CELEX: 31979R1450
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1450/79 of 12 July 1979 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency

13 . 7. 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 176/25
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1450/79
                                                      of 12 July 1979
             opening an invitation to tender (or the sale for export of baled tobacco held by
                                             the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  2. The export refunds set out in Article 9 of Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tion (EEC) No 727/70 do not apply to exports
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           resulting from this sale.
Economic Community,                                                                      Article 3
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization              The closing date for the submission of tenders at the
of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by            seat of the Commission of the European Communi­
the Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 7 (4)          ties shall be at 2 p.m . Brussels time on 17 September
                                                                 1979 .
and 9 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73                                           Article 4
of 13 December 1 973 (2) as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 313/79 (3), lays down the procedure               The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) or Regulation
and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter­           (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the
vention agencies ;                                              successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following the
                                                                date of publication of the result of the sale by tender
Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the               in the Official Journal of the European Communi­
storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of         ties.
storage, and in view of the quantity of tobacco avail­
able on the internal Community market, an invitation                                     Article 5
to tender should be opened for the sale of tobacco in
lots ; whereas this tobacco should be intended for               1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation
export without refund ;                                         (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be given to the Azienda di
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo, sezione
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­               specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio Galim­
ment Committee for Tobacco,                                     berti 47, 00136 Rome, Italy.
                                                                 2.     The Commission shall inform the concerned
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    intervention agency forthwith of the result of the sale
                                                                by tender. This shall immediately release the securi­
                         Article 1                               ties of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or
Six lots of baled tobacco from the 1974 and 1976                who were unsuccessful . The securities of the
                                                                 successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released when
harvest held by the Italian intervention agency of a
total weight of 2 095 737 kilograms, divided as shown            the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that Regu­
                                                                 lation have been fulfilled .
in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export.
                         Article 2                                                       Article 6
 1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
tendering procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC)             following its publication in the Official Journal of
No 3389/73 .                                                     the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 12 July 1979 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 345, 15 . 12. 1973 , p. 47.
b) OJ No L 43, 20. 2. 1979, p. 5.
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                                        ANNEX
                       Varieties            Harvest         Weight (kg)
             Burley                          1976                  1 747 826
             Beneventano                     1974                    347 911
                                                        Total      2 095 737