31988R2971

No L 269/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 9 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2971 /88 of 28 September 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Unsold quantities from the first tender will be put on sale at the following tender. . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No The invitation to tender shall be published on 30 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment September 1988 . of a common "organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the 2210/88 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, places where they are stored shall be dispayed at the central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy. Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; delay to the Commission.

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds Article 3 certain quantities of olive oil ; The first series of tenders must reach AIMA at the central Whereas Commission Regulation • (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), office, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid (local time) on 10 October 1988 . down the conditions for the sale . by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas • The next series of tenders must be lodged by 2 p.m. (local the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable time) on 25 October 1988 . for the sale of part of the said oil ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Article 4 in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 5° acidity.

2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below :

— up to 5° acidity : Article 1 increase of Lit 5 162 for each degree or fraction of 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 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance reduction of Lit 5 162 for each degree or fraction of with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation degree of acidity above 5° , (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market — above 8 9 : of the following quantities of olive oil : additioned reduction of Lit 5 646 for each degree or — approximately 1 0 000 tonnes of virgin olive oil, fraction of degree above 8° .

— approximately 8 000 tonnes of virgin lampante olive oil . Article 5

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. Not later than two days after the expiry of each time limit (2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 1 . laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p . 13 . {") OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12.- 1985, p. 20 . the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.

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Article 6 AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No. 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not later than the tenth The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) working day after the expiry of each final date laid down No 2960/77 shall be Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms. for the submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Article 9 Member State concerned. The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 ' shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms.'

Article 7 Article 10 The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its fifth working day after the date of notification of the publication in the Official Journal of the European decision referred to in Article 6 . Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President