31990R2679

19 . 9 . 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 255/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2679/90 of 18 September 1990 opening an invitation to tender for die sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of more Economic Community, or less 8 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil of a common organization of the market in oils and in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No establish several lots with part only of that oil. 2902/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Article 2 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3) provides that olive oil held by the intervention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; The invitation to tender shall be published on 20 September 1990. Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the Regulation (EEC) No 629/86 (4), the Spanish intervention places where they are stored shall be displayed at the agency holds in stock large quantities of olive oil ; central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid 28004, Spain. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 O, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (*), laid A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without down the conditions for the sale by tender on the delay to the Commission. Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ; Article 3 The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and 5 October 1990. Tenders shall be admissible only if in order to provide the greatest possible number of submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an operators with a minimum supply for their immediate activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status needs, it should be stipulated that each operator may only as at 31 December 1989 in a public register of a Member submit tenders for a maximum quantity ; State.

Whereas special time limits should be laid down for Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a withdrawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the quantity in excess of 1 000 tonnes. market ;

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 . Tenders shall be submitted for an oil of 3° 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 :

Article 1 — up to 3° acidity : increase of Pta 48,93 for each tenth of a degree of The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de acidity below 3° , Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa', — above 3° up to 8° acidity,

reduction of Pta 48,93 for each tenth of a degree of (l) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. acidity above 3° , 0 OJ No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13. — above 8° acidity, (4) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 8. additional reduction of Pta 53,51 for each tenth of a 0 OJ No L 348, 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46. M OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. degree above 8° .

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Article5¶

Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send The product shall be withdrawn not later than 30 the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating November 1990. the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.

Article 6 The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Pta 3 000 per 100 kilograms. The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day Article 9 after the expiry of each final date laid down for the submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned . (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Pta 400 per 100 kilograms.

Article7¶

The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the Article 10 fifth working day after the date of notification of the decision referred to in Article 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage publication in the Official Journal of the European with a list of the lots remaining unsold. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission