No L 10/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 1. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 65/85 of 10 January 1985 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for processing into fatty acids of olive residue oil held by the Italian intervention agency THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ‘ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1556/84 (%), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2754/78 (°) provides that olive oil held by the interven- tion agencies shall be put up for sale by tender; Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the Italian intervention agency has, since the 1975/76 marketing year, bought in large quantities of olive residue oil ; Whereas the market in residue oil during the 1983/84 marketing year has shown an imbalance between supply and demand which has contributed towards especially large quantities being brought into interven- tion ; Whereas the build-up of a very large stock of residue oil together with the normal prospects for disposing of it on the market in edible oils and budgetary constraints is liable to disturb the operation of the market, particularly as regards intervention ; Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2041/83 (%), laid down the conditions of sale by tendering procedure ; whereas a possibility exists at present of disposing of residue oil for industrial use on the Community market ; whereas provision should be made therefore for an invitation to tender for the sale of certain quantities of olive residue oil; Whereas the use to which it is intended to put the residue oil in question demands that special condi- tions be laid down and, among other things, that a security be established to ensure that the oil is in fact used for the intended purpose ; () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () O] No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 5. () O] No L 331, 28. 11. 1978, p. 13. () OJ No L 348, 30. 12. 1977, p. 46. () O ), ) O] No L 200, 23. 7. 1983, p. 25. Whereas, furthermore, as regards verification, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 of 30 June 1976 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 978/84 (), are applicable; whereas, however, it seems appropriate to reinforce certain detailed rules; Whereas, in view of the particular use provided for under this Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 should be amended; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  The Italian intervention agency, the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, hereinafter referred to as ‘AIMA’, shall open an invita- tion to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 for the sale for processing into fatty acids in the Commu- nity of approximately 5 000 tonnes of olive residue oil. 2.  Tenderers shall alone be eligible who: — have been engaged in processing oils and fats into fatty acids on a regular basis for at least 12 months on the date of publication of the invitation to tender, — possess adequate facilities for processing the quan- tity of oil in respect of which they have tendered within the period laid down in paragraph 3, — undertake to process themselves in their own premises the quantities of residue oil for which they are awarded the contract. AIMA shall verify that the conditions laid down above are met and shall, where necessary, request the submission of appropriate supporting evidence. (9 OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 99, 11. 4. 1984, p. 11.