CELEX: 31988R3135
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3135/88 of 12 October 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

No L 280/8                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                13 . 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3135/88
                                                        of 12 October 1988
                  opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         —    447 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
                                                                     —   1 005 tonnes of virgin olive oil,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                —   52 tonnes of ordinary olive oil,
Economic Community,                                                  —   507 tonnes of virgin lampante olive oil.
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                                          Article 2
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last             The invitation to tender shall be published oh 1 8 October
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in                   1988 .
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
                                                                     places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     central office of IROMA, Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 ,
2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention         Lisboa, Portugal.
agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                     A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No                delay to the Commission.
 136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds
certain quantities of olive oil ;                                                             Article 3
                                                                     The tenders must reach the IROMA, at the central office,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                  Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , Lisboa, Portugal not later
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*), laid            than 2 p.m. (local time) on 25 October 1988 .
 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 4
 for the sale of part of the said oil
                                                                     1.     With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
                                                                     shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    2.     Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
 Committee for Oils and Fats,                                        acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                     price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                     increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
                                                                     Virgin lampante olive oil :
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       — up to 5° acidity :
                                                                          increase of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                          degree of acidity below 5° ,
                                                                     — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
                             Article 1
                                                                          reduction of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                          degree of acidity above 5° ,
  The Portuguese intervention agency, 'Institute Regulador            — above 8° :
  e Orientador de Mercados Agrícolas', hereinafter referred
  to as 'IROMA', shall open an invitation to tender in                    additional reduction of Esc 658 for each degree or
  accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of                fraction of degree above 8° .
  Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the
  Community market of the following quantities of olive                                        Article 5
  oil :
                                                                      Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
  (') OJ No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            laid down for the submission of tenders, IROMA shall
  0   OJ No  L 197, 26.  7. 1988, p. 1 .                              send the Commission a list, without mentioning names,
  (3) OJ No  L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13.                            stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for
  (4) OJ No  L 348, 30.  12. 1977, p. 46.                             sale.
  Is) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                          Article 6                              IROMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
                                                                with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in                                    Article 8
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of          The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day        No 2960/77 shall be Esc 3 340 per 100 kilograms.
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
                                                                                           Article 9
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
State concerned.                                                 The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Esc 430 per 10Q kilograms.
                          Article 7                                                       Article 10
The olive oil shall be sold by IROMA not later than the          This Regulation , shall enter into force on the day of its
 fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­    publication in the Official Journal of the European
 sion referred to in Article 6.                                   Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 October 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President