CELEX: 31988R3442
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3442/88 of 4 November 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

5. 11 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 302/ 17
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3442/88
                                                      of 4 November 1988
                  opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                  Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               The invitation to tender shall be published on 7
Economic Community,                                                 November 1988 .,
                                                                    Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                  places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last            central office of SENPA, calle Beneficencia, 8, Madrid
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in                  28003, Spain.
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                  A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    delay to the Commission.
2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the interven­
tion agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                                           Article 3
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Regula­            The tenders must reach SENPA, calle Beneficencia, 8,
tion (EEC) No 629/86 (4), the Spanish intervention agency'          Madrid 28003, Spain, not later than 2 p. m. (local time) on
hold in stock large quantities of olive oil ;                       11 November 1988 .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                                          Article 4
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                   1.    Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable       2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                              acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                    price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are            increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                        — up to 3° acidity :
                                                                        increase of Ptas 493,5 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                        degree of acidity below 3° ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       — above 3° up to 8° acidity :
                                                                        reduction of Ptas 493,5 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                        degree of acidity above 3° ,
                           Article 1                                — above 8° :
The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de                   additional reduction of Ptas 539,8 for each degree or
Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'SENPA',                fraction of degree above 8° .
shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the
provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No                                     Article 5
2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of
approximately 200 000 tonnes of lampant virgin olive oil.           Not later than one day after the expiry of the time limit
                                                                    laid down for the submission of tenders, SENPA shall
By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation               send the Commission a list, without mentioning names,
(EEC) No 2960/77, SENPA shall, where the quantity of                stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for
oil in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to             sale.
establish several lots with part only of that oil.
                                                                                             Article 6
By derogation from Article 13 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2960/77, withdrawal of the oil awarded must be                      The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
completed by 15 December 1988 at the latest.                        be fixed, in accordance with the rocedure laid down in
                                                                    Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                           th tenders received, not later than the tenth working day
(2) OJ  No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .                               after the expiry of each final date laid down for |the
0   OJ  No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13.                            submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
(4) OJ  No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 8.
0   OJ  No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.                              selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
M OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .                               State concerned.
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                         Article 7                                                      Article 9
The olive oil shall be sold by SENPA not later than the
the fifth working day after the date of notification of the    The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
decision referred to in Article 6.                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Ptas 400 per 100 kilograms.
SENPA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
with a list of the lots remaining unsold.                                               Article 10
                         Article 8
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)       publication in the Official Journal of the European
No 2960/77 shall be Ptas 3 000 per 100 kilograms.               Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 4 November 1988 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President