31977R2092
24. 9. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2092/77 of 20 September 1977 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 2. The export refunds referred to in Article 9 of COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shall not apply to exports resulting from the said sale. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 3 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No The closing date for the submission of tenders to the 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization seat of the Commission of the European Communi of the market in raw tobacco (J), as last amended by ties shall be at 2 p.m. local time on 14 November the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Articles 7 (4) 1977. and 9 (5) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 Article 4 of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula tion (EEC) No 489/77 (4), lays down the procedure The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter (EEC) No 3389/73 for the removal of the tobacco by vention agencies ; the successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following the date of publication of the result of the sale by Whereas, in view of the problems caused by the tender in the Official Journal of the European storage of baled tobacco, particularly the costs thereof, Communities. and in view of the quantity of tobacco available on the internal Community market, an invitation to tender Article 5 should be opened for the sale of tobacco in lots, to be exported without the granting of a refund ; 1 . The security referred to in Article 5 of Regula tion (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be lodged with the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage colo, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (A1MA), via ment Committee for Raw Tobacco, Duccio Galimberti 47, 1-00136 Rome, Italy. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. The Commission shall inform the intervention agencies concerned forthwith of the result of the sale Article 1 by tender. The latter shall immediately releasie the securities of those tenderers whose tenders were not Two lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1972 and validly submitted or who were unsuccessful. The secu 1974 crops held by the Italian intervention agency of rities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be a total weight of 2 362 319 kilograms, divided by refer released when the conditions laid down in Article 7 ence to their varieties as shown in the Annex hereto, (c) of the said Regulation have been satisfied. shall be sold for export.
Article 2 Article 6 1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day tendering procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) following its publication in the Official Journal of No 3389/73. the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussel, 20 September 1977. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President
(I) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14. O OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. (4) OJ No L 65, 11 . 3. 1977, p. 23.
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ANNEX
Varieties Crop Weight (kg)
Nostrano 1972 37 582 Beneventano 1972 841 071 Kentucky 1974 1 483 666
Total 2 362 319