CELEX: 31985R2294
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/85 of 9 August 1985 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

10 . 8 . 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 213/35
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2294/85
                                                      of 9 August 1985
               opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the
                                                Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                     and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on
                                                                 the Community market of the following quantities of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            olive oil :
Economic Community,
                                                                 — approximately 1 600 tonnes of extra virgin olive
                                                                      oil,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                   — approximately 5 500 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),          — approximately 20 000 tonnes of ordinary olive oil,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /85 (2),
                                                                 — approximately 33 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                             olive oil,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 — approximately 5 900 tonnes of residue oil.
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3) provides that olive
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up            Approximately one-half of these quantities will be put
for sale by tender ;                                             on sale each month together with any unsold quanti­
                                                                 ties from the previous invitations to tender.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since                                  Article 2
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities
of olive oil ;
                                                                 The invitation to tender shall be published on 10
                                                                 August 1985. Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                           sale and of the places where they are stored shall be
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No              displayed at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro
1922/85 (*), laid down the conditions for the sale by            81 , Rome, Italy.
tender on the Community market and for export of
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Italian market in           A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of       without delay to the Commission .
the said oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular
supply of the market up to the end of the current
marketing year, the sale should be effected by means                                    Article 3
of a standing invitation to tender ;
                                                                 The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, Via
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, not later than 2 p.m. (local
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management             time) on 24 September 1985.
Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                 Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m .
                                                                 (local time) on 23 October 1985.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                         Article 4
                           Article 1                              1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
                                                                 shall be submitted for an oil of 5 0 acidity.
The Italian intervention agency Azienda di Stato per             With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be
gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred       submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
to as 'AIMA', shall open a standing invitation to tender
                                                                  2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
(') OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                         acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
I1) OJ   No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.                           the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
(3) OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13 .                       tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
(4) OJ   No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.                           scale below :
0   OJ   No L 180, 12. 7. 1985, p. 26.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 213/36                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              10 . 8 . 85
A. Virgin lampante olive oil :                                day of the month during which the tenders were
                                                              submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
    — up to 5° acidity ;
                                                              out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The
        increase of Lit 4 582 for each degree or fraction     decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
        of degree of acidity below 5° ,                       notified forthwith to the Member State concerned.
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
                                                                                      Article 7
        reduction of Lit 4 582 for each degree or frac­
        tion of degree of acidity above 5° ,                  The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
    — above 8° :                                              seventh day of each month following that during
        additional    reduction of  Lit 5 012   for each      which the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply
        degree or fraction of degree above 8° .               the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the
                                                              lots remaining unsold.
B. Olive residue oil :
                                                              A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :                             remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
        reduction of Lit 2 435 for each degree or frac­       tender shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA
        tion of degree of acidity above 5 0 ,                 not later than the seventh day of each month.
    — above 8 0 :
                                                                                     Article 8
        additional reduction of Lit 2 864 for each
        degree or fraction of degree above 8 ° .              The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                              (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilo­
                                                              grams .
                         Article 5
                                                                                     Article 9
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA
                                                              The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning          tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot       kilograms.
put up for sale.
                                                                                     Article 10
                         Article 6
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis        publication in the Official Journal of the European
of the tenders received, not later than the last working      Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Dpne at Brussels, 9 August 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President