31978R1571

No L 185 / 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 7 . 7 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1571 / 78 of 30 June 1978 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the German and Italian intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES , 1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with the tendering procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 3389 / 73 . Economic Community, 2. The export refunds set out in Article 9 of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 727/70 do not apply to exports Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No resulting from this sale . 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession and Article 3 the adjustments to the Treaties (2), and in particular Articles 7 (4) and 9 (5) thereof, The closing date for the submission of tenders at the seat of the Commission of the European Communi­ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 ties shall be at 2 p.m . Brussels time on 4 September 1978 . of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 489/77 (4), lays down the procedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter­ Article 4 vention agencies ;

The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) or Regulation Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following the storage, and in view of the quantity of tobacco avail­ date of publication of the result of the sale by tender able on the internal Community market, an invitation in the Official Journal of the European Communi­ to tender should be opened for the sale of tobacco in ties. lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for export without refund ; Article 5

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be given to the Bundesanstalt ment Committee for Tobacco, für Landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adick­ esallee 40, 6000 Frankfurt/Main, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, and to the Azienda di Stato per gli inter­ venti nel mercato agricolo, sezione specialissata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galimberti 47, 00136 Rome, Italy as required . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2 . The Commission shall inform the concerned intervention agencies forthwith of the result of the sale by tender. These shall immediately release the Article 1 securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmiss­ ible or who were unsuccessful . The securities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released when Six lots of baled tobacco from the 1973 , 1975 and the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regu­ 1976 harvest held by the German and Italian interven­ lation have been fulfilled . tion agencies of a total weight of 3 080 109 kilograms, divided as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. Article 6

(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973 , p. 47. following its publication in the Official Journal of (4) OJ No L 65, 11 . 3 . 1977, p. 23 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1978 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

Varieties Harvest Weight ( M )

Beneventano 1973 824 622 Maryland 1975 20 175 Burley I 1975 2 110 993 Badischer Burley E 1976 1 24 3 1 9

Total 3 080 1 09