31984R0981

No L 99/ 18 . 4. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 981/84 of 9 April 1984 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Any quantities not disposed of as a result of the first COMMUNITIES, invitation to tender shall be put up for sale again under the next invitation to tender. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2

The invitation to tender shall be published on 10 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC April 1984. of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2), places where they are stored shall be displayed at the and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, head office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy.

Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ without delay to the Commission . vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; Article 3 Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, via the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy, not later than 2 p.m . (local of olive oil ; time) on 24 April 1984.

The second series of tenders must be submitted not Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 24 May 1984. 2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2041 /83 (*), laid down the conditions for the sale by Article 4 tender of olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of 1 . Tenders shall be made for an oil of 1 0° acidity. the said oil ; 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, are in accordance with the opinion of the Management the price to be paid shall be equal to the price Committee for Oils and Fats, tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : Olive residue oil : — below 10° down to 8° acidity : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : an increase of Lit 2 682 for each degree or fraction of a degree of acidity below 10° ; — below 8° : Article 1 an additional increase of Lit 2 280 for each degree or fraction of a degree below 8° ; The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred — above 10° : to as 'AIMA', shall open an intervention to tender, in a reduction of Lit 2 682 for each degree or fraction accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of a degree above 10° . of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, for the sale on the Community market of a quantity of approximately Article 5 5 000 tonnes of olive residue oil. Not later than three days after the expiry of the time (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA (2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6. shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning (}) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13 . names, stating the highest tender received for each lot (4) OJ No L 348 , 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. (5) OJ No L 200, 23 . 7. 1983 , p. 25. put up for sale .

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The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation of the tenders received, not later than the last working (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 13 000 per 100 kilo­ day of the month during which the tenders were grams. submitted and in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The Article 9 decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100 Article 7 kilograms. The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the seventh day of the month following that during which Article 10 the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its remaining unsold and shall display it at their head publication in the Official Journal of the European office not later than 7 May 1984. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 April 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission