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No L 178/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 7 . 91

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1983/91 of 4 July 1991 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — 500 tonnes of ordinary olive oil, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — 3 000 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil. Economic Community, By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common in .a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last establish several lots with part only of that oil. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1720/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Article 2 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), The invitation to tender shall be published on 9 July provides that olive oil held by the intervention agencies 1991 . shall be put up for sale by tender ; Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission places where they are stored shall be displayed at the Regulation (EEC) No 629/86 (5), the Spanish intervention central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid agency holds in stock large quantities of olive oil ; 28004, Spain. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 Q, 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 Article 3 for the sale of part of the said oil ;

Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on in order to provide the greatest possible number of 22 July 1991 . Tenders shall be admissible only if operators with a minimum supply for their immediate submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an needs, it should be stipulated that each operator may only activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status submit tenders for a maximum quantity ; as at 31 December 1990 in a public register of a Member State . Whereas special time limits should be laid down for withdrawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a market ; quantity in excess of 500 tonnes. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Article 4 Committee for Oils and Fats,

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 'Sen pa', 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 5° acidity, (') OJ No 172, 30 . 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. reduction of Pta 48,62 for each tenth of a degree of (2) OJ No L 162, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 27. acidity above 3° , 0 OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. — above 5° acidity, H OJ No L 60, 1 . 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 P) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p . 20 . degree above 5° .

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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 third day fifth working day after the date of notification of the following its publication in the Official Journal of the decision referred to in Article 6 . European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission