31979R1450

13 . 7 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 176/25

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1450/79 of 12 July 1979 opening an invitation to tender (or 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, Article 3 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No The closing date for the submission of tenders at 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 ('), as last amended by ties shall be at 2 p.m . Brussels time on 17 September the Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 7 (4) 1979 . and 9 (5) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 Article 4 of 13 December 1 973 (2) as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 313/79 (3), lays down the procedure The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) or Regulation and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter­ (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the vention agencies ; successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following the date of publication of the result of the sale by tender Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the in the Official Journal of the European Communi­ storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of ties. storage, and in view of the quantity of tobacco avail­ able on the internal Community market, an invitation Article 5 to tender should be opened for the sale of tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation export without refund ; (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be given to the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, sezione Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galim­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ berti 47, 00136 Rome, Italy. ment Committee for Tobacco, 2 . The Commission shall inform the concerned HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : intervention agency forthwith of the result of the sale by tender. This shall immediately release the securi­ Article 1 ties of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were unsuccessful . The securities of the Six lots of baled tobacco from the 1974 and 1976 successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released when harvest held by the Italian intervention agency of a the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regu­ total weight of 2 095 737 kilograms, divided as shown lation have been fulfilled . in the Annex hereto, 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 Brussels, 12 July 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 345, 15 . 12. 1973 , p. 47. b) OJ No L 43, 20. 2. 1979, p. 5.

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ANNEX

Varieties Harvest Weight (kg)

Burley 1976 1 747 826 Beneventano 1974 347 911

Total 2 095 737