9.4.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL92/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No943/88
of8April1988
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleforexportofbaledtobaccoheldby
theGreekinterventionagency
Article3
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersatthehead­
quartersoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesshallbeat3p.m.localtime,on17June1988.
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(2),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
tendererswhosetenderswereinadmissible orwhowere
unsuccessful .
Saveasotherwiseprovidedinthesecondsubparagraph of
Article7ofRegulation(EEC)No3389/73,thesecurities
ofthesuccessfultendererortendersshallbereleased
oncetheconditonslaiddowninArticle7(c)ofthat
Regulationhavebeenfulfilled.
3.Onapplicationbythepersonconcerned,thesecu­
rityshallbereleasedbyinstalmentsinproportiontothe
quantitiesoftobaccoinrespectofwhichtheproof
referredtoinArticle7(c)ofthesaidRegulationhasbeen
furnished.Article1
Onelotofbaledrawtobaccofromthe1985harvest,held
bytheGreekinterventionagency,withatotalweightof
2353006kilogramsdividedbyvarietiesasshowninthe
Annexhereto,shallbesoldforexport.
Article2
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththetendering
procedureprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No3389/73.
(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
folowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.41.0OJNoL345,15.12.1973,p.47.0OJNoL311,22.11.1985,p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
(kilograms)
Lot
NoVariety Harvest Weight
1Burley 1985 2353006