31988R3135

13 . 10 . 88 No L 280/8 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3135/88 of 12 October 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Portuguese intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — 447 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil, — 1 005 tonnes of virgin olive oil, — 52 tonnes of ordinary olive oil, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, — 507 tonnes of virgin lampante olive oil.

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of Article 2 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last The invitation to tender shall be published oh 1 8 October amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in 1988 . particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the places where they are stored shall be displayed at the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No central office of IROMA, Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , 2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention Lisboa, Portugal. agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without delay to the Commission. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Portuguese intervention agency holds certain quantities of olive oil ; Article 3

The tenders must reach the IROMA, at the central office, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), Rua Padre Antonio Vieira n? 1 , Lisboa, Portugal not later as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*), laid than 2 p.m. (local time) on 25 October 1988 . down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable Article 4 for the sale of part of the said oil 1 . With regard to virgin lampante olive oil, 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 :

Virgin lampante olive oil : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — up to 5° acidity : increase of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity below 5° ,

— above 5° up to 8° acidity : Article 1 reduction of Esc 601,6 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity above 5° , The Portuguese intervention agency, 'Institute Regulador — above 8° : e Orientador de Mercados Agrícolas', hereinafter referred to as 'IROMA', shall open an invitation to tender in additional reduction of Esc 658 for each degree or accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of fraction of degree above 8° . Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the following quantities of olive Article 5 oil : Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. laid down for the submission of tenders, IROMA shall 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 . send the Commission a list, without mentioning names, (3) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13. stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for (4) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. sale . Is) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

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Article 6 IROMA 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 Article 8 be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day No 2960/77 shall be Esc 3 340 per 100 kilograms. after the expiry of each final date laid down for the submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum Article 9 selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Esc 430 per 10Q kilograms.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President