CELEX: 31981R1238
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1238/81 of 8 May 1981 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

9 . 5 . 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 125/9
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1238/81
                                                           of 8 May 1981
              opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the
                                                    Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        to tender in accordance with the provisions of this
COMMUNITIES,                                                          Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for
                                                                      the sale on the Community market of the following
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 quantities of olive oil :
Economic Community,
                                                                     — approximately 1 2 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                          oil from intervention purchases made during the
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                             1975/76 to 1980/81 marketing years,
common organization of the market in oils and                         — approximately 2 810 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil
fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           from intervention purchases made during the
3454/80 (2) and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                      1977/78, 1978/79 and 1980/81 marketing years,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      — approximately 5 400 tonnes of olive residue oil
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive                       from intervention purchases made during the
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up                      1979/80 and 1980/81 marketing years.
for sale by tender ;                                                  — approximately 5 770 tonnes of virgin lampante
                                                                           olive oil from intervention purchases made during
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                     the 1975/76 to . 1980/81 marketing years.
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quanti­
ties of olive oil ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3473/80 (5), laid down the conditions for the sale by                 The invitation to tender shall be published on 1 1 May
tender on the Community market and for export of                       1981 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Italian market in                of the places where they are stored shall be displayed
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of            at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
the said oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular             Italy.
supply of the market up to the end of the current
marketing year, the sale should be effected by means                  A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
of a standing invitation to tender ;                                  without delay to the Commission.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                              Article 3
                                                                       The first series of tenders must reach AlMA, Via
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, not later than 2 p.m. (local
                                                                       time) on 22 May 1981 .
                             Article 1                                 Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m.
                                                                       on :
 The Italian intervention agency Azienda di Stato per
 gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter                     — 23 June 1981 ,
 referred to as 'AIMA', shall open a standing invitation               — 21 July 1981 ,
 (1) OJ  No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                            — 21 August 1981 ,
 (2) OJ  No L 360, 31 .   12. 1980, p. 16.
 (3) OJ  No L 331 , 28 .  11 . 1978 , p . 13 .                         — 22 September 1981 ,
 (4) OJ  No L 348 , 30 .  12. 1977, p. 46.
 (5) OJ  No L 363, 31 .   12. 1980, p. 49.                             — 20 October 1981 ,
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                          Article 4                                                   Article 6
1.    With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be      The minimum selling price shall be fixed , on the
made for an oil of 5 0 acidity.                               basis of the tenders received, not later than the last
Within regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders           working day of the month during which the tenders
shall be submitted for an oil of 5 ° acidity.                 were submitted and in accordance with the procedure
                                                               set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of            The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall
acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,         be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.
the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
scale below :                                                                         Article 7
A. Virgin lampante olive oil :                                The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
    — up to 5 0 acidity :                                      fifth day of each month following that during which
                                                               the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply the
        increase of Lit 2 577 for each degree or frac­        agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots
        tion of degree of acidity below 5 0 ,                  remaining unsold.
    — above 5° up to 8 ° acidity :
        reduction of Lit 2 577 for each degree or frac­       A list of the lots remaining unsold shall be displayed
                                                              at the central office of AIMA not later than the
        tion of degree of acidity above 5 ° ,
                                                              seventh day of the month.
    — above 8      :
        additional    reduction of Lit 2 822 for each
                                                                                      Article 8
        degree or fraction of degree above 8 ° .
B. Olive residue oil :                                        The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 11 650 per 100 kilo­
    — above 5 up to 8 acidity :
                                                              grams .
        reduction of Lit 1 472 for each degree or frac­
        tion of degree of acidity above 5 ° ,
                                                                                      Article 9
    — above 8      :
        additional reduction of Lit 1 840 for each            The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­
        degree or fraction of degree above 8 ° .               tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 1 800 per 100 kilo­
                                                              grams .
                          Article 5
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time                              Article 10
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot        publication in the Official Journal of the European
put up for sale.                                               Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 8 May 1981 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission