CELEX: 31993R2575
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2575/93 of 20 September 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

21 . 9. 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 236/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2575/93
                                                      of 20 September 1993
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           lays down that tenders submitted in response to invita­
                                                                     tions to tender be expressed in ecus and Articles 13 to 17
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               thereof provide for advance fixing of the agricultural
 Economic Community,                                                 conversion rates for the amounts concerned ; whereas
                                                                     Article 10 of the said Regulation applies to the olive oil
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                sector only as from the beginning of the 1993/94 marke­
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                   ting year ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to specify
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last             the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate in
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in                   the case of this invitation to tender ;
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Oils and Fats,
No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­
vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation
 No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
certain quantities of olive oil ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                                           Article 1
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas               The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable        interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                               'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance
                                                                     with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin             (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and               of the following quantities of olive oil :
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­
tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it             — approximateley 6 600 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                          oil,
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit
tenders for a maximum quantity ;                                     — approximately 2 300 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
                                                                          oil.
Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­
drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the
market ;                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for deter­             The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
mining and applying the agricultural conversion rates Q              24 September 1993.
                                                                     Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ  No  L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 .                               places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
(3) OJ  No  L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13.                            central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome.
(4) OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
0   OJ  No  L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                             A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
o   OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.                              without delay to the Commission.
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                         Article 3                               Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
                                                                 the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day
The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via
                                                                 after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome not later than 2 p.m. (local          submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
time) on 5 October 1993.                                         selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
                                                                 State concerned.
Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
                                                                                           Article 7
1992 in a public register of a Member State.
Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a               The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
quantity in excess of 500 tonnes.                                fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­
                                                                 sion referred to in Article 6.
                         Article 4
                                                                 AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
1.    With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders          with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of                                         Article 8
acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,           The product shall be withdrawn not later than
increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :        15 November 1993 .
— up to 3° acidity :                                            The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
    increase of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of          No 2960/77 shall be 18 ECUS per 100 kilograms.
    acidity below 3°
— above 3° up to 5° acidity :                                                              Article 9
    reduction of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of
    acidity above 3°                                            The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
— above 5° acidity :                                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 3 ECUS per 100 kilograms.
    additional reduction of 0,35 ECUS for each tenth of a
    degree of acidity above 5° .                                                          Article 10
                         Article 5                              The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate
                                                                 applicable in the context of this invitation to tender shall
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit     be determined in accordance with the provisions of
laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send        Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93.
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
                                                                                          Article 11
                         Article 6
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in          European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 20 September 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission