CELEX: 31979R2200
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/79 of 9 October 1979 on the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

10 . 10 . 79                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 255/ 5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2200/79
                                                         of 9 October 1979
                            on the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                      Where quantities
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC
of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a                        — of extra virgin olive oil from intervention
common organization of the market in oils and                              purchases made during the olive marketing years
fats (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           1975/76 and 1976/77,
590/79 (2), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof,                — of olive residue oil from intervention purchases
                                                                           made during the 1977/78 olive marketing year
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3), provides that olive                  remain unsold during the standing invitation to
oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up                 tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 918/79,
for sale by tender ;                                                  the Italian intervention agency (AIMA) shall put them
                                                                      up for sale by tender, in accordance with the provi­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                sions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No
136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since                2960/77, with a view to their sale on the Community
the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quanti­                   market.
ties of olive oil ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                         Article 2
2960/77 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
883/79 (5), laid down the conditions for the sale by                  The invitation to tender shall be published on 13
tender on the Community market, and for export, of                    October 1979 .
olive oil ;
                                                                      Particulars of the lots of oil put up for sale, and of
Whereas        Commission           Regulation       (EEC)    No      their place of storage, shall be displayed by AIMA at
918/79 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         its headquarters, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy. A copy
 1601 /79 (7), put up for sale approximately 55 600                   of the invitation to tender shall be sent without delay
tonnes of olive oil held by the Italian intervention                  to the Commission .
agency ;
Whereas the present market situation and the market                                            Article 3
prospects for October are particularly favourable for
the sale of certain quantities of olive oil which might               Tenders must reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
remain unsold during the standing invitation to                        Italy, no later than 2 p.m . (Italian time) on 19 October
tender provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 918 /79 ;                   1979 .
whereas it is necessary, therefore, to make provision
for the sale of these quantities before the end of the                 In the case of the olive residue oil, tenders shall be for
present marketing year ;
                                                                      an oil of 15° acidity.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                                              Article 4
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,
(') OJ   No  172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66.                           In the case of the olive residue oil , where the oil
(2) OJ   No  L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979 , p. 1 .                             awarded has a degree of acidity different from that for
P)  OJ   No  L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 .                         which the tender was made, the price to be paid shall
(4) OJ   No  L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46.
(5) OJ   No  L 111 , 4. 5 . 1979, p . 16 .                             be equal to the price tendered per 100 kilograms,
(0) OJ   No  L 116, 11 . 5 . 1979, p. 13 .                             increased or reduced by Lit 2 077 in respect of each
(7) OJ   No  L 189, 27. 7 . 1979, p. 54.                               degree of acidity less or more than 15° .
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                        Article 5                             AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for
                                                              storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold.
No later than three days following the expiry of the
time limit set for the submission of tenders , AIMA
shall send the Commission a list on which its partici­                               Article 8
pants are not identified stating in respect of each lot
                                                              The security referred to in Article 8 of Regulation
offered for sale the highest tender received.
                                                              (EEC) No 2960 /77 shall be 9-50 ECU per 100 kilo­
                                                              grams .
                        Article 6
The minimum selling price shall be fixed, in accor­                                  Article 9
dance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of
Regulation No 136/66/ EEC, on the basis of the                The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­
tenders received . The decision fixing the minimum            tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 1500 per 100 kilo­
selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member       grams .
State concerned .
                                                                                     Article 10
                        Article 7
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA on 26 October             publication in the Official Journal of the European
1979 .                                                         Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 October 1979 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President