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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2855/79
of14December 1979
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theItalianinterventionagency
2.TheexportrefundssetoutinArticle9ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No727/70shallnotapplytoexports
resultingfromthissale.
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmission oftendersatthe
headquarters oftheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities shallbeat1p.m.localtimeon7March
1980.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
727/70of21April1970onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrawtobacco(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1579/79(2),andinparticular
Articles7(4)and9(5)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3389/73
of13December 1973(3)aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No313/79(4),laysdowntheprocedure
andconditionsforthesaleoftobaccoheldbyinter­
ventionagencies;
Whereas,onaccountoftheproblemscausedbythe
storageofbaledtobacco,andinparticularthecostsof
storage,andinviewofthequantitiesoftobaccoavail­
ableontheinternalCommunitymarket,aninvitation
totendershouldbeopenedforthesaleofthetobacco
inlots;whereasthistobaccoshouldbeintendedfor
exportwithoutrefund;
Whereas,inviewofthesizeoflotNo2andofthe
factthatpaymentofthetotalamountofthelotis
madebeforethetobaccoisremoved,itshouldbe
specifiedthat,attherequestofthesuccessfultenderer,
thesecurityshouldbereleasedatthesamerateasthe
quantitiesoftobaccoremovedarebeingexported;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforTobacco,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Twolotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1975and
1976cropsheldbytheItalianinterventionagencyof
atotalweightof13464507kilogramsdividedby
varietiesasshownintheAnnexhereto,shallbesold
forexport.
Article2
1.Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththe
tenderingprocedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)
No3389/73.Article4
TheclosingdatereferredtoinArticle9(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3389/73forremovalofthetobaccoby
thesuccessfultenderershallbeasfollows:
—inthecaseoflotNo1,onthe60thdayfollowing
thatofthepublicationoftheresultofthe
tenderingprocedureintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities ,
—inthecaseoflotNo2:
(a)attheendofthesixthmonthfollowingthe
dateofthepublicationoftheresultofthe
tenderingprocedureintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities ,inrespectofat
leastone-thirdofthelot;
(b)attheendofthe12thmonthfollowingthe
saiddateinrespectofaquantitywhich,in
additiontothequantitypreviouslywithdrawn,
representsatleasttwo-thirdsofthelot;
(c)attheendofthe18thmonthfollowingthe
saiddatefortheremainingtobacco.
Article5
1.ThesecurityspecifiedinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73mustbelodgedwiththeAzienda
diStatopergliinterventinelmercatoagricolo,
sezionespecializzataperiltabacco(AIMA),viaDuccio
Galimberti47,00136Rome,Italy.
(!)OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL189,27.7.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL345,15.12.1973,p.47.2.TheCommission shallinformtherelevantinter­
ventionagencyforthwithoftheresultofthesaleby
tender.Theagencyshallimmediatelyreleasethesecu­ HOJNoL43,20.2.1979,p.5.

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ritiesoftendererswhosetenderswereinadmissible or
whowereunsuccessful .
Thesecuritiesofthesuccessfultendererortenderers
shallbereleasedoncetheconditionslaiddownin
Article7(c)ofthatRegulationhavebeenfulfilled.
3.InthecaseoflotNo2andonapplicationby
thepersonconcerned,thesecurityisreleasedbyinstal­mentsinproportiontothequantitiesoftobaccoin
respectofwhichtheproofsreferredtoinArticle7(c)
ofthisRegulationhavebeenprovided.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14December1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
(inkv)
Varieties Harvest Weight
Erzegovina 1975 818472
Xanti-Yakà 1976 2461963
Perustitza 1976 3610767
Erzegovina 1976 6573305
Total13464507