31987R1012

9 . 4 . 87 No L 95/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1012/87 of 8 April 1987 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the places where they are stored shall be dispayed at the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy. Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common delay to the Commission. organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Article 3 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the interven­ The first series of tenders must reach AIMA at the central tion agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; office, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No (local time) on 24 April 1987. 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds certain quantities of olive oil ; Subsequent series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m. (local time) on : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) laid — 21 May 1987, down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas — 11 June 1987, the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable — 25 June 1987, for the sale of part of the said oil ; — 23 July 1987, Whereas the mesaures provided for in this Regulation are — 9 September 1987, in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, — 22 September 1987.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4 Article 1 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity. interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance With regard to olive residue oil, tenders shall be with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation submitted for an oil of 10° acidity. (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the following quantities of olive oil : 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of — approximately 6 200 tonnes of virgin lampante olive acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the oil, price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, — approximately 40 000 tonnes of olive residue oil. increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :

Approximately one-seventh of each quality of this quan­ A. Virgin lampante olive oil : tity will be put on sale each month together with any unsold quantity from the previous invitations to tender. — up to 5° acidity :

increase of Lit 4 973 for each degree or fraction of Article 2 degree of acidity below 5° , The invitation to tender shall be published on 10 April — above 5° up to 8° acidity : 1987 . reduction of Lit 4 973 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity above 5° , (') OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. — above 8° : (2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . additional reduction of Lit 5 439 for each degree if) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. 0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 . or fraction of degree above 8° .

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B. Olive residue oil : dure set out in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be — below 10° down to 8° acidity : notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. an increase of Lit 3 108 for each degree or fraction of a degree of acidity below 10° , Article 7 — below 8° : The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the an additional increase of Lit 2 642 for each degree seventh day of each month floowing that during which or fraction of a degree below 8° , the tenders were submitted . — above 10° : AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage a reduction of Lit 3 1 08 for each degree or fraction with a list of the lots remaining unsold. of a degree above 10° .

Article 8 Article 5 The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) Not later than two days after the expiry of each time limit No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms. laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send Article 9 the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale. The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms. Article 6 Article 10 The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall be fixed, on the basis of the tenders received, not later This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its than the last working day of the month during which the publications in the Official Journal of the European tenders were submitted and in accordance with the proce­ Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 April 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President