CELEX: 31989R0720
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-22
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 720/89 of 21 March 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

22. 3 . 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 79/ 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 720/89
                                                           of 21 March 1989
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese
                                                          intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 market of the following quantities of olive oil :
 Economic Community,
                                                                       — 300 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
 Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the                      — 500 tonnes of virgin olive oil.
 Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in                                         Article 2
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       The invitation to tender shall be published on 22 March
                                                                        1989.
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
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No                  places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
 136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds                  central office of INGA, Rua Padre Ant6nio Vieira n? 1 ,
certain quantities of olive oil ;                                      Lisbon, Portugal.
                                                 /
 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 (5), 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 part 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 Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , Lisbon, Portugal not later
olive oils where supply is low compared with demand and                than 2 p.m. (local time) on 6 April 1989.
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­
tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it               Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit                or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to                   sector and is registered as at 31 December 1988 in a
avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a             public register of a Member State.
limited number of operators from monopolizing the
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only
                                                                       Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
recognized operators may submit tenders in response to                 quantity in excess of 150 tonnes.
this invitation ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                                                Article 4
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils arid Fats,
                                                                       Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
                                                                       laid down for the submission of tenders, INGA shall send
                                                                       the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
                              Article 1
                                                                                                Article 5
The Portuguese intervention agency, 'Institute Nacional
de Intervengao e Garantia Agricola', hereinafter referred to           The minimuni selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
                                                                       be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
as 'INGA', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­
                                                                       Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
                                                                       the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day
0   OJ  No  172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.                             after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
0   OJ  No  L 197, 26.   7. 1988, p. 1 .                               submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
0   OJ  No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .
(4) OJ  No  L 348, 30 .  12. 1977, p. 46.                              selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
O   OJ  No  L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20 .                             State concerned.
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                         Article 6                                                      Article 8
The olive oil shall be sold by INGA not later than the
fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­   The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
sion referred to in Article 6.                                  (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Esc 430 per 100 kilograms.
INGA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
with a list of the lots remaining unsold.                                               Article 9
                         Article 7
                                                                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 Esc 3 340 per 100 kilograms.                Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 21 March 1989.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission