CELEX: 31994R1409
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1409/94 of 20 June 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

21 . 6. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 154/25
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1409/94
                                                          of 20 June 1994
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by die Greek
                                                        intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — approximately 3 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
                                                                     — approximately 3 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    oil.
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                                         Article 2
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last            The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in parti­            24 June 1994.
 cular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                       places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
 No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      central office of DIDAGEP, Acharnon No 241 , 11253
 No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­          Athens, Greece.
 vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                     A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation                  without delay to the Commission.
 No 136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency holds
 certain quantities of olive oil ;                                                            Article 3
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                 The tenders must reach DIDAGEP at the central office,
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid            Acharnon No 241 , 11253 Athens, Greece not later than 2
 down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                   p.m. (local time) on 11 July 1994.
 Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
 the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable       Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
 for the sale of part of the said oil ;                              or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
                                                                     sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
 Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin             1993 in a public register of a Member State.
 olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and
 in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­          No tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity in excess
                                                                     of 1 000 tonnes.
 tors with minimum supplies for their immediate needs, it
 should be stipulated that an operator may only submit
 tenders up to a given quantity ;                                                             Article 4
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are             1 . In the case of lampante virgin olive oil, tenders shall
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
 Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                     2.     Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                     acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                     price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
                                                                     — up to 3° acidity :
                              Article 1                                   increase of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                         acidity below 3°
The Greek intervention agency, 'Diefthinsi Diachiriseos
Agoron Georgikon Profonton', hereinafter referred to as              — above 3° acidity :
'DIDAGEP', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­                 reduction of ECU 032 for each tenth of a degree of
ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­               acidity above 3° .
tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community
market of the following quantities of olive oil :                                             Article 5
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.                           Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
0   OJ  No  L 285, 20.   11 . 1993, p. 9.                            laid down for the submission of tenders, DIDAGEP shall
O   OJ  No  L 331 , 28.  11 . 1978, p. 13.
(4) OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.                              send the Commission a list, without mentioning names,
0   OJ  No  L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                            stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for
(Ó OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                                sale.
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                        Article 6                               DIDAGEP shall supply the agencies responsible for
                                                                storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in                                  Article 8
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the           No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms.
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member                                  Article 9
State concerned.
                                                                The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
                        Article 7
                                                                                        Article 10
The olive oil shall be sold by DIDAGEP not later than           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the fifth working day after the date of notification of the     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
decision referred to in Article 6.                              European Communities,
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 20 June 1994.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Rene STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission