11.9.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL248/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2612/90
of10September1990
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofbaledtobaccoheldbytheGerman
andGreekinterventionagencies
agencies,withatotalweightof1188308kilograms,
brokendownbyvarietyasshownintheAnnexhereto,
shallbesoldforexport.
Article2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththetendering
procedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No3389/73.
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersatthehead­
quartersoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesshallbe12noonlocaltime,on26October1990.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No727/70of
21April1970onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inrawtobacco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1329/90(2),andinparticularArticle7(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85
of11June1985onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theconversionratestobeappliedforthepurposesofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(4),andinparticularArticle2(4)
thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3389/73(0,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No395/90(6),lays
downtheprocedureandconditionsforthesaleoftobacco
heldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereas,onaccountoftheproblemscausedbythe
storageofbaledtobacco,andinparticularthecostsof
storage,aninvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforthe
saleofthetobaccoinlots;whereasthistobaccoshouldbe
intendedforexport,withoutrefund;
Whereaspaymentforalltheselotsismadebeforethe
tobaccoisremoved;whereasitshouldbeprovidedthat,
attherequestofthesuccessfultenderer,thesecurity
shouldbereleasedprogressively asthequantitiesof
tobaccoareexported;
Whereas,toavoiddistortionsinthisspecialcaseofan
invitationtotenderfortobaccostoredinmorethanone
MemberState,theactualconversionratemultipliedby
thecorrectingfactorreferredtoinArticle3(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85shouldbeusedforthetenders
andsecuritiesresultingfromthisinvitationtotender;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforTobacco,Article4
TheclosingdatereferredtoinArticle9(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73forremovalofthetobaccobythe
successfultenderershallbe:
(a)attheendofthefourthmonthfollowingthedateof
publicationoftheresultofthetenderingprocedurein
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
inrespectofatleastone-thirdofthelots;
(b)attheendofthesixthmonthfollowingthesaiddate
fortheremainingtobacco.
Article5
1.ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73must,forthetobaccostoredin
Germany,belodgedwithandinthenameoftheBunde­
sanstaltfurlandwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM),
Adickesallee40,D-6000FrankfurtamMain;andforthe
tobaccostoredinGreecewithandinthenameofthe
YpiresiaDiachirisisAgoronGeorgikouProionton
(Ydagep),Acharnon241,GR-10446Athens.
2.TheCommission shallinformtherelevantinterven­
tionagencyforthwithoftheresultofthesalebytender.
Theagencyshallimmediatelyreleasethesecuritiesof
tendererswhosetenderswereinadmissible orwhowere
unsuccessful .
Saveasotherwiseprovidedinthesecondsubparagraphof
Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No3389/73,thesecurities
ofthesuccessfultendererortenderersshallbereleased
oncetheconditionslaiddowninArticle7(c)ofthat
Regulationhavebeenfulfilled.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Twolotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1987and1988
harvests,heldbytheGermanandGreekintervention
(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.0OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.25.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.ÓOJNoL345,15.12.1973,p.47.f)O!NoL42,16.2.1990,p.46.

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3.Onapplicationbythepersonconcerned,the
securityshallbereleasedbyinstalmentsinproportionto
thequantitiesoftobaccoinrespectofwhichtheproof
referredtoinArticle7(c)ofthesaidRegulationhasbeen
furnished.Article7
Notwithstanding Article5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3389/73,theconversionratestobeappliedforcalculating
thetendersandsecuritiesinnationalcurrenciesshallbe
thoseinforceonthedayprecedingpublicationofthe
noticeofinvitationtotenderforthetobaccoreferredtoin
Article1andgivenintheAnnextoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No2492/90(')•
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Article6
Notwithstanding Article4(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3389/73,thepriceperkilogramoftobaccotendererd
mustbeexpressedinecusperkilogram.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10September1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Lot
NoVariety HarvestWeight
(kilograms)
1Tsebelia
Basmas1987
1988613254
104314
\717568
2Tsebelia
Basmas1987
1988389015
81725
IIl470740
Total 1188308
(')OJNoL238,1.9.1990,p.45.