31979R0281

No L 40/ 18 15 . 2 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 281 / 79 of 14 February 1979 on the sales for export of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN A rticle 2 COMMUNITIES, The invitation to tender shall be made public on 16 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European February 1979 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for Economic Community, sale and the places where they are stored shall be displayed at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC 81 , Rome , Italy. of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 3 1 562/78 (2), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No The minimum selling price of 15° acidity olive 136/66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency bought residue oil shall be fixed according to the tenders in large quantities of olive oil during the 1977/ 78 received , in accordance with the procedure set out in marketing year ; Article 38 of Regulation No 136 / 66/ EEC .

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960 /77 of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of Article 4 olive oil held by intervention agencies (3) laid down the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil on Tenders should reach AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome , the Community market and for export ; whereas at Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (local time) on 1 March the present time there exist opportunities for 1979 . exporting refined olive residue oil to African coun­ tries ; whereas, therefore, with a view for the manufac­ AIMA shall communicate to the Commission on 5 ture of the abovementioned product should be put up March 1979 a statement summarizing the offers they for sale by tender ; have received . Whereas, in order to ensure the proper functioning of the system described above, it should be laid down, Article 5 that the security will be released only on presentation of proof that the product has reached its destination ; The olive residue oil shall be sold by AIMA on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation second day following the publication of the minimum are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ price in the Official Journal of the European Commu­ ment Committee for oils and fats, nities.

In the case of olive residue oil with a degree of acidity HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : different from that for which the minimum selling price has been fixed, Lit 1 800/ 100 kg shall be added Article 1 to or deducted from the selling price for each degree of acidity or fraction thereof below or above 15° . 1 . The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', here­ AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for inafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall put up for sale by storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold . tender for export to African countries and Madagascar in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 3 000 tonnes of Article 6 olive residue oil out of the intervention purchases made during the 1977/78 olive oil marketing year. The security for tender provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be eight units of 2. The quantities awarded shall be exported after account per 100 kilograms of olive oil . refining. The security provided for in Article 12 (3) of Regula­ (•) OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. tion ( EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 60 units of account (2) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1978 , p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12 . 1977, p . 46 . per 100 kilograms of olive oil .

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Without prejudice to the first indent of Article 18 ( 1 ) Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, the release of the The storage charge shall be Lit 1 300 per 100 kilo­ security shall be subject to proof that the product has grams . been imported into one of the countries referred to in Article 1 , unless destroyed en route as a result of force Article 8 majeure. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall publication in the Official Journal of the European apply. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President