CELEX: 31986R1050
Language: en
Date: 1986-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1050/86 of 10 April 1986 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

11 . 4. 86                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 96/21
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1050/86
                                                             of 10 April 1986
                    opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian
                                                           intervention agency
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             'AIMA , shall open an invitation to tender in accordance
                                                                        with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market
 Economic Community,                                                     of approximately 14 500 tonnes of lampant virgin olive
                                                                         oil .
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last
                                                                        Approximately one third of this quantity will be put on
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3 768/85 (2), and in
                                                                        sale each month together with any unsold quantity from
                                                                        the previous invitations to tender.
 particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the inter­                                            Article 2
 vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                        The invitation to tender shall be published on 11 April
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                  1986.
 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since
 the 1 975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities of             Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
 olive oil ;
                                                                        places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                     central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) laid
 down the conditions for the sale by tender on the                      A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
 Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas                 delay to the Commission.
 the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable
for the sale of part of the said oil ;
                                                                                                    Article 3
Whereas in the present situation of the market in
 lampant virgin olive oils where supply is low compared                 The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, Via Palestro
with demand and in order to provide the greatest possible               81 , Rome, Italy, not later than 2 p. m. (local time) on 22
number of operators with a minimum supply for their                     April 1986.
immediate needs, it should be stipulated for the first
series of tenders that each operator may only submit
tenders for a maximum quantity of such oils ; whereas in                Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p. m.
                                                                        (local time) on :
order to avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore
prevent a limited number of operators from monopolizing                 — 22 May 1986,
the quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that
only recognized operators may submit tenders in response                — 20 June 1986.
to this invitation ;
                                                                        1.       Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                        2.       Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                            acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
                                                                        price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
                                                                        increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                        — up to 5° acidity :
                                                                               increase of Lit 4 742 for each degree or fraction of
                               Article 1                                       degree of acidity below 5°,
The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli               — above 5° up to 8° acidity :
interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as                   reduction fo Lit 4 742 for each degree or fraction of
                                                                               degree of acidity above 5°,
(') OJ   No  172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ   No  L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                               — above 8° :
O   OJ   No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .
(4) OJ   No  L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.                                       additional reduction of Lit 5 187 for each degree or
0   OJ   No  L 371 , du 31 . 12. 1975, p. 1                                    fraction of degree above 8°.
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For the first series of tenders, a tender shall be admissible                              Article 7
only if submitted by a natural or legal person who exer­
cises an activity in the olive oil sector and is registered as    The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the
at 31 December 1985 in a public register of a Member              seventh day of each month following that during which
                                                                  the tenders were submitted.
State .
                                                                  AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
Furthermore, for each series no tenderer may submit a             with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
tender for a quantity in excess of 1 000 tonnes.
                                                                  A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots
                                                                  remaining unsold from the previous invitations to tender
                           Article 5                              shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA not later
                                                                  than the seventh day of each month.
Not later than three days after the expiry of each time
limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall                                  Article 8
send the Commission a list, without mentioning names,
stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for       The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
sale .                                                            No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.
                                                                                           Article 9
                           Article 6
                                                                  The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis of         (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms.
the tenders received, not later than the last working day of
the month during which the tenders were submitted and                                     Article 10
in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 38 of
Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The decision fixing the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the          publication in the Official Journal of the European
Member State concerned.                                           Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 10 April 1986.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President