31994R1408

21 . 6. 94 No L 154/23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1408/94 of 20 June 1994 on the opening of 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 — 2 000 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil, Community, — 13 000 tonnes of virgin olive oil. Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common Notwithstanding Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last No 2960/77, Senpa shall, where the quantity of oil in a amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in par­ container exceeds 500 tonnes, be authorized to establish ticular Article 12 (4) thereof, several lots with part only of that oil.

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on vention agencies is to be put up for sale by tender ; 24 June 1994. Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the No 136/66/EEC, the Spanish intervention agency holds places where they are stored shall be displayed at the certain quantities of olive oil ; central office of Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid, Spain. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), lays A copy of the notice of invitation to tender shall be sent down the conditions for the sale by tender on the without delay to the Commission. Community market and for export of olive oil ; whereas the situation on the market in olive oil is at present favourable for the sale of part of the said oil ; Article 3

Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin The tenders must reach Senpa, calle Beneficencia 8, olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and E-28004 Madrid, Spain, not later than 2 p.m. (local time) in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­ on 11 July 1994. Tenders shall be admissible only if they tors with minimum supplies for their immediate needs, it are submitted by a natural or legal person engaged in acti­ should be stipulated that an operator may only submit vity in olive oil and entered in that status as at tenders up to a given quantity ; 31 December 1993 in a public register of a Member State.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are No tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity in excess in accordance with the opinion of the Management of 2 000 tonnes. 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 Article 1 the highest tender received for each lot put up for sale.

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 O OJ No L 285, 20. 11 . 1993, p. 9 . after the expiry of each final date laid down for the O OJ No L 331 , 28. 11 . 1978, p. 13. O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum 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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The olive oil shall be sold by Senpa not later than the The storage charge referred to in Article 1 5 of Regulation fifth working day after the date of notification of the deci­ sion referred to in Article 6. (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.

Senpa shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. Article 9

Article 7 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, 20 June 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission