CELEX: 31989R2377
Language: en
Date: 1989-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/89 of 2 August 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 225/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  3. 8 . 89
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2377/89
                                                         of 2 August 1989
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                        intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           'AIMA , shall open an invitation to tender in accordance
                                                                      with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market
Economic Community,                                                   of the following quantity of olive oil : approximately 1
                                                                      8 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil.
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC of
the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
of a common organization of the market in oils and                                              Article 2
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1225/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                The invitation to tender shall be published on 1
                                                                      September 1989.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the                      Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;            places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
                                                                      central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 2 (I) of Regulation (EEC)
No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds
                                                                      A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
certain quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                      delay to the Commission.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                                               Article 3
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable         The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. (local time)
                                                                      on 12 September 1989.
Whereas in the present situation of the market in olive
oils where supply is low compared with demand and in                  Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
order to provide the greatest possible number of operators             or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it                    sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit                1988 in a public register of a Member State.
tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to
avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a             Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
limited number of operators from monopolizing the                      quantity in excess of 1 500 tonnes.
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only
 recognized operators may submit tenders in response to
 this invitation ;                                                                              Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are               1.    Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                       2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                       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 :
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       — up to 5° acidity :
                              Article 1                                    increase of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                           acidity below 5° ,
The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato per gli              — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
 interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as
                                                                           reduction of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                           acidity above 5° ,
 (') OJ  No 172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.
 0   OJ  No L 128, 11 .  5. 1989, p. 15.                               — above 8° :
 (3) OJ  No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.
  4) OJ  No L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                                  additional reduction of Lit 578,2 for each tenth of a
 0   OJ  No L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20.                                  degree above 8° .
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                         Article 5                                                      Article 8
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send        The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating        No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.
the highest tenders received for each lot put up for sale.
                         Article 6
                                                                                        Article 9
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation
No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not        The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
later than the last working day of the month during             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms.
which the tenders were submitted. The decision fixing the
minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the
Member State concerned.
                                                                                        Article 10
                         Article 7
The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
seventh day of each month following that during which            publication in the Official Journal of the European
the tenders were submitted.                                      Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 2 August 1989 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission