CELEX: 31989R2102
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/89 of 13 July 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

14. 7. 89                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 201 / 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2102/89
                                                          of 13 July 1989
                  opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese
                                                       intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          as 'INGA', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­
                                                                     ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community
Economic Community,                                                  market of the following quantities of olive oil : 1 300
                                                                     tonnes of virgin olive oil.
Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the
Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as                                    Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1225/89 (2), and in
particular Article 12 (4) thereof,                                   The invitation to tender shall be published on 14 July
                                                                     1989 .
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2754/78 (•') provides that olive oil held by the intervention        Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the
agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;
    I                                                                places where they are stored shall be displayed at the
                                                                     central office of INGA, Rua Padre Ant6nio Vieira n? 1 ,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) . of Regulation No
136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds                 Lisbon, Portugal.
certain quantities of olive oil ;
                                                                     A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4),                  delay to the Commission.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid
down the conditions for the sale by tender on the
Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas                                        Article 3
the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable
for the sale of part of the said oil ;                               The tenders must reach the INGA at the central office,
                                                                     Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , Lisbon, Portugal not later
Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin             than 2 p.m. (local time) on 21 July 1989.
olive oils where supply is low compared with demand and
in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­           Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural
tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it             or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil
should be stipulated that each operator may only submit              sector and is registered as at 31 December 1988 in a
tenders for a maximum quantity ; whereas in order to                 public register of a Member State.
avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a
limited number of operators from monopolizing the
quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that only        Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a
recognized operators may submit tenders in response to               quantity in excess of 150 tonnes.
this invitation ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                      Article 4
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,                                         Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit
                                                                     laid down for the submission of tenders, INGA shall send
                                                                     the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating
                                                                     the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                              Article 5
                            Article 1
The Portuguese intervention agency, Instituto Nacional               The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall
de Intervenção e Garantia Agrícola', hereinafter referred to         be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                     Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of
                                                                     the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day
(')   OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                            after the expiry of each final date laid down for the
O     OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 15.                              submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum
0     OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13.
0     OJ No L 348, 30.  12. 1977, p. 46.                             selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member
0     OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20.                             State concerned.
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                         Article 6                                                      Article 8
The olive oil shall be sold- by INGA not later than the
fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­   The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
sion referred to in Article 6.                                  (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Esc 430 per 100 kilograms.
INGA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage
with a list of the lots remaining unsold.                                               Article 9
                         Article 7
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)       publication in the Official Journal of the European
No 2960/77 shall be Esc 3 340 per 100 kilograms.                Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 13 July 1989.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission