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

13 . 10 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 260/23
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 10 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)
                                                         (77/647/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 that for which the minimum
Whereas Article 4 of that Regulation provides for a                 price is fixed, the selling price shall be increased or
minimum selling price to be fixed for each quality in               reduced by Lit 1 000 per 100 kilograms for each
the light of the tenders received ;                                 degree of acidity or fraction thereof below or above
                                                                    15° .
Whereas the oil in question comes from intervention
in the         1 975/76 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, 10 October 1977.
Whereas, in view of the tenders submitted in response
to the second 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 .
(2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973, p. 5.
(3) 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.