31993R2823

16. 10. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 258/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2823/93 of 15 October 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the Economic Community, following quantities of olive oil: Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of —— approximateley 6 500 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common oil. organization of the market in oils and fats('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (?), and in By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation particular Article 12 (4) thereof, (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) establish several lots with part only of that oil. No 2754/78 (?), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (‘), provides that olive oil held by the inter- Article 2 vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender; Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds 19 October 1993. certain quantities of olive oil ; Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (°), places where they are stored shall be displayed at the as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (5, laid central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid down the conditions for the sale by tender on the 28004, Spain. Community market and for export of olive oil; whereas the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent for the sale of part of the said oil; without delay to the Commission.

Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with- Article 3 drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the market ; The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Whereas Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 25 October 1993. Tenders shall be admissible only if No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for detersubmitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an mining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (’) lays down that tenders submitted in response to invita- activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status tions to tender be expressed in ecus and Articles 13 to 17 as at 31 December 1992 in a public register of a Member thereof provide for advance fixing of the agricultural State. conversion rates for the amounts concerned; whereas Article 10 of the said Regulation applies to the olive oil Article 4 sector only as from the beginning of the 1993/94 Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit marketing year; whereas it is accordingly necessary to laid down for the submission of tenders, Senpa shall send specify the operative event for the agricultural conversion the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating rate in the case of this invitation to tender ; the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Article 5 Committee for Oils and Fats, The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 1 after the expiry of each final date laid down for the The Spanish intervention agency, ‘Servicio Nacional de submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum Productos Agrarios’, hereinafter referred to as ‘Senpa’ shall selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. (') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (?) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1. Article 6 () OJ No L 331, 28. 11. 1978, p. 13. () OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 5. The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the 3) OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. () OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1985, p. 20. fifth working day after the date of notification of the () OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. decision referred to in Article 5.

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Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage Article 8 with a list of the lots remaining unsold. The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.

Article 9 Article 7 The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate applicable in the context of this invitation to tender shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93. The product shall be withdrawn not later than 30 November 1993. Article 10 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) following its publication in the Official Journal of the No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 1993.

For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission