CELEX: 31978R2648
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2648/78 of 10 November 1978 on the sale for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

11 . 11 . 78                      Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 318/59
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2648/78
                                               of 10 November 1978
                  on the sale 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 approximately 2 800 tonnes of extra virgin
                                                             olive oil, out of the intervention purchases made
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        during the 1975/76 olive oil marketing year, in accor­
Economic Community,                                          dance with the provisions of this Regulation and of
                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77.
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                2. The quantities awarded shall be exported, after
fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No             packaging, in immediate containers with a maximum
 1 562/78 (2), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,     net content of five kilograms.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency bought
in large quantities of olive oil during the 1975/76                                 Article 2
marketing year ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77               The invitations to tender shall be made public on 13
of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of         November 1978 .
olive oil held by intervention agencies (3) laid down
the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil on
the Community market and for export ; whereas the            Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and the
existence of a traditional market in olive oil is favour­    place where they are stored shall be displayed at the
able for the resale thereon of the oil in question ;         central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.
whereas the olive oil should therefore be put up for
sale by tender for export ;
Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 the oil
                                                                                    Article 3
exported does not qualify for the export refund ;
whereas the minimum price for awards must therefore
be fixed on the basis of the world price ;
                                                             The minimum selling price shall be as set out in the
                                                             Annex hereto .
Whereas the oil exported under this procedure must
not interfere with traditional exports ; whereas the
same requirements regarding market preparation
should therefore be laid down for exports of oil in
receipt of the refund ;                                                             Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­            Tenders shall reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome,
ment Committee for Oils and Fats,                             Italy, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 23
                                                             November 1978 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                    Article 5
                        Article 1
 1 . The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato       The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA on 24 November
                                                              1978 .
per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter
f) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
fj OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1978, 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 7
The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of             The storage allowance shall be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilo­
Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be eight units of              grams.
account per 100 kilograms of olive oil.                                                   Article 8
The security provided for in Article 12 (3) of Regula­           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 60 units of account                publication in the Official Journal of the European
per 100 kilograms of olive oil.                                   Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
             Done at Brussels, 10 November 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
                     Minimum selling price of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
             Extra virgin olive oil 1 <>                                    Lit 1 10 000     per 100 kilograms