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Language: en
Date: 1985-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 February 1985 on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Greek intervention agency

7 . 3 . 85                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 67/41
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 21 February 1985
                  on the sale of olive oil residues held by the Greek intervention agency
                                             (Only the Greek text is authentic)
                                                       (85/ 1 81 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                1 . The Greek intervention agency, Ypiresia Diachi­
                                                                   riseos Agoron Georgikon Proionton, hereinafter called
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC                  YDAGEP shall sell for the best price it can obtain all
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     vat bottom residues which it is holding as a result of
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),            its purchases on the olive oil market until the 1983/84
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/84 (2),                marketing year.
and in particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                   2.     The notice of sale shall be displayed by
Whereas, during the marketing years from 1980/81 to                YDAGEP at its head office at Acharnon 2, Athens,
1983/84, approximately 180 000 tonnes of olive oil of              Greece, for at least 10 days before the date set for the
all quantities held by the Greek intervention agency               sale .
were sold by tender ; whereas following these sales the
intervention agency still , holds in stock a quantity of           3 . Sale of the product referred to in paragraph 1
vat bottom residues ; whereas these residues contain a             shall be effected before 31 May 1985. Delivery of the
considerable percentage of oil ; whereas correct                   product sold must take place before 30 June 1985.
management of the intervention agency's purchases of               YDAGEP shall inform the Commission as soon as
olive oil requires that these residues should therefore            possible of the outcome of the sale.
be sold ;
Whereas, for commercial reasons based chiefly on the                                       Article 2
fact that there is no well-defined market or price
system for the product in question, it is not advisable            This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
to use the sale by tender procedure previously adopted
for the olive oil ; whereas the intervention agency
should therefore sell the product for the best price it            Done at Brussels, 21 February 1985.
can obtain ;
                                                                                             For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                                                     Vice-President
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
0 OJ No L 208 , 3 . 8 . 1984, p. 1 .