31974R1546

No L 166/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 6 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1546/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 June 1974 concerning an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the Italian intervention agency, of a total weight of COMMUNITIES, 7 807 919 kg classified into varieties as mentioned in the Annex . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (') of 21 April 1970 on the common organiza­ The sale shall take place according to the procedure tion of the market in raw tobacco, as last amended by for invitation to tender in conformity with the provi­ the Act (2) concerning the conditions of accession and sions of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 . the adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof ; Article 3 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No The latest time for submission of tenders shall be at 3389/73 (3) of 13 December 1973, lays down the pro­ 2 p.m . on 6 September 1974 . cedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by intervention agencies ; Article 4 Whereas, on account of the problems raised by the The security referred to in Article 5 of Regulation storage by the Italian intervention agency of large ( EEC) No 3389/73 shall be made out in favour of the quantities of baled tabacco from the 1970 harvest and Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri­ in view of the quantities of baled tobacco available on cole, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via the internal Community market, it seems appropriate Duccio Galimberti 47, 00136 Roma, Italy. to open an invitation to tender for the sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas it is advisable that this The Commission shall immediately notify the result tobacco be exported ; of the tender to the AIMA. The latter shall immedi­ ately release the security of tenders who were unsuc­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation cessful or whose tenders were not validly submitted . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ The AIMA shall release the security of the tenderer or ment Committee for Tobacco, tenderers when the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation have been fulfilled . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 5 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day There shall be held a sale with a view to export of 10 following its publication in the Official Journal of lots of baled tobacco from the 1970 harvest held by the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 20 June 1974 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3 ) OJ No L 345, 15 . 12. 1973 , p. 47 .

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ANNEX

Net weight Variety ( kg)

Nostrano 828 180 Burley 2 51 5 725

Maryland 29 674 Bright 117 690 Beneventano 603 423 Xanti-Yakà 3 027 899

Perustitza 463 853 Erzegovina 221 475