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Date: 1977-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 October 1977 fixing the minimum selling price for olive oil put up for sale by tender pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2099/77

No L 260/20                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              13 . 10 . 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 6 October 1977
               fixing the minimum selling price for olive oil put up for sale by tender pursuant
                                           to Regulation (EEC) No 2099/77
                                            (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (77/645/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                    Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                 1 . The minimum selling price referred to in Article
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2099/77 is fixed for each
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   quality of olive oil in the Annex hereto.
common organization of the market in oils and
fats (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 2. In the case of lampante olive oil with a different
1707/73 (2), and in particular Article 26 (3) thereof,           degree of acidity than that for which the minimum
                                                                 price is fixed, the selling price shall be increased or
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regula­             reduced by Lit 1 000 per 100 kilograms for each
tion (EEC) No 2099/77 of 23 September 1977 on the                degree of acidity or fraction thereof below or above
putting up for sale of olive oil held by the Italian inter­      5° .
vention agency (3), the latter has issued two invitations
to tender in respect of a total quantity of about 30 000         3.    In the case of olive-residue oil with a different
tonnes of such oil ;                                             degree ' of acidity than than for which the minimum
                                                                 price is fixed, the selling price shall be increased or
Whereas Article 4 of that Regulation provides for a              reduced by Lit 1 000 per 100 kilograms for each
minimum selling price to be fixed for each quality in            degree of acidity or fraction thereof below or above
the light of the tenders received ;                              15° .
Whereas the oil in question comes from intervention
in the 1975/76 marketing year ; whereas,                                                 Article 2
consequently, the long duration of storage may, in
certain cases, have had adverse effects on the quality
of the oil stored ; whereas, however, the minimum                This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
price must be so fixed as not to cause disturbances on
the Community market ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 6 October 1977.
Whereas, in view of the tenders submitted in response
to the first invitation, the minimum prices should be
fixed at the levels given below ;                                                          For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                          Finn GUNDELACH
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                              Vice-President
(») OJ No 172., 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
0 OJ No L 175, 29. 6. 1973, p. 5.
(}) OJ No L 245, 24. 9. 1977, p. 21 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                     Minimum selling price for olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
             1 . Extra virgin olive oil 1 :                                   Lit 158 741 per 100 kilograms,
             2. Fine virgin olive oil 1-5 :                                   Lit 152 963 per 100 kilograms,
             3. Ordinary virgin olive oil :                                   Lit 143 333 per 100 kilograms,
             4. Lampante olive oil 5° :                                       Lit 134 666 per 100 kilograms,
             5. Olive-residue oil 15° :                                        Lit 88 442 per 100 kilograms.