31983R3695

No L 368 / 34 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 12 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3695/83

of 22 December 1983 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Greek intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 3 COMMUNITIES , The deadline for the submission of tenders at the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European headquarters of the Commission of the European Economic Community, Communities shall be at 12 noon, local time, on 6 April 1984. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regula­ Article 4 tion (EEC) No 1461 /82 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof, The closing date referred to in Article 9 (1 ) of Regula­ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 tion (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the successful tenderer shall be : of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 313/79 (4), lays down the procedure and (a) at the end of the third month following the date of conditions for the sale of tobacco held by intervention publication of the result of the tendering proce­ agencies ; dure in the Official Journal of the European Communities, in respect of at least one third of the Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the lots ; storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of storage, and in view of the quantities of tobacco (b) at the end of the third month following the said available on the internal Community market, an invi­ date for the remaining tobacco. tation to tender should be opened for the sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for export, without refund ; Article 5 Whereas payment for all these lots is made before the 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation tobacco is removed ; whereas it should be provided (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the that, at the request of the successful tenderer, the secu­ Ypiresia Diachirisis Agoron Georgikon Proionton rity should be released progressively as the quantities (YDAGEP) Acharnon 5, GR-Athens 108 . of tobacco are exported ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2. The Commission shall inform the relevant inter­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Management vention agency forthwith of the result of the sale by Committee for Tobacco, tender. The agency shall immediately release the secu­ rities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were unsuccessful . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph Article 1 of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the secu­ rities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be Eight lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1981 harvest, released once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) held by the Greek intervention agency, with a total of that Regulation have been fulfilled. weight of 8 313 406 kilograms divided by varieties as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. 3. On application by the person concerned, the security shall be released by instalments in proportion to the quantities of tobacco in respect of which the A rticle 2 proof referred to in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation has been furnished . The sale shall take place in accordance with the tende­ ring procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3389 / 73 . 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 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 27. following its publication in the Official Journal of the (3) OJ No L 345, 15 . 12. 1973 , p. 47. h) OJ No L 43, 20 . 2. 1979, p. 5. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Lot Harvest Weight Variety No (kilograms)

1 Basmas 1981 546 351 Virginia 1981 7 726

554 077

2 Katerini 1981 1 367 588

3 Kaba Koulak 1981 950 945 classic

4 Kaba Koulak 1981 943 586 non-classic

5 'Kaba Koulak 1981 943 586 non-classic

6 Tsebelia 1981 1 500 000

7 Tsebelia 1981 1 223 853

8 Mavra 1981 829 771

Total 8 313 406