CELEX: 31994R0215
Language: en
Date: 1994-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 215/94 of 31 January 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

1 . 2. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 27/49
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 215/94
                                                         of 31 January 1994
                   opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish
                                                        intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          sions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               following quantities of olive oil :
  Economic Community,
                                                                      — approximately 1 500 tonnes of virgin olive oil,
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of                — approximately 5 150 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                       oil,
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last             — approximately 400 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil.
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in parti­
 cular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                      By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                        (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil
                                                                      in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to esta­
  No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      blish several lots with part only of that oil.
 No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­
 vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)                                       Article 2
 No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds
 certain quantities of olive oil ;                                    The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on
                                                                      4 February 1994.
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (5),
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid             Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
 down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                    places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
 Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas               central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid
 the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable        28004, Spain.
 for the sale of part of the said oil ;
                                                                     A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent
 Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin            without delay to the Commission.
 olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­
 tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit                                         Article 3
tenders for a maximum quantity ;
                                                                     The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8,
Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats                   Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by             15 February 1994. Tenders shall be admissible only if
 its chairman,                                                       submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an
                                                                     activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status
                                                                     as at 31 December 1993 in a public register of a Member
                                                                     State.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
                                                                     quantity in excess of 500 tonnes.
                              Article 1
                                                                                                Article 4
The Spanish intervention agency, 'Servicio Nacional de
Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa' shall
open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provi­           1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders
                                                                     shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.
(')  OJ  No 172, 30. 9.  1966, p. 3025/66.
0    OJ  No L 285, 20.   11 . 1993, p. 9.                            2.    Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
(3)  OJ  No L 331 , 28.  11 . 1978, p. 13.                          acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
0    OJ  No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5.
0    OJ  No L 348, 30.   12. 1977, p. 46.                            price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
0    OJ  No L 368, 31 .  12. 1985, p. 20.                            increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
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— up to 3 acidity :                                             submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
    increase of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of          selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
                                                                State concerned.
    acidity below 3°
— above 3° up to 5° acidity :                                                             Article 7
    reduction of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of
    acidity above 3°                                            The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the
                                                                fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­
— above 5° acidity :                                            sion referred to in Article 6 .
    additional reduction of ECU 0,35 for each tenth of a
                                                                Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
    degree of acidity above 5° .                                with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
                         Article 5                                                       Article 8
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit    The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send       No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms.
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.                                Article 9
                                                                The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation
                         Article 6                              (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall                                 Article 10
be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
after the expiry of each final date laid down for the           European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 31 January 1994.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission