added
                          Article 1                               to or deducted from the selling price for each degree
                                                                  of acidity or fraction thereof below or above 15° .
 1.      The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di
Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', here­             AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for
inafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall put up for sale by           storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold .
tender for export to African countries and Madagascar
in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 3 000 tonnes of                                        Article 6
olive residue oil out of the intervention purchases
made during the 1977/78 olive oil marketing year.                 The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be eight units of
2. The quantities awarded shall be exported after                 account per 100 kilograms of olive oil .
refining.
(•) OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
                                                                  The security provided for in Article 12 (3) of Regula­
(2) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1978 , p. 1 .                              tion ( EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 60 units of account
(3 ) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12 . 1977, p . 46 .                       per 100 kilograms of olive oil .
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Without prejudice to the first indent of Article 18 ( 1 )                            Article 7
of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, the release of the            The storage charge shall be Lit 1 300 per 100 kilo­
security shall be subject to proof that the product has
                                                              grams .
been imported into one of the countries referred to in
Article 1 , unless destroyed en route as a result of force                           Article 8
majeure.
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall           publication in the Official Journal of the European
apply.                                                        Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 February 1979 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President