31984R3583

No L 332/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 12. 84

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3S83/84 of 19 December 1984 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive residue oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Approximately one-half of this quantity will be put on COMMUNITIES, sale each month together with any unsold quantity from the previous invitations to tender. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2

The invitation to tender shall be published on 22 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC December 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 2260/84 (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 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 January 1985.

The second series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No (local time) on 22 February 1985. 2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2041 /83 Is), 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 10° 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 2 864 for each degree or fraction of a degree of acidity below 10° , — below 8° : Article 1 an additional increase of Lit 2 435 for each degree or fraction of a degree below 8° , The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi nel Mercato Agricolo', hereinafter — above 10° : referred to as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to a reduction of Lit 2 864 for each degree or fraction tender, in accordance with the provisions of this Regu­ of a degree above 10° . lation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, for the sale on the Community market of a quantity of Article 5 approximately 4 000 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 O OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 1 . shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning 0 OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13. 0 OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. names, stating the highest tender received for each lot 0 OJ No L 200, 23 . 7. 1983, p. 25. put up for sale.

20 . 12. 84 No L 332/55 Official Journal of the European Communities

Article 6 tender shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA not later than the seventh day of each month. The minimum selling prices shall be fixed, on the basis of the tenders received, not later than the last Article 8 working day of the month during which the tenders were submitted and in accordance with the procedure The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. {EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 13 000 per 100 kilo­ The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall grams . be notified forthwith to the Member States concerned. Article 9 Article 7 The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regula­ The oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the tion (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 3 500 per 100 seventh day of each month following that during kilograms. which the tenders were submitted. AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the Article 10 lots remaining unsold. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots publication in the Official Journal of the European remaining unsold from the previous invitations to Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission