31993R3044
No L 272/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 11 . 93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3044/93 of 3 November 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — approximately 7 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil, — approximately 6 600 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European oil, Community, — approximately 2 300 tonnes of lampante virgin olive oil . Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Article 2 organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on particular Article 12 (4) thereof, 9 November 1993 .
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) places where they are stored shall be displayed at the No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter central office of AIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome. vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent without delay to the Commission. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency holds certain quantities of olive oil ; Article 3
The tenders must reach AIMA at the central office, via Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*), Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Rome not later than 2 p.m. (local as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid time) on 15 November 1993 . down the conditions for the sale by tender on the Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas Tenders shall be admissible only if submitted by a natural the state of the market in olive oil is at present favourable or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil for the sale of part of the said oil ; sector and is entered in that status as at 31 December 1992 in a public register of a Member State. Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the Article 4 market ; 1 . With regard to lampante virgin olive oil, tenders Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are shall be submitted for an oil of 3° acidity. in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, 2. Where the oil awarded has a different degree of acidity from that for which the tender was submitted, the price to be paid shall be equal to the price tendered, increased or reduced in accordance with the scale below : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — up to 3° acidity : increase of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of acidity below 3° Article 1 — above 3° up to 5° acidity : reduction of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of The Italian intervention agency, 'Azienda di Stato per gli acidity above 3° interventi nel mercato agricolo', hereinafter referred to as 'AIMA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance — above 5° acidity : with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation additional reduction of ECU 0,35 for each tenth of a (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market degree of acidity above 5° . of the following quantities of olive oil :
Article 5 (■) OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p . 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 1 . Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . laid down for the submission of tenders, AIMA shall send (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990 , p. 5. 0 OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46 . the Commission a list, without mentioning names, stating (6) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20 . the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.
4. 11 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 272/25
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The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall The product shall be withdrawn not later than be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in 15 December 1993 . Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) after the expiry of each final date laid down for the No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms. submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member Article 9 State concerned . The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation Article 7 (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.
The olive oil shall be sold by AIMA not later than the Article 10 fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci sion referred to in Article 6 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day AIMA shall supply the agencies responsible for storage following its publication in the Official Journal of the with a list of the lots remaining unsold . European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 November 1993 .
For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission