CELEX: 31983R0646
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 646/83 of 18 March 1983 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

22. 3 . 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 76/9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 646/83
                                                        of 18 March 1983
                opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                    — approximately 3 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
COMMUNITIES,                                                            olive oil,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — approximately 1 000 tonnes of olive residue oil.
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),                                     Article 2
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                           The invitation to tender shall be published on 22
                                                                    March 1983 .
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive                Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up               places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
for sale by tender ;                                                central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No              A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since              without delay to the Commission.
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities
of olive oil ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1852/ 82 (5), laid down the conditions for the sale by              The tenders must reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
tender on the Community market and for export of                    Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (local time) on 13 April
                                                                    1983 .
olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is
at present favourable for the sale of part of the said
oil ;
                                                                                            Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                1 . With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                        made for an oil of 5° acidity.
                                                                    With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders shall
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
                                                                    2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                              Article 1                             acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
                                                                    the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per               tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred          scale below :
to as 'AIMA', shall open a standing invitation to tender
in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation                A. Virgin lampante olive oil :
and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale
on the Community market of olive oil out of interven­                   — up to 5° acidity :
tion purchases made during the 1980/81 and 1981 /82                         increase of Lit 3 094 for each degree or fraction
marketing years :                                                           of degree of acidity below 5° ,
— approximately 2 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive                      — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
      oil ,
                                                                            reduction of Lit 3 094 for each degree or frac­
                                                                            tion of degree of acidity above 5° ,
(') OJ     No 172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ     No L 162, 12.   6. 1982, p. 6.                                — above 8° :
(3) OJ     No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                              additional   reduction   of  Lit  4 125   for each
(4) OJ     No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46.
(5) OJ No L 209 , 10 .     7 . 1982, p. 17 .                                 degree or fraction of degree above 8° .
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B. Olive residue oil :                                       decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
                                                             notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
        reduction of Lit 1 805 for each degree or frac­                              Article 7
        tion of degree of acidity above 5° ,
                                                             The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
    — above 8° :
                                                             seventh day of the month following that during which
        additional reduction of Lit 2 191       for each     the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply the
        degree or fraction of degree above 8° .              agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots
                                                             remaining unsold.
                       Article 5                                                     Article 8
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time
                                                             The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA
                                                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 12 246 per 100 kilo­
                                                             grams .
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot
                                                                                     Article 9
put up for sale.
                                                             The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­
                                                             tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100
                       Article 6
                                                             kilograms.
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis                              Article 10
of the tenders received, not later than the last working
day of the month during which the tenders were               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
submitted and in accordance with the procedure set           publication in the Official Journal of the European
out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The           Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 March 1983 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission