CELEX: 31989R1571
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1571/89 of 6 June 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

7 . 6 . 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 154/9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1571/89
                                                            of 6 June 1989
                    opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                         intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           'AIMA , shall open an invitation to tender in accordance
                                                                      with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market
 Economic Community,                                                   of the following quantities of olive oil :
 Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC of                   — approximately 1 000 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                           oil,
 the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment
of a common organization of the market in oils and                    — approximately 1 0 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
 fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          oil,
 1 225/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,              — approximately 1 000 tonnes of olive-pomace oil.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the                                                 Article 2
 intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                      The invitation to tender shall be published on 12 June
                                                                       1989.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds                 Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
certain quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                      places where they are stored shall be dispayed at the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                   central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (5), laid              A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                     delay to the Commission.
 Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable
 for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                                          Article 3
Whereas in the present situation of the market in olive               The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via
oils where supply is low compared with demand and in                  Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. (local time)
order to provide the greatest possible number of operators            on 22 June 1989.
with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, in
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit               Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to                  or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a            sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
limited number of operators from monopolizing the                      1988 in a public register of a Member State.
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only
recognized operators may submit tenders in response to                Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
this invitation ;                                                     quantity in excess of 1 500 tonnes, for lampante virgin
                                                                      olive oil, and 500 tonnes for olive-pomace oil.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                                                  Article 4
Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                       1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders shall
                                                                      be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION •
                                                                      With regard to olive-pomace oil, tenders shall be
                                                                      submitted for an oil of 10" acidity.
                              Article 1                               2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity
                                                                      from that for which the tender was submitted, the price to
The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli            be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, increased or
interventi' nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as         reduced in accordance with the scale below :
                                                                      A. Lampante virgin olive oil :
(') OJ    No 172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ    No L 128, 11 .  5. 1989, p. 15.                                  — up to 5° acidity :
(J) OJ    No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13.
(4) OJ    No L 348 , 30.  12. 1977, p. 46.                                      increase of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of
0   OJ    No L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20.                                      acidity below 5° ,
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    — above 5Q up to 8 acidty :                                 No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not
       reduction of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of     later than the last working day of the month during
       acidity above 5° ,                                       which the tenders were submitted. The decision fixing the
    — above 8° :                                                minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the
                                                                Member State concerned.
       additional reduction of Lit 578,2 for each tenth of
       a degree above 8° .
B. Olive-pomace oil :                                                                   Article 7
    — below 10° down to 8° acidity :                            The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
       an increase of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree of     seventh day of each month following that during which
       acidity below 10° ,                                      the tenders were submitted.
    — below 8° :
       an additional increase of Lit 300 for each tenth of
                                                                                        Article 8
       a degree below 8° ,
    — above 10° :                                               The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
       a reduction of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree         No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.
       above 10° .
                                                                                        Article 9
                         Article 5
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit    The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send        (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms.
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tenders received for each lot put up for sale.
                                                                                         Article 9
                         Article 6
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accordance          publication in the Official Journal of the European
with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation         Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 6 June 1989.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission