CELEX: 31978R2250
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2250/78 of 28 September 1978 on the putting up for sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

29 . 9 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 273/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2250/78
                                                   of 28 September 1978
                on the putting up for sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   (b) 2 000 tonnes of olive-residue oil out of interven­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion purchases made during the 1975/76 olive oil
                                                                     marketing year.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic 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                    The invitation to tender in respect of the olive oil
fats ( 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                referred to in Article 1 (a) shall be published on 29
                                                                 September 1978 .
2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No           The invitation to tender in respect of the olive-residue
 136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since         oil referred to in Article 1 (b) shall be published on 6
                                                                 October 1978 .
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quanti­
ties of olive oil ;
                                                                 Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2960/77                  places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
of 23 December 1977 laying down rules for the sale of            central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Roma, Italy.
olive oil held by the intervention agencies (3), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the
Community market and for export of olive oil ;                                           Article 3
whereas the state of the Italian market in olive oil is at
present favourable for the resale of the said oil ;              The minimum selling price shall be as laid down in
whereas, in view of the characteristics of the market,           the Annex hereto .
the sale should be concluded by tender ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                         Article 4
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                 Tenders shall reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
                                                                 Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (Italian time) on :
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   — 12 October 1978 in the case of the olive oil
                                                                     referred to in Article 1 (a),
                          Article 1                              — 24 October 1978 in the case of the olive-residue
                                                                     oil referred to in Article 1 (b).
The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per
gli interventi sul mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred
to as 'AIMA', shall put up for sale by tender in accor­                                  Article 5
dance with the provisions of this Regulation and of
Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 :                                    The olive oil referred to in Article 1 (a) shall be sold
(a) 2 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil out of inter­         by AIMA on 14 October 1978 .
     vention purchases made during the 1975/76 olive
     oil marketing year,                                         The olive-residue oil referred to in Article 1 (b) shall
                                                                 be sold by AIMA on 26 October 1978 .
     1 700 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil out of
     intervention purchases made during the 1977/78
     olive oil marketing year,                                   AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for
                                                                 storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
     2 000 tonnes of olive-residue oil out of interven­
     tion purchases made during the 1975/76 olive oil
     marketing year ;                                                                     Article 6
(!) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025/66 .
(2) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                         The security shall be 8-00 units of account per 100
(3) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p . 46 .                        kilograms.
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                          Article 7                                                          Article 8
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The storage charge shall be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilo­                publication in the Official Journal of the European
grams .                                                            Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 28 September 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                          ANNEX
                     Minimum selling price for olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
            1 . Extra virgin olive oil, 1° :                                        Lit 167 000 per 100 kilograms.
            2. Lampante virgin olive oil, 5° :                                      Lit 148 000 per 100 kilograms.
            3 . 1 5° olive-residue oil :                                            Lit 82 000 per 100 kilograms.
            In the case of lampante virgin olive oil and olive-residue oil with a different degree of acidity, there
            shall be added or deducted as the case may be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilograms for each degree of acidity
            or fraction thereof less than 5° or more than 15°.