31990R1549

No L 146/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 6 . 90

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1549/90 of 8 June 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 25 July 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 1329/90 (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 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 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, 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 Nine lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1986, 1987 and 1988 harvests, held by the Italian intervention agency, once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regulation have been fulfilled. with a total weight of 15 976 223 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 0 OJ No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 25. 0 OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47. following its publication in the Official Journal of the (4) OJ No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 46. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 1990 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Lot Weight Variety Harvest No (kilograms) :

1 Tsebelia 1986 1 228 683 Bright 1987 439 462 1 668 145 \

2 Tsebelia 1987 1 518 707 Bright 1987 439 665 1 958 372

3 Tsebelia 1987 1 518 714 Burley 1987 464 493 II 1 983 207 J

4 Tsebelia 1987 1 610 455 Burley 1987 651 319 2 261 774

5 Mavra 1987 1 244 545 Burley 1987 464 689 1 709 234 I

6 Mavra 1987 1 212 508 Burley 1987 608 814 1 821 322 I

7 Tsebelia 1988 959 619 Kentucky 1987 394 971 1 354 590

8 Tsebelia 1988 959 618 F. Havanna 1987 591 288 Kentucky 1987 159 966 1 710 872

9 Mavra 1988 921 562 F. Havanna 1987 485106 Kentucky 1987 102 039 1 508 707 L

Total 15 976 223