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2 . 12 . 88 No L 330/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3761/88
of 24 November 1988
opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 3 .
The deadline for the submission of tenders at the head Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, quarters of the Commission of the European Communi ties shall be 3 p.m., local time, on 19 January 1989. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market Article 4 in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/88 (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 (a) at the end of the fourth month following the date of held by intervention agencies ; publication of the result of the tendering procedure in the Official Journal of the European Communities, Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the in respect of at least one-third of the lots ; storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of 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 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation should be released progressively as the quantities of (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the tobacco are exported ; Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Galimberti 47, 1-00136 Roma . 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 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 tenderers shall be released once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Eight lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1986 harvest, Regulation have been fulfilled. held by the Italian intervention agency, with a total weight of 5 631 593 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 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 F) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 18 . following its publication in the Official Journal of the (3) OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. (4 OJ No L 311 , 22. 11 . 1985, p. 22. European Communities.
2 . 12 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 330/9
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 24 November 1988 .
For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President
ANNEX
Lot Weight Variety Harvest No (kilograms)
1 F. Havanna 1986 582 675
2 F. Havanna 1986 582 875
3 F. Havanna 1986 1 312 971
4 F. Havanna 1986 , 455 599
5 F. Havanna 1986 670 162
6 Tsebelia 1986 798 628
7 Tsebelia 1986 723 107
8 Tsebelia 1986 505 576
Total 5 631 593