CELEX: 31994R1772
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1772/94 of 19 July 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

20. 7. 94                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 184/ 5
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1772/94
                                                            of 19 July 1994
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek
                                                         intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community
                                                                      market of approximately 5 000 tonnes of lampante virgin
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                olive oil.
 Community,
                                                                                               Article 2
 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 ('), as last             The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
                                                                      28 July 1994.
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in parti­
 cular 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)                        central office of DIDAGEP, Acharnon No 241 , 11253
 No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                       Athens, Greece.
 No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­
vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                 A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
                                                                      without delay to the Commission .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation
 No 136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency holds
 certain quantities of olive oil ;                                                             Article 3
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*),                   The tenders must reach DIDAGEP at the central office,
                                                                      Acharnon No 241 , 11253 Athens, Greece not later than 2
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid
 down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                    p.m. (local time) on 26 August 1994.
 Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
                                                                      Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
 the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable        or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
                                                                      1993 in a public register of a Member State.
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and                No tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity in excess
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­            of 1 000 tonnes.
tors with minimum supplies for their immediate needs, it
should be stipulated that an operator may only submit
tenders up to a given quantity ;                                                               Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are              1.    Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 3° 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 3° acidity :
                                                                          increase of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                          acidity below 3°
                              Article 1
                                                                      — above 3° acidity :
The Greek intervention agency, 'Diefthinsi Diachiriseos                   reduction of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to as                   acidity above 3° .
'DIDAGEP', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­
ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­                                     Article 5
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.                            Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
0   OJ  No  L 285, 20.   11 . 1993, p. 9.                             laid down for the submission of tenders, DIDAGEP shall
(3) OJ  No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13.                           send the Commission a list, without mentioning names,
(4) OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                             stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for
0 OJ No L 368, 31 .      12. 1985, p. 20 .                            sale.
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                        Article 6                               DIDAGEP 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 tenders received, not later than the 10th working day       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the           No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms.
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member                                 Article 9
State concerned.
                                                                The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
                        Article 7
                                                                                        Article 10
The olive oil shall be sold by DIDAGEP not later than           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the fifth working day after the date of notification of the     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
decision referred to in Article 6 .                             European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 19 July 1994.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Rene STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission