31968R0589

112 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 112/ 6 Official Journal of the European Communities 15.5.68

REGULATION (EEC ) No 589/68 OE THE COMMISSION

of 14 May 1968

on detailed rules for the sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ observed should be fixed in each case ; whereas, MUNITIES , however, several minimum prices may be fixed in each case on the basis of the distance from the Com­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European munity market of 'the countries of destination and Economic Community ; the special conditions applying to imports in certain countries of destination ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC 1 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of Whereas the price for invitations to tender for export a common organisation of the market in oils and may be lower than the price for invitations to tender fats , and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof; for sales on the Community market; whereas, there­ fore, in connection with an invitation to tender for Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ exports, the lodging of a special deposit should be EEC2 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats required as a guarantee that the oil thus acquired is between the Community and Greece; in fact exported from the Community and, where Having regard to Council Regulation No 171 /67/ appropriate, reaches its destination ; EEC3 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and levies Whereas the minimum price for invitations to tender on olive oil , and in particular Article 11 thereof; for export is fixed on the basis of world market Whereas olive oil held by intervention agencies must price ; whereas, therefore, it is not necessary to. grant be sold without discrimination among Community an export refund on oil acquired by tender ; buyers ; whereas for that purpose it is appropriate Whereas to take account of current administrative that sales should take place under the tendering facilities in the Member States customs export for­ system ; malities should be completed in the Member State Whereas transactions carried out by intervention in which the invitation to tender is issued ; agencies take place at the wholesale stage ; whereas, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation therefore, those agencies should lay down for each are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ invitation to tender for sale on the Community ment Committee for Oils and Fats ; market the minimum quantity below which tenders may be refused; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 11 (3 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC laid down the price at which oil bought in by inter­ Article 1 vention agencies should be sold ; whereas, therefore, The sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies the minimum price for sales by tender must be fixed shall take place by tender under the terms laid down at a level making it possible to achieve this end ; in the following Articles . whereas, however, prices of imported oil should not impede sales by intervention agencies ; Article 2 Whereas , however, invitations to tender for export The terms of the invitation to tender, where the oil which are issued as a result of intervention agencies is held, must ensure equal access and treatment to needing to dispose of stocks held by them must not, all interested parties irrespective of the place of their however, cause distortions detrimental to normal establishment in the Community. exports ; whereas, therefore, a minimum price to be

Article 3 Ol No 172 , 30.9.19 66 , p. 3025 /66. ' Invitation to tender' means a competition in which OJ No 197 , 20.10.1966 , p. 3393 /66 . OJ No 130 , 28.6.1967 , p. 2600/67 . all interested parties are invited to submit tenders,

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the contract being awarded to the person offering Article 7 the highest price, subject to observance of the mini­ 1 . The terms of the invitation to tender for export mum prices fixed in accordance with the following shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provisions . laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/ Article 4 EEC . .

1 . For each tender the invitation to submit tenders The terms to be laid down shall concern in particu­ must be published in particular in the Official lar : Journal of the European Communities . — the minimum price ;

, 2. Interested parties shall take part in the invitation — the deposit referred to in paragraph 3 ; to tender by submitting tenders in writing and in — the minimum quantity below which tenders may sealed envelopes. be refused .

Article 5 2 . The minimum price shall be fixed at such a level that it does not interfere with the other exports of 1 . When an intervention agency issues an invitation olive oil, and on the basis of the trends and needs to tender for sale on the Community market, the of the market. relevant Member State belongs shall notify the Com­ mission at least ten days before the date of publi­ When the situation on the world market for the cation . specific needs of certain markets so require, different minimum prices may be fixed, according to desti­ 2. When the invitation to submit tenders is pub­ nation . lished, the terms of the invitation to tender shall be specified, in particular the minimum price to be 3 . Intervention agencies inviting tenders for export observed and the minimum quantity below which shall require a special deposit to be lodged by the tenders may be refused. exporter who submits the successful tender. This deposit shall be released when proof is furnished 3 . The invitation to submit tenders referred to in that the oil acquired by tender has in fact been parapgraph 2 shall be published in the Official exported from the Community and, where appro­ Journal of the European Communities at least priate, has reached its destination . twenty days before the final date fixed for the sub­ mission of tenders . 4. Oil which has been exported shall not benefit from the export refund fixed in accordance with Article 6 Regulation No 171 /67/EEC. 1 . The minimum price referred to in Article 5 (2) shall be fixed by the intervention agency at such Article 8 a level that the cost price of oil sold by tender shall Customs export formalities shall be completed in the not be lower at the Community frontier crossing Member State in which the invitation to tender is point referred to in Article 13 (2) of Regulation issued . No 136/66/EEC than the market target price ruling on the day of tender less one unit of account per Article 9 100 kg. Olive-oil producing Member States shall assist one 2. If the oil offered is not of the standard quality for another in applying the provisions of this Regulation . which the intervention price is fixed, the price in­ creases and reductions listed in the Annex to Com­ Article 10 mission Regulation No 785/67/EEC1 of 30 October 1967 on detailed rules for the buying-in of olive oil This Regulation shall enter into force on the third by intervention agencies shall apply to the selling day following its publication in the Official Journal price . of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 14 May 1968 . For the Commission The President Jean REY

1 OJ No 264, 30 . 10 . 1967 , p. 11 .