CELEX: 31984R2279
Language: en
Date: 1984-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2279/84 of 2 August 1984 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

No L 209 / 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              4 . 8 . 84
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2279/84
                                                            of 2 August 1984
                 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the
                                                      Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                            and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on
                                                                        the Community market of the following quantities of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  olive oil :
Economic Community,
                                                                       — approximately 4 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive
                                                                             oil ,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                         — approximately 4 000 tonnes of fine virgin olive oil,
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('),                 — approximately 4 000 tonnes of ordinary olive oil,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 556/84 (;),                   — approximately 7 000 tonnes of virgin lampante
and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,                                   olive oil ,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        — approximately 3 000 tonnes of residue oil .
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 ( 5) provides that olive
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up                   Approximately one-half of these quantities will be put
for sale by tender ;                                                    on sale each month together with any unsold quanti­
                                                                        ties from the previous invitations to tender.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since                                          Article 2
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities
of olive oil ;
                                                                        The invitation to tender shall be published on 8
                                                                        August 1984. Particulars of the lots of oil offered for
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                  sale and of the places where they are stored shall be
2960/ 77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    displayed at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro
2041 / 83 ( s), laid down the conditions for the sale by                81 , Rome, Italy.
tender on the Community market and for export of
olive oil ; whereas the state of the Italian market in                  A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent
olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of              without delay to the Commission .
the said oil ; whereas, in order to facilitate the regular
supply of the market up to the end of the current
marketing year, the sale should be effected by means                                            Article 3
of a standing invitation to tender ;
                                                                        The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, Via
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                     Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m . (local
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                     time) on 10 September 1984.
Committee for Oils and Fats ,
                                                                         Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m .
                                                                         (local time) on 25 October 1984.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 4
                               Article 1                                 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders
                                                                         shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per
                                                                         With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be
gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred               submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
to as 'AIMA', shall open a standing invitation to tender
                                                                         2 . Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
 ') OJ  No     172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/ 66 .                         acidity from that for which the tender was submitted,
 -) OJ  No     L 150 , 6 . 6 . 1984, p. 5 .                              the price to be paid shall be equal to the price
 ') 0|  No     L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                          tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the
 4) OJ  No     L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46 .                            scale below :
 n  OJ  No     L 200 , 23 . 7 . 1983 , p. 25 .
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A. Virgin lampante olive oil :                                 day of the month during which the tenders were
                                                               submitted and in accordance with the procedure set
    — up to 5° acidity ;                                       out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The
        increase of Lit 4 291 for each degree or fraction      decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be
        of degree of acidity below 5° ,                        notified forthwith to the Member State concerned .
    — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
                                                                                       Article 7
        reduction of Lit 4 291 for each degree or frac­
        tion of degree of acidity above 5° ,                   The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
    — above 8° :                                               seventh day of each month following that during
        additional     reduction of Lit 4 694 for each         which the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply
                                                               the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the
        degree or fraction of degree above 8° .
                                                               lots remaining unsold .
B. Olive residue oil :
                                                               A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
— above 5° up to 8 0 acidity :                                 remaining unsold from the previous invitations to
    reduction of Lit 2 280 for each degree or fraction         tender shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA
    of degree of acidity above 5 0 ,                           not later than the seventh day of each month .
— above 8 ° :
                                                                                       Article 8
    additional reduction of Lit 2 682 for each degree or
    fraction of degree above 8 ° .                             The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 13 000 per 100 kilo­
                                                               grams .
                           Article 5
                                                                                       Article 9
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA
                                                               The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­
shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning           tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100
names, stating the highest tender received for each lot         kilograms.
put up for sale .
                                                                                      Article 10
                           Article 6
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis         publication in the Official Journal of the European
of the tenders received, not later than the last working        Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 August 1984.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission