31991R1143

4. 5 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 112/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1143/91 of 30 April 1991 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — 230 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — 2 700 tonnes of virgin olive oil, Economic Community, — 2 000 tonnes of ordinary olive oil , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — 3 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil. 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation of a common organization of the market in oils and (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 1 2 (4) thereof, establish several lots with part only of that oil . Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (■'), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), Article 2 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 8 May Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission 1991 . Regulation (EEC) No 629/86 Q, the Spanish intervention agency holds in stock large quantities of olive oil ; Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the places where they are stored shall be displayed at the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (6), central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , Madrid as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818 /85 (7), laid 28004, Spain . down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas A copy of the invitation to tender shall be sent without the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable delay to the Commission . for the sale of part of the said oil ;

Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin Article 3 olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , in order to provide the greatest possible number of Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on operators with a minimum supply for their immediate 22 May 1991 . Tenders shall be admissible only if needs, it should be stipulated that each operator may only submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an submit tenders for a maximum quantity ; activity in the olive oil sector and. is entered in that status Whereas special time limits should be laid down for as at 31 December 1990 in a public register of a Member State . withdrawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the market ; Furthermore , no tenderer may submit a tender for a Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are quantity in excess of 1 000 tonnes . in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, Article 4 1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity.

Article 1 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the The Spanish intervention agency 'Servicio Nacional de price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa', increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the — up to 3° acidity : provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the increase of Pta 48,62 for each tenth of a degree of following quantities of olive oil : acidity below 3° , — above 3° up to 8° acidity, (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. reduction of Pta 48,62 for each tenth of a degree of (j OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. acidity above 3° , (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. — above 8° acidity, M OJ No L 60, I. 3. 1986, p. 8. (6) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. additional reduction of Pta 53,17 for each tenth of a 0 OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. degree above 8° .

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Article 5 Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating Article 8 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 Article 9 the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day after the expiry of each final date laid down for the The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be Pta 400 per 100 kilograms. selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned .

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The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa 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, 30 April 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission