CELEX: 31984R1578
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1578/84 of 6 June 1984 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

7. 6. 84                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 151 /25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1578/84
                                                        of 6 June 1984
               opening a standing invitation to tender for die sale of olive oil held by the Greek
                                                     intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    as 'Ydagep', shall open a standing invitation to tender
COMMUNITIES,                                                      in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
                                                                  and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the Community market of the following quantities of
Economic Community,                                               olive oil :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                 — approximately 4 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                        oil,
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),           — approximately 8 000 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 101 /84 (*),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                         — approximately 5 000 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                      oil,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  — approximately 8 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3) provides that olive                   olive oil.
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up
for sale by tender ;
                                                                  One-quarter of these quantities will be put on sale
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation No              each month together with, the month following, any
136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has since               unsold quantities from the previous invitations to
                                                                  tender.
the 1980/81 marketing year, bought in large quantities
of olive oil ;
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Article 2
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2041 /83 f), laid down the conditions for the sale by
tender on the Community market and for export of                  The invitation to tender shall be published on 8 June
olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is        1984. Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and
at present favourable for the sale of part of the said            of the places where they are stored shall be displayed
oil ;                                                             at the central office of Ydagep, 5 Achamon Street,
                                                                  Athens, Greece.
Whereas, taking into account the existing situation in
Greece with a view to facilitate the disposal of quanti­          A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
ties of olive oil under the best conditions possible,             without delay to the Commission.
provisions should be made so that lots of oil of a
certain maximum quantity shall be put up for sale
first ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management              The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                      Achamon Street, Athens, Greece, not later than 2 p.m.
                                                                  (local time) on 25 June 1984.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m.
                                                                  (local time) on :
                            Article 1                             — 26 July 1984,
                                                                  — 27 August 1984,
The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachiriseos
Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to              — 24 September 1984,
                                                                  — 25 October 1984.
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
O   OJ  No  L  113,  28.  4. 1984, p. 7.
(3) OJ  No  L  331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.
0   OJ  No  L  348,  30.  12. 1977, p. 46.                        The last series of tenders shall be from the unsold oil
(0  OJ  No  L  200,  23.  7. 1983, p. 25.                         of the previous sales.
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                        Article 4                             submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
                                                              out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/BEC. The
 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders        decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.                  notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.
2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,                                 Article 7
the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the         The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than
scale below :                                                 the seventh day of each month following that during
Virgin lampante olive oil :                                   which the tenders were submitted. Ydagep shall
                                                              supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list
— up to 5° acidity :                                          of the lots remaining unsold.
     increase of Dr 247 for each degree or fraction of
     degree of acidity below 5° ,                             A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
                                                              remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
— above 5° up to 8° acidity :                                 tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep
     reduction of Dr 247 for each degree or fraction of       not later than the seventh day of each month.
     degree of acidity above 5° ,
— above 8° :                                                                         Article 8
    additional reduction of Dr 270 for each degree or
    fraction of degree above 8° .                             The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 750 per 100 kilograms.
                       Article 5
                                                                                     Article 9
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning
                                                              The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot       tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 200 per 100
                                                              kilograms.
put up for sale.
                       Article 6                                                     Article 10
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
of the tenders received, not later than the last working      publication in the Official Journal of the European
day of the month during which the tenders were                Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 6 June 1984.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission