CELEX: 31983R0304
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 304/83 of 3 February 1983 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

No L 34/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               5 . 2. 83
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 304/83
                                                     of 3 February 1983
               opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek
                                                    intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   — approximately 1 8 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive
COMMUNITIES,                                                          oil,
                                                                 — approximately 10 000 tonnes of fine virgin olive
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 oil,
Economic Community,
                                                                 — approximately 7 500 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                      oil,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   — approximately 3 500 tonnes of virgin lampante
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),               olive oil .
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                        One third of these quantities will be put on sale each
                                                                 month together with, the month following, any unsold
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 quantities from the previous invitations to tender.
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up                                    Article 2
for sale by tender ;
                                                                 The invitation to tender shall be published on 10
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No           February 1983 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has since              sale and of the places where they are stored shall be
the 1980/81 marketing year, bought in large quantities           displayed at the central office of Ydagep, 5 Achamon
of olive oil ;                                                   Street, Athens, Greece.
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
2960/70 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No              without delay to the Commission.
1852/82 (5), laid down the conditions for the sale by
tender on the Community market and for export of
olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is                              Article 3
at present favourable for the sale of part of the said
oil ;                                                             The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5
                                                                  Achamon Street, Athens, Greece not later than 2 p.m .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              (local time) on 24 February 1983 .
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                      Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m .
                                                                  (local time) on :
                                                                  — 23 March 1983 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     — 22 April 1983 .
                         Article 1                                                        Article 4
The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachiriseos               1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to              shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
as 'Ydagep', shall open a standing invitation to tender           2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
 in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
                                                                   acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
 and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on                the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
 the Community market of the following quantities of               tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
 olive oil out of intervention purchases made during               scale below :
 the 1980/81 and 1981 /82 marketing years :
                                                                   Virgin lampante olive oil :
 (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
 (2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 16.                              — up to 5° acidity :
 (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                            increase of Dr 160 for each degree or fraction of
 (4) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
 (5)) OJ No L 209, 10. 7. 1982, p. 17.                                 degree of acidity below 5° ,
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— above 5° up to 8 acidity :                                                         Article 7
     reduction of Dr 160 for each degree or fraction of      The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than
     degree of acidity above 5° ,                            the seventh day of each month following that during
— above 8° :
                                                             which the tenders were submitted. Ydagep shall
                                                             supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list
     additional reduction of Dr 213 for each degree or       of the lots remaining unsold.
     fraction of degree above 8° .
                                                             A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
                                                             remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
                        Article 5                            tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep
                                                             not later than the seventh day of each month .
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
                                                                                    Article 8
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning         The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot      (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 632 per 100 kilograms.
put up for sale.
                                                                                     Article 9
                        Article 6                            The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
                                                             tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 150 per 100 kilo­
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis       grams .
of the tenders received, not later than the last working
day of the month during which the tenders were                                      Article 10
submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC . The          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be           publication in the Official Journal of the European
notified forthwith to the Member State concerned .           Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 February 1983 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission