CELEX: 31977R2092
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-24
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2092/77 of 20 September 1977 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency

24. 9. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 245/5
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2092/77
                                                  of 20 September 1977
             opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by
                                             the Italian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  2. The export refunds referred to in Article 9 of
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shall not apply to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           exports resulting from the said 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 to the
of the market in raw tobacco (J), as last amended by            seat of the Commission of the European Communi­
the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Articles 7 (4)      ties shall be at 2 p.m. local time on 14 November
                                                                1977.
and 9 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73                                          Article 4
of 13 December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 489/77 (4), lays down the procedure               The final date referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
and conditions for the sale of tobacco held by inter­           (EEC) No 3389/73 for the removal of the tobacco by
vention agencies ;                                              the successful tenderer shall be the 60th day following
                                                                the date of publication of the result of the sale by
Whereas, in view of the problems caused by the                  tender in the Official Journal of the European
storage of baled tobacco, particularly the costs thereof,       Communities.
and in view of the quantity of tobacco available on the
internal Community market, an invitation to tender                                      Article 5
should be opened for the sale of tobacco in lots, to be
exported without the granting of a refund ;                     1 . The security referred to in Article 5 of Regula­
                                                                tion (EEC) No 3389/73 shall be lodged with the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agri­
ment Committee for Raw Tobacco,
                                                                colo, sezione specializzata per il tabacco (A1MA), via
                                                                Duccio Galimberti 47, 1-00136 Rome, Italy.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   2.    The Commission shall inform the intervention
                                                                agencies concerned forthwith of the result of the sale
                         Article 1                              by tender. The latter shall immediately releasie the
Two lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1972 and                 securities of those tenderers whose tenders were not
 1974 crops held by the Italian intervention agency of          validly submitted or who were unsuccessful. The secu­
                                                                rities of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be
a total weight of 2 362 319 kilograms, divided by refer­
ence to their varieties as shown in the Annex hereto,           released when the conditions laid down in Article 7
shall be sold for export.                                       (c) of the said Regulation have been satisfied.
                         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 Brussel, 20 September 1977.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
 (I) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
 O   OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47.
 (4) OJ No L 65, 11 . 3. 1977, p. 23.
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                                                     ANNEX
                       Varieties                    Crop                  Weight (kg)
           Nostrano                                 1972                     37 582
           Beneventano                              1972                    841 071
           Kentucky                                 1974                  1 483 666
                                                                   Total  2 362 319