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Language: en
Date: 1985-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 February 1985 on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 67/40                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  7. 3 . 85
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 21 February 1985
                 on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Italian intervention agency
                                               (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (85/ 180/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 1 . The Italian intervention agency (Azienda di Stato
                                                                    per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo), hereinafter
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                   called 'AIMA', shall sell for the best price it can obtain
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                      all vat bottom residues which it is holding as a result
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),             of its purchases on the olive oil market until the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2),                 1983/84 marketing year.
and in particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                    2. The notice of sale shall be displayed by AIMA at
Whereas, during the marketing years from 1975/76 to                 its head office at Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, for at
1983/84, approximately 340 000 tonnes of olive oil of               least 10 days before the date set for the sale.
all qualities held by the Italian intervention agency
were sold ; whereas the intervention agency still holds             3 . Sale of the product referred to in paragraph 1
in stock a quantity of vat bottom residues ; whereas a              shall be effected before 31 May 1985. Delivery of the
part of these residues contain a considerable percen­               product sold must take place before 30 June 1985.
tage of oil ; whereas correct management of the inter­              AIMA shall      inform   the   Commission as soon         as
vention agency's purchases of olive oil requires that               possible of the outcome of the sale.
these residues should therefore be sold ;
Whereas, for commercial reasons based chiefly on the                                        Article 2
fact that there is no well-defined market or price
system for the product in question, it is not advisable             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
to use the sale by tender procedure previously adopted
for the olive oil ; whereas the intervention agency
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 21 February 1985.
should therefore sell the product for the best price it
can obtain ;
                                                                                               For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                                       Vice-President
 (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
 (2) OJ No L 208 , 3 . 8 . 1984, p . 1 .