31984R1601

8 . 6. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1601 /84 of 6 June 1984 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Community market of a quantity of approximately COMMUNITIES, 2 500 tonnes of olive residue oil .

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 2 Economic Community,

The invitation to tender shall be published on 8 Tune Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC 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 1 101 /84 (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 interven­ without delay to the Commission. tion 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 23 June 1984.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 4 2041 /83 Q, laid down the conditions for the sale by tender of olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in 1 . Tenders shall be made for an oil of 10° acidity. olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ; 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the are in accordance with the opinion of the Management scale below : Committee for Oils and Fats, — below 10° down to 8° acidity : an increase of Lit 2 682 for each degree or fraction of a degree of acidity below 10° , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — below 8° : an additional increase of Lit 2 280 for each degree v or fraction of a degree below 8° , Article 1 -— above 10° : a reduction of Lit 2 682 for each degree or fraction The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per of a degree above 10° . gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, for the sale on the

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 0 OJ No L 113, 28 . 4. 1984, p. 7. shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning (3) 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. put up for sale. O OJ No L 200, 23. 7. 1983, p. 25.

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Article6¶

The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 13 000 per 100 kilo­ of the tenders received, not later than the last working grams . day of the month during which the tenders were submitted and in accordance with the procedure set Article 9 out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­ notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100 kilograms.

Article7¶

The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its seventh day of the month following that during which publication in the Official Journal of the European the tenders were submitted. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 June 1984.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission