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No L 112/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 4. 83

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1000/83

of 27 April 1983

opening a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN as 'Ydagep , shall open a standing invitation to tender COMMUNITIES, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the Community market of the following quantities of Economic Community, olive oil out of intervention purchases made during the 1980/81 and 1981 /82 marketing years : Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a — approximately 20 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil, common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2), — approximately 10 000 tonnes of fine virgin olive and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, oil,

— approximately 5 000 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No oil, 2754/78 of 23 November 1978 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up — approximately 30 000 tonnes of virgin lampante for sale by tender ; olive oil .

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No One-fifth of these quantities will be put on sale each 136/66/EEC, the Greek intervention agency has since month together with, the month following, any unsold the 1980/ 81 marketing year, bought in large quantities quantities from the previous invitations to tender. of olive oil ; Without prejudice to the dispositions of Article 5 (2) Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, the lots of oil not 2960/70 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No exceeding 200 tonnes for edible virgin olive oil and 1852/82 (*), laid down the conditions for the sale by 500 tonnes for lampante virgin olive oil shall be first tender on the Community market and for export of offered for sale . olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ; Article 2

Whereas, taking into account the existing situation in The invitation to tender shall be published on 3 May Greece with a view to facilitate the disposal of quanti­ 1983 . Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and ties of olive oil under the best conditions possible, of the places where they are stored shall be displayed provisions should be made so that lots of oil of a at the central office of Ydagep, 5 Achamon Street, certain maximum quantity shall be put up for sale Athens, Greece . first ;

A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation without delay to the Commission . are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The first series of tenders must reach Ydagep, 5 Acharnon Street, Athens, Greece, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 24 May 1983 . Article 1

Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m. The Greek intervention agency 'Ypiresia Diachiriseos (local time) on : Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to

— 23 June 1983 , (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. — 21 July 1983 , (2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6 . 0 OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . — 24 August 1983, (4) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46 . 0 OJ No L 203 , 10 . 7. 1982, p. 17. — 23 September 1£83 .

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Article 4 submitted and in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity. notified forthwith to the Member State concerned . 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, Article 7 the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the The olive oil shall be sold by Ydagep not later than scale below : the seventh day of each month following that during which the tenders were submitted. Ydagep shall Virgin lampante olive oil : supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list — up to 5° acidity : of the lots remaining unsold. increase of Dr 160 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity below 5° , A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots remaining unsold from the previous invitations to — above 5° up to 8° acidity : tender shall be displayed at the head office of Ydagep reduction of Dr 160 for each degree or fraction of not later than the seventh day of each month. degree of acidity above 5° ,

— above 8° : Article 8 additional reduction of Dr 213 for each degree or fraction of degree above 8° . The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 632 per 100 kilograms. Article 5

Article 9 Not later than three days after the expiry of each time limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Ydagep The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­ shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Dr 150 per 100 names, stating the highest tender received for each lot kilograms. put up for sale.

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The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its of the tenders received, not later than the last working publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. day of the month during which the tenders were

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 1983 .

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission