31994R1772

20 . 7 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 184/ 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1772/94 of 19 July 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale on the Community market of approximately 5 000 tonnes of lampante virgin Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European olive oil. Community,

Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common The notice of invitation to tender shall be published on organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last 28 July 1994. amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in parti­ cular Article 12 (4) thereof, Particulars of the lots of oil offered for sale and of the places where they are stored shall be displayed at the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) central office of DIDAGEP, Acharnon No 241 , 11253 No 2754/78 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Athens, Greece. No 2203/90 (4), provides that olive oil held by the inter­ 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 Greek intervention agency holds Article 3 certain quantities of olive oil ;

The tenders must reach DIDAGEP at the central office, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (*), Acharnon No 241 , 11253 Athens, Greece not later than 2 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (6), laid p.m. (local time) on 26 August 1994. 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 1993 in a public register of a Member State. Whereas in the present situation of the market in virgin olive oil where supply is low compared with demand and No tenderer may submit a tender for a quantity in excess in order to provide the greatest possible number of opera­ of 1 000 tonnes. tors with minimum supplies for their immediate needs, it should be stipulated that an operator may only submit tenders up to a given quantity ; Article 4

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are 1 . Tenders 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° acidity : The Greek intervention agency, 'Diefthinsi Diachiriseos reduction of ECU 0,32 for each tenth of a degree of Agoron Georgikon Proionton', hereinafter referred to as acidity above 3° . 'DIDAGEP', shall open an invitation to tender in accord­ ance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regula­ Article 5

(') OJ No 172, 30. 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. Not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit 0 OJ No L 285, 20 . 11 . 1993, p. 9 . laid down for the submission of tenders, DIDAGEP shall (3) OJ No L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , p. 13 . send the Commission a list, without mentioning names, (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 348 , 30 . 12. 1977, p. 46. stating the highest tender received for each lot put up for 0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 20 . sale.

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Article 6 DIDAGEP shall supply the agencies responsible for storage with a list of the lots remaining unsold. The minimum selling price per 100 kilograms of oil shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, on the basis of The security referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) the tenders received, not later than the 10th working day No 2960/77 shall be ECU 18 per 100 kilograms. after the expiry of each final date laid down for the submission of tenders. The decision fixing the minimum Article 9 selling price shall be notified forthwith to the Member State concerned. The storage charge referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 shall be ECU 3 per 100 kilograms.

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The olive oil shall be sold by DIDAGEP not later than This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the fifth working day after the date of notification of the following its publication in the Official Journal of the decision referred to in Article 6 . European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission