31981R2564

3 . 9 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 250/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2564/81 of 2 September 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1238/81 opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Oils and Fats, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a Article 1 common organization of the market in oils and Regulation (EEC) No 1238/81 is amended as follows : fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3454/80 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, 1 . In the second indent of Article 1 , '2 810' is replaced by '4 810 '. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 2. In the fourth indent of Article 1 , '5 770' is replaced 136/ 66/ EEC, the Italian intervention agency has by '6 770'. bought in, since the 1975/76 marketing year, large quantities of olive oil ; whereas about 26 000 tonnes of 3 . The first paragraph of Article 2 is completed by the that oil have been offered for sale under a standing following : invitation to tender by means of Commission Regula­ 'The supplementary invitation to tender tion (EEC) No 1238/81 (3) ; concerning approximately 3 000 tonnes of olive oil shall be published on 7 September 1981 .' Whereas the market situation for olive oil in Italy is favourable at present to the continuation of the sale of Article 2 the oil held by the Italian intervention agency ; whereas it should therefore be made possible to sell This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its an additional quantity of about 3 000 tonnes of olive publication in the Official Journal of the European oil under that standing invitation to tender ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 September 1981 . For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(») OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 125, 9 . 5 . 1981 , p . 9 .