31986R1050

11 . 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 96/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1050/86 of 10 April 1986 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 'AIMA , shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market Economic Community, of approximately 14 500 tonnes of lampant virgin olive oil . Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Approximately one third of this quantity will be put on organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last sale each month together with any unsold quantity from amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3 768/85 (2), and in the previous invitations to tender. particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ Article 2 vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; The invitation to tender shall be published on 11 April Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1986 . 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since the 1 975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities of Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the olive oil ; places where they are stored shall be displayed at the central office of AIMA, Via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) laid A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without down the conditions for the sale by tender on the delay to the Commission. Community market and for export of 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 3 Whereas in the present situation of the market in lampant virgin olive oils where supply is low compared The first series of tenders must reach AIMA, Via Palestro with demand and in order to provide the greatest possible 81 , Rome, Italy, not later than 2 p. m. (local time) on 22 number of operators with a minimum supply for their April 1986. immediate needs, it should be stipulated for the first series of tenders that each operator may only submit Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p. m. tenders for a maximum quantity of such oils ; whereas in (local time) on : order to avoid any misuse of this provision and therefore prevent a limited number of operators from monopolizing — 22 May 1986, the quantities put up for sale, it should be stipulated that — 20 June 1986. only recognized operators may submit tenders in response to this invitation ; 1 . Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of Committee for Oils and Fats, acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — up to 5° acidity : increase of Lit 4 742 for each degree or fraction of Article 1 degree of acidity below 5°,

The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli — above 5° up to 8° acidity : interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as reduction fo Lit 4 742 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity above 5°, (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . — above 8° : O OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . (4) OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p . 46 . additional reduction of Lit 5 187 for each degree or 0 OJ No L 371 , du 31 . 12. 1975, p. 1 fraction of degree above 8°.

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For the first series of tenders, a tender shall be admissible Article 7 only if submitted by a natural or legal person who exer­ The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the cises an activity in the olive oil sector and is registered as seventh day of each month following that during which at 31 December 1985 in a public register of a Member the tenders were submitted. State . AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage Furthermore, for each series no tenderer may submit a with a list of the lots remaining unsold. tender for a quantity in excess of 1 000 tonnes. A list of the lots put up for sale and a list of the lots remaining unsold from the previous invitations to tender Article 5 shall be displayed at the head office of AIMA not later than the seventh day of each month. Not later than three days after the expiry of each time limit laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall Article 8 send the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) sale . No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms.

Article 9 Article 6 The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation The minimum selling price shall be fixed, on the basis of (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms. the tenders received, not later than the last working day of the month during which the tenders were submitted and Article 10 in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The decision fixing the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the publication in the Official Journal of the European Member State concerned. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 April 1986.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President