31990R0886

No L 92/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 90

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 886/90 of 5 April 1990 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

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 3 p.m., local time, on 28 May 1990. 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 203/90 (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 395/90 (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 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 1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation tobacco are exported ; (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio in accordance with the opinion of the Management Galimberti 47, I-00136 Roma. 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were unsuccessful .

Article 1 Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the securities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released Nine lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1986, 1987 and once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that 1988 harvests, held by the Italian intervention agency, Regulation have been fulfilled. with a total weight of 10 952 657 kilograms divided by varieties as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for 3. On application by the person concerned, the secur­ export. 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 (2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 10. 0 OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. following its publication in the Official Journal of the O OJ No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 46. European Communities.

7. 4. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 92/21

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

Done at Brussels, 5 April 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Lot Weight Variety Harvest No (kilograms)

1 Tsebelia 1986 1 228 683

2 Tsebelia 1987 1 518 707

3 Tsebelia 1987 1 518 714

4 Tsebelia 1987 1 610 455

5 Mavra 1987 1 022 791

6 Mavra 1987 1 212 508

7 Tsebelia 1988 959 619

8 Tsebelia 1988 959 618

9 Mavra 1988 921 562

Total 10 952 657