CELEX: 31988R3932
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3932/88 of 16 December 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

17. 12. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 348/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3932/88
                                                      of 16 December 1988
                 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         — 825 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
                                                                    — 500 tonnes of virgin olive oil,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — 220 tonnes of virgin lampante olive oil.
Economic Community,
                                                                                             Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  The invitation to tender shall be published on 19
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last            December 1988 .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof, '                                Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
                                                                    places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
                                                                    central office of Iroma, Rua Padre Ant6nio Vieira n? 1 ,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Lisboa, Portugal.
2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention
agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                       A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
                                                                    delay to the Commission.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds                                          Article 3
certain quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                    The tenders must reach the Iroma, at the central office,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                 Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , Lisboa, Portugal not later
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (% laid              than 2 p.m. (local time) on 10 January 1989.
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 at present favourable                                 Article 4
for the sale of part of the said oil ;
                                                                     1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
                                                                     shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                     2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                         acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                     price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                     increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
                                                                    Virgin lampante olive oil :
HAS ADOPTED THIS . REGULATION :
                                                                    — up to 5° acidity :
                                                                         increase of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                         degree of acidity below 5° ,
                                                                    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
                           Article 1
                                                                         reduction of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                         degree of acidity above 5° ,
The Portuguese intervention agency, 'Instituto Regulador             — above 8° :
e Orientador de Mercados Agrίcolas', hereinafter referred
to as 'Iroma', shall open an invitation to tender in accor­              additional reduction of Esc 658 for each degree or
dance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regu­                fraction of degree above 8° .
lation (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 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .                                  'laid down for the submission of tenders, Iroma shall send
(3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13.
(4) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.                                the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20 .                                the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
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                          Article 6                             Iroma 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 Esc 3 340 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 Esc 430 per 100 kilograms.
                         Article 7
                                                                                        Article 10
The olive oil shall be sold by Iroma not later than the         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­   publication in the Official Journal of the European
sion referred to in Article 6.                                  Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 16 December 1988 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President