CELEX: 31990R2679
Language: en
Date: 1990-09-19
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2679/90 of 18 September 1990 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

19 . 9. 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 255/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2679/90
                                                       of 18 September 1990
                  opening an invitation to tender for die sale of olive oil held by the Spanish
                                                        intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the
                                                                     provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of more
Economic Community,                                                  or less 8 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation
136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment                 (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil
of a common organization of the market in oils and                   in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     establish several lots with part only of that oil.
2902/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 2
2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention
agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;                        The invitation to tender shall be published on 20
                                                                     September 1990.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission
                                                                     Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
Regulation (EEC) No 629/86 (4), the Spanish intervention
agency holds in stock large quantities of olive oil ;                places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
                                                                     central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 O,                    28004, Spain.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                    A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas               delay to the Commission.
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                                          Article 3
                                                                     The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8,
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin
olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and               Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on
                                                                      5 October 1990. Tenders shall be admissible only if
in order to provide the greatest possible number of                  submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an
operators with a minimum supply for their immediate                  activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status
needs, it should be stipulated that each operator may only           as at 31 December 1989 in a public register of a Member
submit tenders for a maximum quantity ;                              State.
Whereas special time limits should be laid down for                   Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
withdrawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the            quantity in excess of 1 000 tonnes.
market ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                        Article 4
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                          1.    Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
                                                                      2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                      acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                      price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                      increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
                             Article 1                                — up to 3° acidity :
                                                                          increase of Pta 48,93 for each tenth of a degree of
The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de                     acidity below 3° ,
Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa',              — above 3° up to 8° acidity,
                                                                          reduction of Pta 48,93 for each tenth of a degree of
(l) OJ   No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                 acidity above 3° ,
0   OJ   No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2.
(3) OJ   No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.                            — above 8° acidity,
(4) OJ   No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 8.                                      additional reduction of Pta 53,51 for each tenth of a
0   OJ   No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
M OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                                      degree above 8° .
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                         Article 5                                                      Article 8
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send       The product shall be withdrawn not later than 30
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating        November 1990.
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
                         Article 6
                                                                The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 2960/77 shall be Pta 3 000 per 100 kilograms.
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day                               Article 9
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member         The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
State concerned.                                                (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Pta 400 per 100 kilograms.
                         Article 7
The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the                                 Article 10
fifth working day after the date of notification of the
decision referred to in Article 6.
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage         publication in the Official Journal of the European
with a list of the lots remaining unsold.                        Communities.
                 This Regulation Shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 18 September 1990.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission