NoL40/11 13.2.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No406/88
of12February1988
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theGreekinterventionagency
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersatthehead­
quartersoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesshallbeat3p.m.localtime,on29March1988.
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)
No3999/87(*),andinparticularArticle7(4)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3389/73(3),
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,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article5
1.ThesecurityinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No
3389/73mustbelodgedwithandbytheYpiresiaDiachi­
risisAgoronGeorgikonProionton(YDAGEP),Acharnon
5,GR-Athens108.
2.TheCommission shallinformtherelevantinterven­
tionagencyforthwithoftheresultofthesalebytender.
Theagencyshallimmediatelyreleasethesecuritiesof
tenderswhosetenderswereinadmissible orwhowere
unsuccessful .
Saveasotherwiseprovidedinthesecondsubparagraphof
Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No3389/73,thesecurities
ofthesuccessfultendererortendersshallbereleased
oncetheconditonslaiddowninArticle7(c)ofthat
Regulationhavebeenfulfilled.
3.Onapplicationbythepersonconcerned,thesecu­
rityshallbereleasedbyininstalmentsinproportionto
thequantitiesoftobaccoinrespectofwhichtheproof
referredtoinArticle7(c)ofthesaidRegulationhasbeen
furnished.Article1
Sixlotsofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1985harvest,held
bytheGreekinterventionagency,withatotalweightof
7689239kilogramsdividedbyvarietiesasshowninthe
Annexhereto,shallbesoldforexport.
Article2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththetendering
procedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No3389/73.Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
folowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.0OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.41.
(3)OJNoL345,15.12.1973,p.47.
P)OJNoL311,22.11.1985,p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12February1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
Lot
NoVariety Harvest Weight
(kilograms)
1Burley 1985 1181822
2Burley 1985 1200643
3Burley 1985 1152363
4Burley 1985 1650963
5Burley 1985 1650964
6K.K.nonclassic 1985 852484
Total 7689239