31988R0943
9 . 4. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 92/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 943/88
of 8 April 1988
opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 3
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European The deadline for the submission of tenders at the head Economic Community, quarters of the Commission of the European Communi ties shall be at 3 p.m. local time, on 17 June 1988 . 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 Regulation (EEC) Article 4 No 3999/87 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof,
The closing date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 (3), (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3263/85 (4), lays successful tenderer shall be : down the procedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by intervention agencies ; (a) at the end of the fourth month following the date of publication of the result of the tendering procedure in Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the the Official Journal of the European Communities, storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of in respect of at least one-third of the lots ; storage, an invitation to tender should be opened for the (b) at the end of the sixth month following the said date sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be for the remaining tobacco. 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 security should be released progressively as the quantities of 1 . The security in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No tobacco are exported ; 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the Ypiresia Diachi risis Agoron Georgikon Proionton (YDAGEP), Acharnon Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are 5, GR-Athens 108 . in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco, 2. The Commission shall inform the relevant interven tion agency forthwith of the result of the sale by tender. The agency shall immediately release the securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were unsuccessful . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the securities Article 1 of the successful tenderer or tenders shall be released once the conditons laid down in Article 7 (c) of that One lot of baled raw tobacco from the 1985 harvest, held Regulation have been fulfilled. by the Greek intervention agency, with a total weight of 2 353 006 kilograms divided by varieties as shown in the 3. On application by the person concerned, the secu Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. rity shall be released by instalments in proportion to the quantities of tobacco in respect of which the proof referred to in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation has been Article 2 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 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 41 . folowing its publication in the Official Journal of the 0 OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. 0 OJ No L 311 , 22. 11 . 1985, p. 22. European Communities.
No L 92/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 4. 88
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 8 April 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President
ANNEX
(kilograms) Lot Variety Harvest Weight No
1 Burley 1985 2 353 006