31989R1417

25 . 5 . 89 No L 141 /23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1417/89 of 24 May 1989 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive-pomace 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 displayed at the head Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy. Economic Community, A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without delay to the Commission. Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as Article 3 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1225/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, The tenders must reach AIMA, via Palestro 81 , Rome, Italy not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 8 June 1989. Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural 2754/78 (3), provides that olive oil held by the interven­ or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil tion agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; sector and is registered as at 31 December 1988 in a public register of a Member State. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has bought Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a in large quantities of olive oil ; quantity in excess of 500 tonnes.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (4), Article 4 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid down the conditions for the sale by tender on the 1 . Tenders shall be made for an oil of 10° acidity. Community market of olive oil ; whereas the state of the Italian market in olive oil is at present favourable for the 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of 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, increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Olive-pomace oil : Committee for Oils and Fats, — below 1 0° down to 8° acidity : an increase of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree of acidity below 10° , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — below 8° : an additional increase of Lit 300 for each tenth of a degree below 8° , Article 1 — above 10° : a reduction of Lit 350 for each tenth of a degree above The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli 10° . Interventi nel Mercato Agricolo', hereinafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation Article 5 (EEC) No 2960/77, for the sale on the Community Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit market of a quantity of approximately 4 000 tonnes of laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send olive-pomace oil. the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale. Article 2 Article 6 The invitation to tender shall be published on 25 May The minimum selling prices shall be fixed, on the basis 1989 . of the tenders received, not later than the last working day of the month during which the tenders were submitted (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. and in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 0 OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 15. 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC. The decision fixing the 0 OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13. (4) OJ No L 348 , 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the O OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. Member State concerned.

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The oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the seventh The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation day of the month following that during which the tenders (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Lit 4 000 per 100 kilograms. were submitted. AIMA shall supply the agencies respon­ sible 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 Lit 30 000 per 100 kilograms. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 May 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission