21.5.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL132/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1277/85
of20May1985
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theGreekinterventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No727/70
of21April1970onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrawtobacco('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1461/82(2),andinparticularArticle7
(4)thereof,
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3389/73(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
313/79(4),laysdowntheprocedureandconditionsfor
thesaleoftobaccoheldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereas,onaccountoftheproblemscausedbythe
storageofbaledtobacco,andinparticularthecostsof
storage,aninvitationtotendershouldbeopenedfor
thesaleofthetobaccoinlots;whereasthistobacco
shouldbeintendedforexport,withoutrefund;
Whereaspaymentforalltheselotsismadebeforethe
tobaccoisremoved;whereasitshouldbeprovided
that,attherequestofthesuccessfultenderer,thesecu­
rityshouldbereleasedprogressively asthequantities
oftobaccoareexported;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforTobacco,Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmission oftendersatthe
headquarters oftheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities shallbeat12noon,localtime,on18
July1985.
Article4
TheclosingdatereferredtoinArticle9(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3389/73forremovalofthetobaccoby
thesuccessfultenderershallbe:
(a)attheendofthefourthmonthfollowingthedate
ofpublicationoftheresultofthetenderingproce­
dureintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,inrespectofatleastone-thirdofthe
lots;
(b)attheendofthesixthmonthfollowingthesaid
datefortheremainingtobacco.
Article5
1.ThesecurityspecifiedinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73mustbelodgedwithandbythe
YpiresiaDiachirisisAgoronGeorgikonProionton
(YDAGEP)Acharnon5,GR-Athens108.
2.TheCommission shallinformtherelevantinter­
ventionagencyforthwithoftheresultofthesaleby
tender.Theagencyshallimmediatelyreleasethesecu­
ritiesoftendererswhosetenderswereinadmissible or
whowereunsuccessful .
Saveasotherwiseprovidedinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No3389/73,thesecu­
ritiesofthesuccessfultendererortenderersshallbe
releasedoncetheconditionslaiddowninArticle7(c)
ofthatRegulationhavebeenfulfilled.
3.Onapplicationbythepersonconcerned,the
securityshallbereleasedbyinstalmentsinproportion
tothequantitiesoftobaccoinrespectofwhichthe
proofreferredtoinArticle7(c)ofthesaidRegulation
hasbeenfurnished .HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fourlotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1982harvest,
heldbytheGreekinterventionagency,withatotal
weightof4246018kilogramsdividedbyvarietiesas
shownintheAnnexhereto,shallbesoldforexport.
Article2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththe
tenderingprocedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)
No3389/73.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL164,14.6.1982,p.27.
OOJNoL345,15.12.1973,p.47.
(4)OJNoL43,20.2.1979,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20May1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
Lot
NoVariety HarvestWeight
(kilograms)
1KabaKoulak
classic1982 760417
2KabaKoulak
nonclassic
Basmas
Virginia1982 814141
3Tsebelia 1982 1597077
4Mavra 1982 1074383
Total 4246018