CELEX: 31978R0717
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/78 of 7 April 1978 on the sale for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 94/26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 4 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 717 /78
                                                      of 7 April 1978
                   on the sale for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   called 'AIMA , shall put up for sale by tender for
COMMUNITIES,                                                     export :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            — 800 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil , out of the inter­
Economic Community,                                                   vention purchases made during the 1975/76 olive
                                                                      oil marketing year,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC               — 2 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil , out of
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                        the intervention purchase made during the
common organization of the market in oils and                         1975/76 and 1976/77 olive oil marketing years,
fats ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (5) thereof,          in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
                                                                 and of Regulation ( EEC) No 2960/77 .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency bought
in large quantities of olive oil during the 1975/76              2.     The quantities awarded shall be exported :
marketing year ;                                                 — for extra virgin olive oil, after packaging, in
                                                                      immediate     containers   with   a   maximum       net
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77                        content of five kilograms,
of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of
olive oil held by intervention agencies (3) laid down            — for lampante virgin olive oil, after refining and
the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil on                 packaging, in immediate containers with a
the Community market and for export ; whereas the                     maximum net content of five kilograms.
existence of a traditional market in olive oil is favour­
able for the resale thereon of the oil in question ;
whereas the olive oil should therefore be put up for                                      Article 2
sale by tender for export ;
                                                                 The invitations to tender shall be made public on 10
Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 the oil                April 1978 .
exported does not qualify for the export refund ;
whereas the minimum price for awards must therefore
                                                                 Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and the
be fixed on the basis of the world price ;
                                                                 place where they are stored shall be displayed at the
Whereas the oil exported under this procedure must               central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
not interfere with traditional exports ; whereas the
same requirements regarding market preparation
should therefore be laid down for exports of the quan­                                    Article 3
tities awarded as for exports of oil in receipt of the
refund ;                                                         The minimum selling price shall be as set out in the
                                                                 Annex hereto .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Oils and Fats ,
                                                                                          Article 4
                                                                 Tenders shall reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (Italian time) on 26 April
                                                                  1978 .
                          Article 1
                                                                                           Article 5
 1 . The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato
 per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter            The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA on 28 April 1978 .
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                         AIMA shall forward to the storage agencies the list of
(3) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12 . 1977, p . 46.                         lots not awarded .
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                        Article 6                                                           Article 7
The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of              The storage allowance shall be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilo­
Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be eight units of               grams .
account per 100 kilograms of olive oil .                                                    Article 8
The security provided for in Article 12 (3) of Regula­            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 60 units of account                following its publication in the Official Journal of
per 100 kilograms of olive oil .                                  the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 7 April 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
                     Minimum selling price of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
            1 . 1 extra virgin olive oil :                          Lit 103 000 per 100 kilograms.
            2. 5°lampante virgin olive oil :                        Lit 83 000 per 100 kilograms .
            In the case of lampante virgin olive oil with a different degree of acidity, there shall be added or
            deducted, as the case may be, Lit 1 000 per 100 kilograms for each degree of acidity or fraction
            thereof below or above 5° .