CELEX: 31991R3057
Language: en
Date: 1991-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3057/91 of 18 October 1991 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

19. 10 . 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 289/19
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3057/91
                                                       of 18 October 1991
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese
                                                       intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        as 'INGA , shall open an invitation to tender in accord­
                                                                    ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community
  Economic Community,                                               market of approximately 340 tonnes of lampante virgin
                                                                    olive oil .
  Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the
 Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
 common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as                                  Article 2
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1720/91 (2), and in
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                    The invitation to tender shall be published on 24 October
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   1991 .
  2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention
 agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                      Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
                                                                    places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No              central office of INGA, Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, 45,
  136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds              1000 Lisboa, Portugal.
 certain quantities of olive oil ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid           delay to the Commission.
 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 3
 for the sale of the said oil ;
                                                                    The tenders must reach the INGA at the central office,
 Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin           Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, 45, 1000 Lisboa, Portugal not
 olive oils where supply is low compared with demand and            later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 11 November 1991 .
 in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­
 tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it
 should be stipulated that each operator may only submit           Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
 tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to               or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
 avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a         sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
 limited number of operators from monopolizing the                  1990 in a public register of a Member State.
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only
 recognized operators may submit tenders in response to             Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
 this invitation ;                                                  quantity in excess of 85 tonnes.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                                             Article 4
Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                    1.    Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                   acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                             Article 1
                                                                   price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                   increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
The Portuguese intervention agency, 'Institute Nacional            — up to 3° acidity :
de Intervengao e Garantia Agricola', hereinafter referred to            increase of Esc 66,78 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                        acidity below 3° ,
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ  No  L 162, 26.  6. 1991 , p. 27.                           — above 3° up to 5° acidity :
(3) OJ  No  L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13.
(4) OJ  No  L 348, 30.  12. 1977, p. 46.                                reduction of Esc 66,78 for each tenth of a degree of
0   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                                acidity above 3° ,
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— above 5 :                                                                               Article 7
     additional reduction of Esc 73,05 for each tenth of a      The olive oil shall be sold by INGA not later than the
     degree above 5° .                                          fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­
                                                                sion referred to in Article 5.
                          Article 5                             INGA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
                                                                with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders, INGA shall send                                  Article 8
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 2960/77 shall be Esc 3 340 per 100 kilograms.
                          Article 6
                                                                                          Article 9
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall        The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in         (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Esc 430 per 1 00 kilograms.
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day                                Article 10
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
State concerned.                                                European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 18 October 1991 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission