CELEX: 31978R0825
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 825/78 of 25 April 1978 on the sales for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

26 . 4 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 114/ 9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 825/78
                                                        of 25 April 1978
                  on the sales for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     called 'AIMA , shall put up for sale by tender for
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       export
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              — to African countries and Madagascar, excluding
 Economic Community,                                                    Algeria, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia,
                                                                    — to Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan and Lebanon ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC
 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                     in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
 common organization of the market in oils and                      and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 :
 fats ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
 2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (5) thereof,           — 1 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil ,
                                                                    — 5 000 tonnes of olive residue oil ,
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
  136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency bought               out of the intervention purchases made during the
 in large quantities of olive oil during the 1975/76                1975/76 olive oil marketing year.
 marketing year ;
                                                                    2.     The quantities awarded shall be exported in
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77                     bulk :
 of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of
 olive oil held by intervention agencies (3) laid down             — for extra virgin olive oil , after mixing with refined
 the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil on                  olive residue oil ,
 the Community market and for export ; whereas at
 the present time there exist opportunities for                    — for olive residue oil , after refining and mixing with
 exporting refined olive residue and olive oil to certain               virgin oil .
 African and Asian countries ; whereas, therefore , with
 a view to exporting to these countries, the oils neces­
 sary for the manufacture of the abovementioned                                              Article 2
 product should be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                   The invitations to tender shall be made public on 28
 Whereas, in view of the special features of the markets           April 1978 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale
 of the abovementioned countries, it should be laid                and the place where they are stored shall be displayed
 down that the product concerned must be exported in               at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
 bulk ;                                                             Italy.
Whereas, in order to ensure the proper functioning of
 the system described above, it should be laid down                                          Article 3
 that the security will be released only on presentation
of proof that the product has reached its destination ;
                                                                   The minimum selling price shall be as set out in the
                                                                   Annex hereto .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
                                                                                             Article 4
                                                                   Tenders shall reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     Italy, not later than 2 p.m . ( Italian time) on 16 May
                                                                    1978 .
                            Article I
                                                                                            Article 5
 1 . The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato
per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter               The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA on 19 May 1978 .
(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966 , p . 3025/ 66 .
(-') OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p . 1 .                         AIMA shall forward to the storage agencies the list of
(3 ) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p . 46 .                         lots not awarded .
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                           Article 6                                  Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall
                                                                      apply.
The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of
Regulation ( EEC) No 2960 /77 shall be eight units of                                                                  r
account per 100 kilograms of olive oil .                                                         Article 7
The security provided for in Article 12 (3) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 60 units of account                    The storage allowance shall be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilo­
per 100 kilograms of olive oil .                                      grams .
Without prejudice to the first indent of Article 18 ( 1 )
of Regulation ( EEC) No 2960/77, the release of the                                              Article 8
security shall be subject to proof that the product has
been imported into one of the countries referred to in                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Article 1 of this Regulation , unless destroyed en route              following its publication in the Official Journal of
as a result of force majeure.                                         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 April 1978 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                       Minimum selling price of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
              1. 1    extra virgin olive oil : Lit 103 000 per 100 kilograms .
              2. Basic 1.5 olive residue oil : Lit 45 000 per 100 kilograms.
              In the case of olive residue oil with a different degree of acidity there shall be added or deducted, as
              the case may be, Lit 1 100 per 100 kilograms for each degree of acidity or fraction thereof below or
              above 1 5° .