CELEX: 31986R1722
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/86 of 2 June 1986 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

3 . 6 . 86                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 149/31
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1722/86
                                                           of 2 June 1986
                 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of olive oil held by the
                                                    Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           detailed rules for the application of the system of export
                                                                      refunds on agricultural products (7), as last amended by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (8), specifies the evidence
Economic Community,                                                   required to prove importation into non-Community
                                                                      countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in                    Committee for Oils and Fats,
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention
agencies is to be put up for sale by tender ;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has bought                1 . The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per
in large quantities of olive oil ;                                   gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to
                                                                     as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                  ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid             tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale for export of approxi­
down the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil ;            mately 3 000 tonnes of olive residue oil.
whereas at the present time there exist opportunities for
exporting olive oil ;                                                2. The quantities of olive oil awarded shall be intended
                                                                     for export to the countries of Africa, the Near Middle East
                                                                     and the Soviet Union referred to in Article 8 of this
Whereas, in order to avoid any export problem, it shall be
precisely stated on the package of the product to be                 Regulation.
exported in one of the denominations set out in the
Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC ;                                                             Article 2
Whereas the minimum selling price is so fixed that the               The invitation to tender shall be made public on 10 May
Community operators enjoy equal conditions of competi­                1986.
tion with operators in non-member countries ; whereas,
accordingly, oil should under this Regulation qualify                Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and the places
neither for the export refund provided for in Article 20 of          where they are stored shall be displayed at the head office
Regulation No 136/66/EEC nor for the consumption aid                 of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy,
provided for in Article 1 1 of the same Regulation ;
                                                                     A copy of the invitation to tender referred to above shall
Whereas, to guard against the danger of damaging the                 be sent without delay to the Commission.
traditional export trade in olive oil put up in small con­
tainers the number of countries to which the oil may be                                         Article 3
exported should be limited ; whereas, for this purpose,
reference should be made to the list of countries set out            The tenders must reach AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome,
in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        Italy, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 12 June 1986.
3431 /85 of 5 December 1985 on annual updating of the
country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of                                       Article 4
the Community and statistics of trade between Member
States (6) ;                                                          1.     Tenders shall be made for an olive residue oil of 10°
                                                                      acidity.
Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2730/79 of 29 November 1979 laying down common                        2.     Where the oil awarded has a different degree of
                                                                      acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                               price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered,
0 OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                                  increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :
W OT No L 331 . 28 . 11 . 1978 . d . 13 .
(<) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46.
0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                                  f) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 326, 6. 12. 1985. p. 17.                                  (8 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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— below 10 down to 8° acidity :                                                          Article 8
    an increase of Lit 2 964 for each degree or fraction of      1 . The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
    a degree of acidity below 10° ;                             (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.
— below 8° :                                                    The security referred to in Article 12 (3) of Regulation
    an additional increase of Lit 2 519 for each degree or      (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 100 000 per 100 kilograms
                                                                of olive residue oil .
    fraction of a degree below 8° ;
                                                                2. For the purposes of applying the provisions of
    a reduction of Lit 2 964 for each degree or fraction of     Article 1 (2), the security referred to in paragraph 1 ,
    a degree above 10° .                                        second subparagraph of this Article shall not be released
                                                                unless proof is provided that the oil was imported into
                                                                one of the countries of Africa, the Near and Middle East
                         Article 5                              or the Soviet Union listed in the Annex to Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 3431 /85, except in cases where it has been
Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit    destroyed during transport as a result of force majeure, or
laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send        that it has been used for supplies as indicated in Article 5
the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating        of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 .
the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.       3 . The Member States may, however, exempt the
                                                                exporter from producing the documentary evidence, other
                                                                than the transport document, specified in Article 20 of
                         Article 6                              Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79, in the case of a transaction
                                                                where there is reasonable certainty of arrival at destination
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accordance         of products for which a declaration of export to one of the
with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation        countries referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article was
No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not        made .
later than the last working day of the month during
which the tenders were submitted. The decision fixing the                                Article 9
minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the
Member State concerned .                                        The storage charge provided for in Article 15 of Regula­
                                                                tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100
                                                                kilograms.
                         Article 7
                                                                                         Article 10
The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
seventh day of each month following that during which           publication in the Official Journal of the European
the tenders were submitted.                                     Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 2 June 1986.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President