31988R3195

No L 284/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 10 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3195/88 of 18 October 1988 opening an invitation to tender (or the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European The invitation to tender shall be published on 19 October 1988 ." Economic Community,

Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of places where they are stored shall be displayed at the , 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common central office of SENPA, calle Beneficencia, 8 , Madrid organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last 28003, Spain. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2210/88 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without delay to the Commission. Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the interven­ tion agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; Article 3

Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Regula­ The tenders must reach SENPA, calle Beneficencia, 8 , tion (EEC) No 629/86 (4), the. Spanish intervention agency Madrid 28003; Spain, not later than 2 p. m. (local time) on 26 October 1988 . hold in stock large quantities of olive oil ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (5), Article 4 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (6) laid down the conditions for the sale by tender on the 1 . Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 39 acidity. Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable 2. Where • the oil awarded has a different degree of for the sale of part of the said oil ; acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, — up to 3° acidity : increase of Ptas 493,5 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity below 3° , — above 3° up to 8° acidity : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : reduction of Ptas 493,5 for each degree or fraction of degree of acidity above 3° , Article 1 — above 8° : additional reduction of Ptas 539,8 for each degree or The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de fraction of degree above 8° . Productos agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'SENPA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No Article 5 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of approximately 25 000 tonnes of lampant virgin olive oil. Not later than one day after the expiry of the time limit laid down for the submission of tenders, SENPA shall By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation send the Commission a list, without mentioning names, (EEC) No 2960/77, SENPA shall, where the quantity of stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for oil in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to sale . establish several lots with part only of that oil. Article 6 By derogation from Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, withdrawal of the oil awarded must be The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall completed by 15 December 1988 at the latest. be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day (2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 1 . after the expiry of each final date laid down for the (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13. submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum (4) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 8 . selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member 0 OJ No L 348, 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46. State concerned. (6) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

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The olive oil shall be sold by SENPA not later than the fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­ The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation sion referred to in Article 6 . (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Ptas 400 per 100 kilograms.

SENPA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. Article 10 Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) publication in the Official Journal of the European No 2960/77 shall be Ptas 3 000 per 100 kilograms. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 1988 .

- For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President