CELEX: 31968R1896
Language: en
Date: 1968-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1896/68 of the Commission of 27 November 1968 amending Regulation No 785/67/EEC on the buying-in of olive oil by intervention agencies

574                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 288/ 16                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 11.68
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1896/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                 of 27 November 1968
              amending Regulation No 785 /67/EEC on the buying-in of olive oil by intervention
                                                         agencies
THE    COMMISSION       OF    THE    EUROPEAN      COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
MUNITIES ,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                    The following shall be substituted for Article 2 of
                                                                Regulation No 785/67/EEC :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/                      'Any holder of the olive oil referred to in Article 1
EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                      originating in the Community shall be entitled
of a common organisation of the market in oils and                  to offer that oil to the intervention agency.
fats, and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof;
Whereas Commission Regulation No 785 /67/EEC2                       The quantities offered must be at least :
of 30 October 1967 on the buying-in of olive oil by
intervention agencies fixed the minimum quantities                   400 kg, if the oil offered is of one of the
which intervention agencies will accept, the pro­                             qualities defined in 1 (a), (b) or (c) of
portion of the various qualities represented in the total                     the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/
virgin olive oil production and the structure of the                           EEC ;
olive and olive-residue processing industry being
taken into account;                                                 1000 kg, if. the oil offered is of the quality defined
                                                                              in 1 ( d) of that Annex, or if the quality
Whereas application of the intervention system                                offered is divided into two or more parts
should be simplified by increasing the ' minimum                              of different qualities which are defined
quantities fixed by Regulation No 785/67/EEC ;                                 in ( 1 ) of that Annex ;
Whereas, since the intervention price is fixed at the               4000 kg, if the oil offered is of the quality defined
wholesale marketing stage, minimum quantities                                  in (4) of that Annex.'
should be fixed at a level which approximates as
closely as possible to the quantities which are the
subject of transactions at that stage;                                                      Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­               day following its publication in the Official Journal
ment Committee for Oils and Fats ;                              of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 27 November 1968 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                             Jean REY
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025 /66.
2 OJ No 264, 31.10.1967, p. 11 .