31988R2885

20 . 9 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 260/45

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2885/88

of 19 September 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 7 November 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 2267/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 (3), The closing date referred to in Article 9 (1 ) of Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3263/85 (4), lays (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the down the procedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco successful tenderer shall be : 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 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 sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be (b) at the end of the sixth month following the said date intended for export, without refund ; for the remaining tobacco.

Whereas payment for all these lots is made before the tobacco is removed ; whereas it should be provided that, Article 5 at the request of the successful tenderer, the security should be released progressively as the quantities of tobacco are exported ; 1 . The security in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 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 tenders whose tenders were inadmissible or who were HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : unsuccessful .

Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of Article 1 Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the securities of the successful tenderer or tenders shall be released once the conditons laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Six lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1985 harvest, held Regulation have been fulfilled. by the Greek intervention agency, with a total weight of 9 233 249 kilograms divided by varieties as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export. 3. On application by the person concerned, the secur­ ity shall be released by in 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 . 0 OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 18. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (3) OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. folowing its publication in the Official Journal of the (4) OJ No L 311 , 22. 11 . 1985, p. 22. European Communities.

20 . 9 . 88 No L 260/46 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

States.

Done at Brussels, 19 September 1988 .

t For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

ANNEX

Lot Weight Harvest Variety (kilograms) No

Mavra 1986 306 491 1 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 623 250 1986 155 308 Kaba Koulak non classic 1986 229 960 Katerini 1986 252 050 Burley 1 567 059 ll

1986 306 491 2 Mavra 1986 660 484 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 154 500 Kaba Koulak non classic Katerini 1986 229 960 1986 252 516 Burley 1 603 951

Mavra 1986 306 518 3 1986 567 712 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 154 500 Kaba Koulak non classic / 1986 229 960 Katerini 1986 252 516 Burley 1 51 1 206 \

1986 306 518 4 Mavra 1986 567 712 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 154 500 Kaba Koulak non classic 1986 229 960 Katerini v 1986 252 516 Burley 1 511 206

1986 306 491 5 Mavra 1986 567 712 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 163 129 Kaba Koulak non classic 1986 229 988 Katerini 1986 252 516 Burley 1 519 836

1986 306 491 . 6 Mavra 1986 567 740 Kaba Koulak classic and Elassona 1986 163 155 Kaba Koulak non classic Katerini 1986 229 988 1986 252 617 Burley 1 519 991

I Total 9 233 249