31980R2563

7. 10 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 263 / 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2563/80 of 3 October 1980 amending (or die second time Regulation (EEC) No 1088/80 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC Regulation (EEC) No 1088/80 is amended as follows : of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and 1 . In the fourth indent of Article 1 , the figure '5 000' fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No is replaced by ' 14 000'. 1917/80 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 2. The first paragraph of Article 2 is replaced by the 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has following : bought in, since the 1975/76 marketing year, large quantities of olive oil ; whereas about 48 500 tonnes of The invitation to tender shall be published on 5 that oil have been offered for sale under a standing May 1980. However, as regards the virgin lampante invitation to tender by means of Commission Regula­ olive oil and olive residue oil, the invitation to tion (EEC) No 1088/80 (3), as amended by Regulation tender concerned shall be published on 7 July (EEC) No 1759/80 (4); 1980 . The supplementary invitation to tender concerning 9 000 tonnes of olive residue oil shall Whereas the market situation for olive oil in Italy is be published on 7 October 1980.' favourable at present to the continuation of the sale of the oil held by the Italian intervention agency ; whereas it should therefore be made possible to sell an additional quantity of about 9 000 tonnes of olive Article 2 residue oil under that standing invitation to tender ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ publication in the Official Journal of the European ment Committee for Oils and Fats, Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 October 1980.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 186, 19. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 114, 3. 5. 1980, p. 10 . («) OJ No L 172, 5. 7. 1980, p. 14.