31978R2648

11 . 11 . 78 No L 318/59 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 2. The quantities awarded shall be exported, after common organization of the market in oils and packaging, in immediate containers with a maximum fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No net content of five kilograms. 1 562/78 (2), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,

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 :

Article5¶

The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA on 24 November 1 . The Italian intervention agency, Azienda di Stato 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 storage allowance shall be Lit 1 000 per 100 kilo­ The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of grams . Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be eight units of 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 Communities. per 100 kilograms of olive oil.

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