CELEX: 31978R1571
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1571/78 of 30 June 1978 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the German and Italian intervention agencies

No L 185/ 26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 7 . 7 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1571 /78
                                                       of 30 June 1978
              opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by
                                      the German and Italian intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                            Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                  1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with the
                                                                  tendering procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            No 3389 /73 .
 Economic Community,
                                                                  2. The export refunds set out in Article 9 of Regula­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     tion (EEC) No 727/70 do not apply to exports
727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization                resulting from this sale .
of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by
the Act concerning the conditions of accession and                                        Article 3
the adjustments to the Treaties (2), and in particular
Articles 7 (4) and 9 (5) thereof,
                                                                  The closing date for the submission of tenders at the
                                                                  seat of the Commission of the European Communi­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73                    ties shall be at 2 p.m . Brussels time on 4 September
                                                                  1978 .
of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 489/77 (4), lays down the procedure
and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter­
                                                                                          Article 4
vention agencies ;
                                                                 The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) or Regulation
Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the                 (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the
storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of          successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following the
storage, and in view of the quantity of tobacco avail­            date of publication of the result of the sale by tender
able on the internal Community market, an invitation              in the Official Journal of the European Communi­
to tender should be opened for the sale of tobacco in             ties.
lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for
export without refund ;
                                                                                          Article 5
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be given to the Bundesanstalt
ment Committee for Tobacco,                                       für Landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adick­
                                                                  esallee 40, 6000 Frankfurt/Main, Bundesrepublik
                                                                  Deutschland, and to the Azienda di Stato per gli inter­
                                                                 venti nel mercato agricolo, sezione specialissata per il
                                                                  tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galimberti 47, 00136
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  Rome, Italy as required .
                                                                  2.    The Commission shall inform the concerned
                                                                  intervention agencies forthwith of the result of the
                                                                 sale by tender. These shall immediately release the
                          Article 1                              securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmiss­
                                                                  ible or who were unsuccessful . The securities of the
                                                                 successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released when
Six lots of baled tobacco from the 1973, 1975 and
 1976 harvest held by the German and Italian interven­           the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regu­
                                                                 lation have been fulfilled .
tion agencies of a total weight of 3 080 109 kilograms,
divided as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold
for export.                                                                               Article 6
(') OJ No  L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(3) OJ No  L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47.                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
(4) OJ No  L 65, 11 . 3. 1977, p. 23.                             the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 30 June 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
                                                    ANNEX
                                    Varieties           Harvest          Weight
                                                                          (M)
                       Beneventano                       1973                824 622
                       Maryland                          1975                   20 175
                       Burley I                          1975              2 110 993
                       Badischer Burley E                1976                 1 24 3 1 9
                                                                   Total   3 080 1 09