CELEX: 31994R2175
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2175/94 of 2 September 1994 on the opening of an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

No L 232/8                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6. 9 . 94
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2175/94
                                                           of 2 September 1994
                   on the opening of an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the
                                                       Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the
                                                                        following quantities of olive oil :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                             — 4 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
                                                                        — 10 000 tonnes of virgin olive oil .
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                     Notwithstanding Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last               No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil in a
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in par­                 container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to establish
 ticular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                        several lots with part only of that oil.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                                                 Article 2
 No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­
vention agencies is to be put up for sale by tender ;                   The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
                                                                        13 September 1994.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation                     Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
 No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds
                                                                        places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
certain quantities of olive oil ;                                       central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , E-28004
                                                                        Madrid, Spain .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77(0,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818 /85 (6), lays               A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                       without delay to the Commission .
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the situation on the market in olive oil is at present
favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                                Article 3
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin                The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8,
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and                  E-28004 Madrid, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time)
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­              on 26 September 1994. Tenders shall be admissible only
tors with minimum supplies for their immediate needs, it                if they are submitted by a natural or legal person engaged
should be stipulated that an operator may only submit                   in activity in olive oil and entered in that status as at
tenders up to a given quantity ;                                        31 December 1993 in a public register of a Member State.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                No tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity in excess
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                        of 2 000 tonnes .
Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                                                 Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                           Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
                                                                        laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send
                                                                        the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
                               Article 1                                the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
The Spanish intervention agency, 'Servicio Nacional de                                           Article 5
Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa' shall
open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provi­              The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
sions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC)                        be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                        Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
(') OJ  No  172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66.                            the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day
(2) OJ  No L 285, 20 .    11 . 1993 , p. 9 .                            after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
(3) OJ  No  L 331 , 28 .  11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                           submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
(4) OJ  No L 201 , 31 .   7. 1990, p . 5 .
0   OJ  No L 348 , 30 .   12. 1977, p. 46 .                             selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
(6) OJ  No L 368 , 31 .   12. 1985, p. 20 .                             State concerned .
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                          Article 6                                                     Article 8
The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the
fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­   The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
sion referred to in Article 5.                                  (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
with a list of the lots remaining unsold.                                               Article 9
                          Article 7
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms.                    European Communities.
              . This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 2 September 1994.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                     Member of the Commission