31993R2763

No L 251 /8 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 10 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2763/93 of 7 October 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, marketing year ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to specify the operative event for the agricultural conversion Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European rate in the case of this invitation to tender ; Economic Community, Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of its Chairman, 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; The Italian intervention agency 'Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation certain quantities for olive oil ; (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of approximately 7 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid Article 2 down the conditions for the sale by tender on the down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas the state of The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on 12 October 1993 . the market in olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ; Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the places where they are stored shall be displayed at the Whereas in the present situation for the market in virgin central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome. olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­ A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent tors with a minimum supply for their immediate needs, it without delay to the Commission . should be stipulated that each operator may only submit tenders for a maximum quantity ;

Article 3 Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­ drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the The tenders must reach AIMA at the control office, via market ; Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 21 October 1993. Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for deter­ Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural mining and applying the agricultural conversion rates Q or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil lays down that tenders submitted in response to invitation sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December to tender be expressed in ecus and Articles 13 to 17 1992 in a public register of a Member State. thereof provide for advance fixing of the agricultural conversion rates for the amounts concerned ; whereas Furthermore, no tender may submit for a quantity in Article 10 of the said Regulation applies to the olive oil excess of 500 tonnes. sector only as from the beginning of the 1993/94

Article 4 (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send 0 OJ No L 348 , 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. (6) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. the Commission a list without mentioning names, stating 0 OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5 . 1993, p. 106. the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.

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Article 5 The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 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 8 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 15 of Regulation submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilgorams. selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. Article 9 Article 6 The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the applicable in the context of this invitation to tender shall fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­ be determined in accordance with the provisions of sion referred to in Article 5. Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93. AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. Article 10 Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day The product shall be withdrawn not later than following its publication in the Official Journal of the 30 November 1993 . European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission