CELEX: 31983R0774
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 774/83 of 30 March 1983 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 86/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 3 . 83
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 774/83
                                                       of 30 March 1983
               opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the
                                                 Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    olive oil from intervention purchases made during the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      1979/80, 1980/81 and 1981 /82 marketing years :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             — approximately 4 500 tonnes of extra virgin olive
Economic Community,                                                    oil ,
                                                                  — approximately 8 000 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 — approximately 1 500 tonnes of ordinary olive oil,
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           — approximately 9 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
                                                                       olive oil,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                         — approximately 9 000 tonnes of residue oil .
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Approximately one-sixth of these quantities will be
2754/78 of 23 November 1 978 (3) provides that olive              put on sale each month together with any unsold
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up             quantities from the previous invitations to tender.
for sale by tender ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since           The invitation to tender shall be published on 8 April
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities            1983 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and
of olive oil ;                                                    of the places where they are stored shall be displayed
                                                                  at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                            Italy.
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1 852/82 (5), laid down the conditions for the sale by            A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
tender on the Community market and for export of                  without delay to the Commission.
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Italian market in
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of                                Article 3
the said oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular
supply of the market up to the end of the current                 The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, Via
marketing year, the sale should be effected by means              Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. (local
of a standing invitation to tender ;                              time) on 22 April 1983 .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management              (local time) on :
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                      —    24    May 1983,
                                                                  —    23    June 1983,
                                                                  —    21    July 1983,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  —    24    August 1983,
                                                                  — 23 September 1983 .
                           Article 1
                                                                                           Article 4
The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per
gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred         1 . With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be
to as AIMA', shall open a standing invitation to tender           made for an oil of 5 0 acidity.
in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on                Within regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
the Community market of the following quantities of               shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
                                                                  2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.                        acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
(2) OJ  No  L 162, 12.   6. 1982, p. 6.                           the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
(3) OJ  No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13 .
(4) OJ  No  L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46.                         tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
0   OJ  No  L 203, 10.   7. 1982, p. 17.                          scale below :
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A. Virgin lampante olive oil :                                day of the month during which the tenders were
                                                              submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
     — up to 5 ° acidity :                                    out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The
         increase of Lit 3 094 for each degree or fraction    decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
         of degree of acidity below 5 0 ;                     notified forthwith to the Member State concerned .
     — above 5 ° up to 8 0 acidity :
                                                                                      Article 7
         reduction of Lit 3 094 for each degree or frac­
         tion of degree of acidity above 5 0 ;                The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
     — above 8 ° :                                            seventh day of each month following that during
         additional reduction of Lit 4 1 25 for each          which the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply
         degree or fraction of degree above 8 ° .             the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the
                                                              lots remaining unsold.
B. Olive residue oil :
                                                              A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
     — above 5° up to 8 0 acidity :                           remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
         reduction of Lit 1 805 for each degree or frac­      tender shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA
         tion of degree of acidity above 5 0 ;                not later than the seventh day of each month .
     — above 8 0 :                                                                    Article 8
         additional reduction of Lit 2 191      for each
         degree or fraction of degree above 8 0 .             The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 12 246 per 100 kilo­
                                                              grams .
                         Article 5
                                                                                     Article 9
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA           The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning          tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot       kilograms.
put up for sale.
                                                                                     Article 10
                         Article 6
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis        publication in the Official Journal of the European
of the tenders received, not later than the last working      Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 March 1983 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission