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Language: en
Date: 1983-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 December 1983 on the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 375/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             31 . 12. 83
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 14 December 1983
                          on the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
                                                (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (83/655/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       called 'AIMA , shall offer for sale on the terms speci­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         fied hereinafter a lot of approximately 140 tonnes of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                lampante olive oil currently in its possession resulting
Economic Community,                                                  from intervention on the olive oil market during the
                                                                     1977/78 marketing year.
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                       The various portions of the lot and the places where
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),              they are stored are set out in Annex I.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 141 3/82 (2),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                            2. Notice of the sale shall be displayed by AIMA at
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     its head office : Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, on 15
                                                                     December 1983 .
2754/ 78 of 23 November 1978 on intervention in the
olive oil sector (3), provides that, if special conditions
so warrant, olive oil held by intervention agencies may
be offered for sale according to a procedure other than                                      Article 2
by tender ;
                                                                     1 . AIMA shall make the necessary arrangements to
Whereas the Italian intervention agency is holding a
                                                                     enable prospective tenderers to ascertain the quality
stock of lampante olive oil from intervention during
                                                                     and characteristics of the products offered for sale.
the 1976/77 marketing year ;
Whereas, in view of the special characteristics of this              2. Applications to purchase, in writing, must reach
oil, and of the fact that it has deteriorated as a result of         AIMA no later than 2 p.m . (local time) on 9 January
prolonged storage, the provisions of Article 4 (2) of                1984 .
Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 (4) should be applied ;
whereas for the same reasons it should be sold as a                  No application will be considered unless it relates to
single lot ; whereas such a sale may therefore interest              the total amount of the lot offered for sale and
only a limited number of traders ; whereas in these                  includes :
circumstances the procedure of sale by tender will not
be adopted ; whereas the Italian intervention agency                 (a) the name and address of the applicant ;
should therefore sell this product on the best possible              (b) the price offered per 100 kg of oil ;
terms, subject to a minimum price being observed ;
                                                                     (c) a declaration whereby by applicant renounces all
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that the oil sold is                    claims concerning the quality and characteristics of
actually placed on the consumer market ; whereas, for                     any product purchased .
this purpose, it is appropriate to provide for the
lodging of a security ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                          1 . Sale of the product referred to in Article 1 shall
                                                                     take place on 16 January 1984. The lot shall be sold to
                                                                     the party which has offered the highest price in rela­
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                          tion to the minimum price fixed in Annex II .
                            Article 1                                Where several offers are made at the same price, the
                                                                     purchaser shall be decided by the drawing of lots.
1 . The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato
per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter
                                                                     Delivery of the product sold must take place before 29
                                                                     February 1984.
(') OJ  No  172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66.
(2) Of  No  L 162, 12.    6. 1982, p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 331 , 28 .  11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                         Before beginning to withdraw the oil, the purchaser
O   OJ  No  L 327, 14.    11 . 1981 , p. 1 .                         shall lodge a security of Lit 25 000 per 100 kg of oil .
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The security shall be released once the purchaser has                                     Article 4
proved to the satisfaction of the AIMA, within three
months from the date on which withdrawal of the oil             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
was completed, that the oil has been refined.
If this time limit is not complied with, the security           Done at Brussels, 14 December 1983 .
shall be forfeited as to 10 % of its amount for each
month of delay in producing the relevant proof.                                              For the Commission
                                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
2.    AIMA shall inform the Commission without
delay of the outcome of this sale.                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                       ANNEX I
                          Location                       Items                           Quantity
                        (warehouse)                       (lot)                        (in quintals)
             Casarano                                      13                               168
             Casarano                                      14                               500
             Lecce                                         15                               300
             Lecce                                         18                               125
             Lecce                                         19                               300
             I                                                                 Total :    1 393
                                                       ANNEX II
             Minimum price for virgin lampante olive oil offered for sale by the Italian intervention agency :
             Lit 217 500 per 100 kg.