31993R2575

21 . 9 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 236/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2575/93 of 20 September 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, lays down that tenders submitted in response to invita­ tions to tender be expressed in ecus and Articles 13 to 17 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European thereof provide for advance fixing of the agricultural Economic Community, conversion rates for the amounts concerned ; whereas Article 10 of the said Regulation applies to the olive oil Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of sector only as from the beginning of the 1993/94 marke­ 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common ting year ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to specify organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in the case of this invitation to tender ; particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) in accordance with the opinion of the Management No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Committee for Oils and Fats, No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : certain quantities of olive oil ;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*), Article 1 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as for the sale of part of the said oil ; 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and of the following quantities of olive oil : in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­ — approximateley 6 600 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it oil, should be stipulated that each operator may only submit tenders for a maximum quantity ; — approximately 2 300 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil . Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­ drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the market ; Article 2 Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for deter­ The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on 24 September 1993. mining and applying the agricultural conversion rates Q

Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 . places where they are stored shall be displayed at the (3) OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13. central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome. (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent o OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. without delay to the Commission.

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Article 3 Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via after the expiry of each final date laid down for the Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome not later than 2 p.m. (local submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum time) on 5 October 1993. selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December Article 7 1992 in a public register of a Member State. Furthermore, no tenderer may submit a tender for a The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­ quantity in excess of 500 tonnes. sion referred to in Article 6. Article 4 AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage 1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders with a list of the lots remaining unsold. shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity. 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of Article 8 acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, The product shall be withdrawn not later than increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : 15 November 1993 .

— up to 3° acidity : The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) increase of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of No 2960/77 shall be 18 ECUS per 100 kilograms. acidity below 3° — above 3° up to 5° acidity : Article 9 reduction of 0,32 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of acidity above 3° The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be 3 ECUS per 100 kilograms. — above 5° acidity : additional reduction of 0,35 ECUS for each tenth of a degree of acidity above 5° . Article 10

Article 5 The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate applicable in the context of this invitation to tender shall Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit be determined in accordance with the provisions of laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93. the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale. Article 11 Article 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall following its publication in the Official Journal of the be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission