31985R1278

21 . 5. 85 No L 132/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1278/85

of 20 May 1985

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 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 19 July 1985. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the Article 4 market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1461 /82 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof, The closing date referred to in Article 9 (1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the successful tenderer shall be : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No (a) at the end of the fourth month following the date 313/79 (4), lays down the procedure and conditions for of publication of the result of the tendering proce­ the sale of tobacco held by intervention 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, an invitation to tender should be opened for (b) at the end of the sixth month following the said the sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco date for the remaining tobacco. should be intended for export, without refund ;

Whereas payment for all these lots is made before the Article 5 tobacco is removed ; whereas it should be provided that, at the request of the successful tenderer, the secu­ 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation rity should be released progressively as the quantities (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the of tobacco are exported ; Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri­ colo, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Duccio Galimberti 47, 00136 I-Roma. are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco, 2. The Commission shall inform the relevant inter­ vention agency forthwith of the result of the sale by tender. The agency shall immediately release the secu­ rities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : who were unsuccessful .

Article 1 Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the secu­ rities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be Three lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1982 harvest, held by the Italian intervention agency, with a total released once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regulation have been fulfilled. weight of 4 137 365 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 Article 2 to the quantities of tobacco in respect of which the proof referred to in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation has been furnished. The sale shall take place in accordance with the tendering 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. (4) 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, 20 May 1985.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

Lot Weight Variety Harvest No (kilograms)

1 Beneventano 1982 39 600 Forchheimer Havanna 1982 962 325 Badischer Geudertheimer 1982 416 323 Kentucky 1982 208 012 1 626 260 l

2 Forchheimer Havanna 1982 1 067 507 Badischer Geudertheimer 1982 44 540

1 112 047 \ \

3 Forchheimer Havanna 1982 1 399 058

Total 4 137 365