21.5.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL132/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1278/85
of20May1985
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theItalianinterventionagency
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersatthe
headquartersoftheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities shall-beat12noon,localtime,on19
July1985.
Article4
TheclosingdatereferredtoinArticle9(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3389/73forremovalofthetobaccoby
thesuccessfultenderershallbe:
(a)attheendofthefourthmonthfollowingthedate
ofpublicationoftheresultofthetenderingproce­
dureintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,inrespectofatleastone-thirdofthe
lots;
(b)attheendofthesixthmonthfollowingthesaid
datefortheremainingtobacco.
Article5THECOMMISSION 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
rityshouldbereleasedprogressivelyasthequantities
oftobaccoareexported;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforTobacco,1.ThesecurityspecifiedinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3389/73mustbelodgedwithandbythe
AziendadiStatopergliinterventinelmercatoagri­
colo,sezionespecializzataperiltabacco(AIMA),via
DuccioGalimberti47,00136I-Roma.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Threelotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1982harvest,
heldbytheItalianinterventionagency,withatotal
weightof4137365kilogramsdividedbyvarietiesas
shownintheAnnexhereto,shallbesoldforexport.
Article2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththe
tenderingprocedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)
No3389/73.2.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 .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
2)OJNoL164,14.6.1982,p.27.
(3)OJNoL345,15.12.1973,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)
1Beneventano
Forchheimer Havanna
BadischerGeudertheimer
Kentucky1982
1982
1982
198239600
962325
416323
208012l1626260
2Forchheimer Havanna
BadischerGeudertheimer1982
19821067507
44540\\1112047
3Forchheimer Havanna 1982 1399058
Total 4137365