12.1.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL8/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No66/88
of11January1988
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theItalianinterventionagency
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersatthehead­
quartersoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesshallbeat3p.m.,localtime,on20April1988.
Article4
TheclosingdatereferredtoinArticle9(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73forremovalofthetobaccobythe
successfultenderershallbe:
(a)attheendofthefourthmonthfollowingthedateof
publicationoftheresultofthetenderingprocedurein
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
inrespectofatleastone-thirdofthelots;
(b)attheendofthesixthmonthfollowingthesaiddate
fortheremainingtobacco.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No727/70of
21April1970onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inrawtobacco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1974/87(2),andinparticularArticle7(4)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3389/73(•'),
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3263/85(4),lays
downtheprocedureandconditionsforthesaleoftobacco
heldbyinterventionagencies:
Whereas,onaccountoftheproblemscausedbythe
storageofbaledtobacco,andinparticularthecostsof
storage,aninvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforthe
saleofthetobaccoinlots;whereasthistobaccoshouldbe
intendedforexport,withoutrefund;
Whereaspaymentforalltheselotsismadebeforethe
tobaccoisremoved;whereasitshouldbeprovidedthat,
attherequestofthesuccessfultenderer,thesecurity
shouldbereleasedprogressively asthequantitiesof
tobaccoareexported;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforTobacco,Article5
1.ThesecurityspecifiedinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73mustbelodgedwithandbythe
AziendadiStatopergliinterventinelmercatoagricolo,
sezionespecializzataperiltabacco(AIMA),viaDuccio
Galimberti47,00136I-Roma.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artidt12.TheCommission shallinformtherelevantinterven­
tionagencyforthwithoftheresultofthesalebytender.
Theagencyshallimmediatelyreleasethesecuritiesof
tendererswhosetenderswereinadmissible orwhowere
unsuccessful .
Saveasotherwiseprovidedinthesecondsubparagraphof
Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No3389/73,thesecurities
ofthesuccessfultendererortenderersshallbereleased
oncetheconditionslaiddowninArticle7(c)ofthat
Regulationhavebeenfulfilled.
3.Onapplicationbythepersonconcerned,thesecur­
ityshallbereleasedbyinstalmentsinproportiontothe
quantitiesoftobaccoinrespectofwhichtheproof
referredtoinArticle7(c)ofthesaidRegulationhasbeen
furnished .Fivelotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1985harvest,held
bytheItalianinterventionagency,withatotalweightof
5111133kilogramsdividedbyvarietiesasshowninthe
Annexhereto,shallbesoldforexport.
ArtieU2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththetendering
procedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No3389/73.Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(")OJNoL94,28.4.1970,F.i.
(2OJNoL184,2.7.1987,y.30.
(3)OJNoL345,15.12.1973.p.47.
(4)OJNoL311,22.11.1985.p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.11January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
Lot
NoVariety Harvest Weight
(kilograms)
1BurleyI 1985 1249101
■>BurleyI 1985 1197223
3BurleyI 1985 1035569
4Bright
Perustitza
Benevento
Forchheimer
Havannalie1985
1985
1985
1985449068
80737
4321
268344||\802470
5Kentucky 1985 826770
Total 5111133