CELEX: 31985R0355
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 355/85 of 8 February 1985 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

No L 41 /8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             12. 2. 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 355/85
                                                      of 8 February 1985
               opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek
                                                     intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Oils and Fats,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                                           Article 1
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231 /85 (2),
and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
                                                                  The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachiriseos
                                                                  Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to
                                                                  as 'Ydagep', shall open a standing invitation to tender
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive              and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up             the Community market of the following quantities of
for sale by tender ;                                              olive oil out of intervention purchases :
                                                                  — approximately 280 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No            — approximately 1 350 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has, since
the 1980/81 marketing year, bought in large quantities            — approximately 2 250 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive
                                                                       oil ,
of olive oil ;
                                                                  — approximately 5 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
                                                                      olive oil,
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               — approximately 800 tonnes of olive residue oil.
2041 /83 Q, laid down the conditions for the sale by
tender on the Community market and for export of                  Unsold quantities from the first tender will be put on
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Greek market in              sale at the following tender.
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of
the said oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular                               Article 2
supply of the market, the sale should be effected by
means of a standing invitation to tender ;                        The invitation to tender shall be published on 11
                                                                  February 1985. Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
Whereas in the present situation of the market in                 sale and of the places they are stored shall be
edible virgin olive oils where supply is very low                 displayed at the central office of Ydagep, 5 Acharnon
compared with demand and in order to provide the                  Street, Athens, Greece .
greatest possible number of operators with a minimum
supply for their immediate needs, it should be stipu­             A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
lated for the first two series of tenders that each               without delay to the Commission .
operator may only submit tenders for a maximum
quantity of such oils ; whereas in order to avoid any
                                                                                         Article 3
misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a
limited number of operators from monopolizing the
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that          The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5
only recognized operators may submit tenders in                   Acharnon Street, Athens, Greece, not later than 2 p.m.
response to this invitation ;                                     (local time) on 20 February 1985.
                                                                  Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m .
(■) OJ No   172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                         on :
(2) OJ No   L 26, 31 . 1 . 1985, p. 12.
(3) OJ No   L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                      — 26 March 1985, ,
(4) OJ No   L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
0   OJ No   L 200, 23 . 7. 1985, p . 25 .                         — 23 April 1985.
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For the first and second series of tenders, as regards                               Article 5
ordinary and fine virgin oils, a tender shall be admis­
                                                             Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
sible only if submitted by a natural or legal person
                                                             limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep
who exercises an activity in the olive oil sector and is
                                                             shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning
registered as at 31 December 1984 in a public register       names, stating the highest tender received for each lot
of a Member State. Furthermore, for each series and
                                                             put up for sale .
quality, no tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity
in excess of 300 tonnes .
                                                                                     Article 6
                       Article 4                             The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis
                                                             of the tenders received, not later than the last working
1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders        day of the month during which the tenders were
shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.                 submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
                                                             out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/ EEC. The
With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be           decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
                                                             notified forthwith to the Member State concerned .
submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of                                   Article 7
acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
the price to be paid shall be equal to the price             The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than
tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the        the seventh day of each month following that during
scale below :                                                which the tenders were submitted. Ydagep shall
                                                             supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list
A. Virgin lampante olive oil :                               of the lots remaining unsold.
    — up to 5° acidity :                                     A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
        increase of Dr 290 for each degree or fraction       remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
        of degree of acidity below 5° ;                      tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep
                                                             not later than the seventh day of each month.
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
        reduction of Dr 290 for each degree or fraction                              Article 8
        of degree of acidity above 5° ;
                                                             The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
    — above 8° :
                                                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 860 per 100 kilograms .
        additional reduction of Dr 317 for each degree
        or fraction of degree above 8° .                                             Article 9
B. Olive residue oil :                                       The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­
                                                             tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 200 per 100 kilo­
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :                            grams .
        reduction of Dr 1 54 for each degree or fraction
        of degree of acidity above 5° ;                                             Article 10
    — above 8° :
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
        additional reduction of Dr 181 for each degree       publication in the Official Journal of the European
        or fraction of degree above 8° .                      Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 February 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President