CELEX: 31968R0589
Language: en
Date: 1968-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 589/68 of the Commission of 14 May 1968 on detailed rules for the sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies

112                                     Official Journal of the European Communities
  No L 112/ 6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                15.5.68
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 589/68 OE THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 14 May 1968
                         on detailed rules for the sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies
 THE      COMMISSION        OF    THE     EUROPEAN      COM­          observed should be fixed in each case ; whereas,
 MUNITIES ,                                                           however, several minimum prices may be fixed in
                                                                      each case on the basis of the distance from the Com­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               munity market of 'the countries of destination and
 Economic Community ;                                                 the special conditions applying to imports in certain
                                                                      countries of destination ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/
 EEC 1 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of                  Whereas the price for invitations to tender for export
 a common organisation of the market in oils and                      may be lower than the price for invitations to tender
 fats , and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof;                    for sales on the Community market; whereas, there­
                                                                      fore, in connection with an invitation to tender for
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/                      exports, the lodging of a special deposit should be
 EEC2 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats
                                                                      required as a guarantee that the oil thus acquired is
 between the Community and Greece;                                   in fact exported from the Community and, where
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/                      appropriate, reaches its destination ;
 EEC3 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies                   Whereas the minimum price for invitations to tender
on olive oil , and in particular Article 11 thereof;                 for export is fixed on the basis of world market
 Whereas olive oil held by intervention agencies must                price ; whereas, therefore, it is not necessary to. grant
 be sold without discrimination among Community                      an export refund on oil acquired by tender ;
 buyers ; whereas for that purpose it is appropriate                 Whereas to take account of current administrative
that sales should take place under the tendering                     facilities in the Member States customs export for­
system ;                                                             malities should be completed in the Member State
Whereas transactions carried out by intervention                     in which the invitation to tender is issued ;
agencies take place at the wholesale stage ; whereas,                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
therefore, those agencies should lay down for each                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
invitation to tender for sale on the Community                       ment Committee for Oils and Fats ;
market the minimum quantity below which tenders
may be refused;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 11 (3 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
laid down the price at which oil bought in by inter­                                         Article 1
vention agencies should be sold ; whereas, therefore,
the minimum price for sales by tender must be fixed                 The sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies
at a level making it possible to achieve this end ;                 shall take place by tender under the terms laid down
whereas, however, prices of imported oil should                      in the following Articles .
not impede sales by intervention agencies ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas , however, invitations to tender for export
which are issued as a result of intervention agencies               The terms of the invitation to tender, where the oil
needing to dispose of stocks held by them must not,                 is held, must ensure equal access and treatment to
however, cause distortions detrimental to normal                    all interested parties irrespective of the place of their
exports ; whereas, therefore, a minimum price to be                 establishment in the Community.
                                                                                             Article 3
   Ol No 172 , 30.9.19 66 , p. 3025 /66.
   OJ No 197 , 20.10.1966 , p. 3393 /66 .                           ' Invitation to tender' means a competition in which
   OJ No 130 , 28.6.1967 , p. 2600/67 .                             all interested parties are invited to submit tenders,
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  the contract being awarded to the person offering                                       Article 7
  the highest price, subject to observance of the mini­
  mum prices fixed in accordance with the following               1 . The terms of the invitation to tender for export
  provisions.                                                     shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
                                                                  laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/
                           Article 4                              EEC .     .
  1 . For each tender the invitation to submit tenders            The terms to be laid down shall concern in particu­
  must be published in particular in the Official                 lar :
  Journal of the European Communities .                           — the minimum price ;
, 2. Interested parties shall take part in the invitation         — the deposit referred to in paragraph 3 ;
  to tender by submitting tenders in writing and in              — the minimum quantity below which tenders may
  sealed envelopes.                                                     be refused .
                          Article 5                              2 . The minimum price shall be fixed at such a level
                                                                  that it does not interfere with the other exports of
  1 . When an intervention agency issues an invitation            olive oil, and on the basis of the trends and needs
  to tender for sale on the Community market, the                 of the market.
  relevant Member State belongs shall notify the Com­
  mission at least ten days before the date of publi­            When the situation on the world market for the
  cation .                                                        specific needs of certain markets so require, different
                                                                 minimum prices may be fixed, according to desti­
  2. When the invitation to submit tenders is pub­                nation .
  lished, the terms of the invitation to tender shall be
  specified, in particular the minimum price to be               3 . Intervention agencies inviting tenders for export
  observed and the minimum quantity below which                   shall require a special deposit to be lodged by the
  tenders may be refused.                                        exporter who submits the successful tender. This
  3 . The invitation to submit tenders referred to in            deposit shall be released when proof is furnished
                                                                  that the oil acquired by tender has in fact been
  parapgraph 2 shall be published in the Official
  Journal of the European Communities at least
                                                                 exported from the Community and, where appro­
                                                                  priate, has reached its destination .
  twenty days before the final date fixed for the sub­
  mission of tenders .                                           4. Oil which has been exported shall not benefit
                           Article 6
                                                                 from the export refund fixed in accordance with
                                                                  Regulation No 171 /67/EEC.
  1 . The minimum price referred to in Article 5 (2)
  shall be fixed by the intervention agency at such                                       Article 8
  a level that the cost price of oil sold by tender shall
  not be lower at the Community frontier crossing                Customs export formalities shall be completed in the
                                                                 Member State in which the invitation to tender is
  point referred to in Article 13 (2) of Regulation
                                                                 issued .
  No 136/66/EEC than the market target price ruling
  on the day of tender less one unit of account per                                       Article 9
  100 kg.
                                                                 Olive-oil producing Member States shall assist one
  2. If the oil offered is not of the standard quality for       another in applying the provisions of this Regulation .
  which the intervention price is fixed, the price in­
  creases and reductions listed in the Annex to Com­
                                                                                         Article 10
  mission Regulation No 785/67/EEC1 of 30 October
  1967 on detailed rules for the buying-in of olive oil          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
  by intervention agencies shall apply to the selling            day following its publication in the Official Journal
  price.                                                         of the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 14 May 1968 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                             Jean REY
  1 OJ No 264, 30. 10. 1967, p. 11 .