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4 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 28 APRIL 2019 NEWS COURT NOTICE The Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals notifies that the First Hall of the Civil Court ordered the sale by Judicial Auction of the following property to be held in room numbered 78, nearby the Courts Archives, Level -1, Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta. 02 nd May 2019 10.30am 16/12 - EM Ann-Marie Ciantar (ID 42541A) et vs Cutajar Anthony Dr et noe Half undivided maisonette numbered 125 on the first floor with its own airspace in Triq Annibale Preca, Lija and garage numbered 15, which forms part of a complex of garages, accessible from an unnamed street, which leads to Triq Annibale Preca, Lija. The property has a servitude and is valued at €35,000. 02 nd May 2019 11.00am 29/13 – AZ Mintoff Bland Yana sive Bland Jana Dr (ID 706451M) et noe vs Polidano Josephine (ID 0334383M Divided portion fabricable land in Safi forming part of a territory known as "Ta' Danjel" of circa 198.77 metres squared, bounding North with Triq il-Kuccard, and from East and West with property of Saveria Farrugia or her successors, as marked with red on the plan attached with the act dated 29th July, 1982 published from Notary Joseph R. Darmanin subject to an annual and perpetual ground rent of €93.17 each year, payable forward from the act date, including the benefits on the same land including the house named Mount Blanche in Triq il- Kuccard, Safi, valued at €350,000. 07 th May 2019 10.30am 31/13 – JGL Mintoff Bland Yana sive Bland Jana Dr (ID 706451M) et noe vs Ellul Alfred (ID 1086447M) Garage not officially numbered, marked number 2 in Triq San Franġisk, Fgura, which garage is the second on the right when looking at the facade, underlaying the property of family Chetcuti and their successors bordering from the West with the abovementioned street, from the south with another property of Alfred and Catherine Ellul or their successors, from the North bordering all the block with property of Arthur Micallef or his successors,subject to the conditions as described in the contract by Notary Maria Briffa dated 18th December, 2008 and to the inherent servitudes, with all its rights and enjoyments, valued at €30,000. Garage not officially numbered, marked number 4 in Triq San Franġisk, Fgura, underlaying the property of Rose Marie Attard and her successors bordering from the East with the abovementioned street, from the North with the property of Arthur Micallef or his successors and from the South with Rose Maria Attard garage or his successors, forming part of a block consisting of two appartments and two garages named 'The Cliff' in Triq San Franġisk, Fgura which block was originally a house with no number named 'Josie', bordering from the East with the abovementioned street, from the North with property of Arthur Micallef or his successors and from the South with property of Dr. Ġuzeppi Attard Montalto or his successors, with all its rights and enjoyments, valued, at €18,000. Garage with Yard in shell form state unnamed and without number in Triq Ġużeppi Schembri formerly a new road without name which leads to Upper Church Avenue, Tarxien, underlaying property of others which borders u together from North East with th abovementioned street, from South West with property of spouses Bondin and their successors and from the South with property Alfonso Caruana and his successors, subject to servitudes to the overlaying property to open windows on the yard mentioned and to install the necessarry pipes and drains for drainage, free and ununcumbered, valued for €25,000. Garage with Yard in shell form state unnamed and without number in Triq Ġużeppi Schembri formerly a new road without name which leads to Upper Church 11.30am 22/18 – JGL APS Bank Ltd (C2192) vs Sultana Josette Avv. et noe Guliermu, Bormla (Cospicua) including its overlying airspace but excluding the airspace overlying the room marked in green on the plan annexed to the deed in the acts of Notary Dottor Pierre Falzon dated 28 of February, 2008, free and unencumbered with all its rights and appurtenances valued at €131,600. 30 th May 2019 11.30am 32/16 – JGL Bank of Valletta plc (C2833) vs Merger Enterprises Limited (C7066) Ununumbered garage named 'Elia' in Cannon Road, Qormi other times referred to as Santa Venera. The said garage is bounded on East by Cannon Road, North by property of Emanuel Galea and on the south by property of Carmelo Dingli or his successors in title and subject to annual and sub perpetual ground rent of €41.05 payable directly to the subdirectors, payable annually in advance, free and unencumbered with all its right and appurtenances, tale quale and with vacant possession valued at €253,000. Further details can be obtained from the website: https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/JudicialSales The bidders taking part in the auction must present their identity card Gaetana Aquilina For the Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals MATTHEW VELLA A harsh winter and the gale force storm that caused some €8 million in damages to the Maltese islands in February brought one more piece of bad news. It is a massive 50% drop in potato exports to Malta's main export market in the Nether- lands, nothing short of 3,000 tonnes less of the fabled Medi- terranean tuber. Ralph Vella, one of Malta's major exporters, says that last winter left its cruel mark on the potato. "It was a harsh combination: potatoes need rain, but there was excessive rainfall, which drenched the crop. And there were the colder temperatures, which stunted growth. And finally there was the wind, which weakens the crop. Po- tatoes need rain, but they also need the UV rays of the sun." The storm also played a fac- tor in damaging the annual export, according to Altena Potatoes' spokesperson Kees Schouten, of the Netherlands. "Demand is good. With the first Maltas, it is always a mat- ter of dividing them up. We currently have more demand for Maltas than we have sup- ply... The supply is, unfortu- nately, very limited. In Febru- ary, a storm swept through the area and left its mark. There could well be 25 to 30% fewer import potatoes from that area. Bad weather is also cur- rently hindering grubbing," Schouten was quoted as saying in a business news website. "It is still a good thing that Easter is later this year. Cer- tainly, if we get good weather, there will be more demand. Hopefully, there will also then be more volume available. Prices are now at a high level. However, the old Dutch har- vest is also priced well. But I ex- pect a lot of consumers would like to eat new potatoes." The Maltese potato season usually runs through to June. The crop is exported between April and May. Despite being one of Malta's most celebrated exports, over a decade potato exports have fallen from 7,200 tonnes in 2004 crop to just 3,100 tonnes in 2014, a massive 56% drop. Ralph Vella told MaltaToday that this year he was expecting the crop to yield 6,000 tonnes, before the winter affected sup- ply. This relentless decline of po- tato cultivation in Malta was documented in an overview of the agricultural sector in the national 2018-2028 policy that described export levels falling "drastically" in 2015 and 2016 due to the shortage of rainfall. Even the area dedicated for the cultivation of potatoes in the Maltese islands has de- creased from 1,100 hectares in 2004 to 700 hectares in 2014. During the same period, the total estimated volume of potatoes produced by Mal- tese farmers fell from 22,783 tonnes to 12,559 tonnes: a drop of 44%. In the last decade the Mal- tese product had to compete with North African potatoes that were "allegedly placed on the market" using the Maltese label. Assistance from the Special Market Policy Programme for Maltese Agriculture reached €22 million over a period of 10 years, but came to an end in 2014. Maltese spring potatoes are renowned for their taste and quality in various north Eu- ropean countries. The potato crop is considered as the most important cash crop for Mal- tese farmers who have been exporting potatoes for over a century. The yellow fleshed variety Alpha has established a solid foothold on the Dutch market. Potato growers import seeds from Ireland and the Nether- lands in autumn so that farm- ers can plant them between November and January. Apart from importing seeds, Maltese packing houses manage the exportation including grading, product marketing and the ex- port markets. Maltese freeze is bad news for Dutch fries A harsh winter and the recent storm led to a halving of exports of potatoes to the Netherlands