31983R1633

18 . 6 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 160 /23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1633/83 of 17 June 1983 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES , The sale shall take place in accordance with the ten­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European dering procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 3389/73 .

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the Article 3 market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1461 /82 (2), and in particular Article 7 The deadline for the submission of tenders at the (4) thereof, headquarters of the Commission of the European Communities shall be at 12 noon local time, on 5 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 October 1983 . of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 313/79 (4), lays down the procedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by intervention Article 4 agencies ; The closing date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regula­ Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the tion (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of the successful tenderer shall be as follows : storage, and in view of the quantities of tobacco — for Lots 1 , 2, 3 and 4 available on the internal Community market, an invi­ tation to tender should be opened for the sale of the (a) at the end of the third month following the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be date of publication of the result of the ten­ intended for export, without refund ; dering procedure in the Official Journal of the European Communities, in respect of at least Whereas , in view of the size of Lots 1 , 2, 3 and 4 and one-third of the lots ; of the fact that payment for all these lots is made before the tobacco is removed, it should be provided (b) at the end of the sixth month following the that, at the request of the successful tenderer, the secu­ said date for the remaining tobacco ; rity should be released progressively as the quantities — for Lot 5 at the end of the third month following of tobacco are exported ; the date of publication of the result of the ten­ dering procedure in the Official Journal of the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation European Communities. are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco, Article 5

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri­ Article 1 colo, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galimberti 47, 00136 I-Roma .

Five lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1979 , 1980 and By way of derogation from Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 the amount of the security per lot 1981 harvests, held by the Italian intervention agency, of tobacco of the Scafati variety shall be fixed at 0,718 with a total weight of 8 477 856 kilograms divided by ECU per kilogram . varieties as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. 2. The Commission shall inform the relevant inter­ vention agency forthwith of the result of the sale by (') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . tender. The agency shall immediately release the 2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 27. securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible (3) OJ No L 345, 15 . 12. 1973 , p . 47. or who were unsuccessful . (4 OJ No L 43 , 20 . 2 . 1979 , p. 5 .

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Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph instalments in proportion to the quantities of tobacco of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the in respect of which the proof referred to in Article 7 securities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall (c) of the said Regulation has been furnished. be released once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regulation have been fulfilled. Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 3 . For Lots 1 , 2, 3 and 4, on application by the following its publication in the Official Journal of the person concerned, the security shall be released by European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 June 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Lot Weight Variety Harvest No (kg)

1 Beneventano 1980 and 1981 65 470 Burley 1980 68 933 Forchheimer Havanna 1980 and 1981 1 748 250 Badischer Geudertheimer 1980 and 1981 213 202 2 095 855 l I

2 Kentucky 1979, 1980 and 1981 2 075 717

3 Kentucky 1979, 1980 and 1981 2 241 281

4 Xanti-Yaka 1980 and 1981 1 289 854 Perustitza 1980 and 1981 395 188 Erzegovina 1980 and 1981 298 624 1 983 666 l \ II

5 Scafati 1980 and 1981 81 337

Total 8 477 856