31993R3045

No L 272/26 4. 11 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3045/93 of 3 November 1993 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of the following quantities of olive oil : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — 6 800 tonnes of ordinary virgin olive oil. Community, By way of derogation from Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of in a container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common establish several lots with part only of that oil. 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, Article 2 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ 9 November 1993 . vention agencies shall be put up for sale by tender ; Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) places where they are stored shall be displayed at the No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, Madrid certain quantities of olive oil ; 28004, Spain.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 0, A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 381 8/85 (6), laid without delay to the Commission. down the conditions for the sale by tender on the 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 ;

The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8 , Whereas special time limits should be laid down for with­ Madrid 28004, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on drawal of the olive oil to expedite its placing on the 15 November 1993. Tenders shall be admissible only if market ; submitted by a natural or legal person who exercises an activity in the olive oil sector and is entered in that status Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are as at 31 December 1992 in a public register of a Member State . in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale. Article 1

The Spanish intervention agency, 'Servicio Nacional de Article 5 Productos Agrarios', hereinafter referred to as 'Senpa' shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provi­ The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall sions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of (■) OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966 , p. 3025/66. the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day (2) OJ No L 215, 30 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . after the expiry of each final date laid down for the (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978, p. 13. submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 348, 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46. selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member (6) OJ No L 368 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20. State concerned .

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Article 6 The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms. The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the fifth working day after the date of notification of the Article 8 decision referred to in Article 5 . The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms. with a list of the lots remaining unsold.

Article 9 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 15 December 1993 . 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