CELEX: 31989R2002
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-06
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2002/89 of 5 July 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

6. 7. 89                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 191 / 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2002/89
                                                            of 5 July 1989
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                         intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  of the following quantities of olive oil :
Economic Community,
                                                                       — approximately 12 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive
                                                                            oil,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the                  — approximately 2 000 tonnes of olive-pomace oil.
establishment of a common -organization of the market in
oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                          Article 2
1 225/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                       The invitation to tender shall be published on = 6 July
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1989.
2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the
intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;             Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
                                                                       places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)               central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome,
No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds                   Italy.
certain quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                       A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                    delay to the Commission.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the
                                                                                                   Article 3
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable          The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                                 Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. (local time)
                                                                       on 20 July 1989.
Whereas in the present situation of the market in olive
oils where supply is low compared with demand and in                   Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
order to provide the greatest possible number of operators             or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it                    sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit                 1988 in a public register of a Member State.
tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to
avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a              Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
limited number of operators from monopolizing the                      quantity in excess of 1 500 tonnes, for lampante virgin
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only          olive oil, and 500 tonnes for olive-pomace oil.
recognized operators may submit tenders in response to
this invitation ;
                                                                                                   Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                       1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders
 Committee for Oils and Fats,                                          shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
                                                                       With regard to olive-pomace oil, tenders shall be
                                                                       submitted for an oil of 10° acidity.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                        2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                       acidity from that for which the tender was submitted^ the
                              Article 1
                                                                        price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                        increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli             A. Lampante virgin olive oil :
interventi' nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as
                                                                            — up to 5° acidity :
'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance
                                                                                 incresase of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of
                                                                                 acidity below 5° ,
(') OJ  No  172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ  No  L 128, 11 .  5. 1989, p. 15.                                    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
0   OJ  No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13 .
(<) OJ  No  L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                                        reduction of Lit 528,6 for each tenth of a degree of
0   OJ  No  L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20.                                        acidity above 5° ,
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    — above 8    :                                              received, not later than the last working day of the month
       additional reduction of Lit 578,2 for each tenth of      during which the tenders were submitted. The decision
       a degree above 8° ;                                      fixing the minimum selling price shall be notified
                                                                forthwith to the Member State concerned.
B. Olive-pomace oil :
    — below 10° down to 8° acidity :                                                      Article 7
       an increase of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree of
       acidity below 10° ,                                      The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
    — below 8° :                                                seventh day of each month following that during which
                                                                 the tenders were submitted .
       an additional increase of Lit 300 for each tenth of
       a degree below 8° ,
    — above 10° :                                                                         Article 8
       a reduction of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree        The. security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
       above 10° .
                                                                 No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.
                         Article 5
                                                                                          Article 9
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send         The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating         (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms.
the highest tenders received for each lot put up for sale.
                         Article 6                                                       Article 10
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accordance          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation         publication in the Official Journal of the European
(EEC) No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders                  Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 5 July 1989.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission