31979R0391

No L 49 / 8 28 . 2 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 391 /79 of 27 February 1979 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 set out in Article 9 of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 727/70 do not apply to exports resulting from this sale . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Article 3 727/70 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 The closing date for the submission of tenders at the the adjustments to the Treaties (2), and in particular seat of the Commission of the European Communi­ Articles 7 (4) and 9 (5) thereof, ties shall be at 2 p.m . Brussels time on 18 April 1979 .

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 of 13 December 1973 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 313 /79 (4), lays down the procedure and Article 4 conditions for the sale of tobacco held by intervention agencies ; The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of 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 ties. to tender should be opened for the sale of tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for export without refund ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 5 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Tobacco, 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be given to the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, sezione HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : specialissata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galim­ berti 47,00136 Rome, Italy.

Article 1 2 . The Commission shall inform the concerned intervention agencies forthwith of the result of the Three lots of baled tobacco from the 1973 and 1975 sale by tender. These shall immediately release the harvest held by the Italian intervention agency of a securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmiss­ total weight of 947 350 kilograms, divided as shown in ible or who were unsuccessful . The securities of the the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released when the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regu­ lation have been fulfilled . Article 2

1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with the tendering procedure provided for in Regulation ( EEC) Article 6 No 3389 / 73 .

(•) 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 43, 20 . 2. 1979 , p. 5 . 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, 27 February 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

weight Variety Harvest ( kg)

Beneventano 1973 644 237 Xantì-Yaka 1975 132 565 Perustitza 1975 1 70 548

Total 947 350