CELEX: 31988R2061
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2061/88 of 11 July 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Greek intervention agency

No L 181 /32                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  12. 7. 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2061/88
                                                          of 11 July 1988
                 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by
                                                  the Greek intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                     Article 3
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               The deadline for the submission of tenders at the head­
Economic Community,                                                 quarters of the Commission of the European Communi­
                                                                    ties shall be at 3' p.m. local time, on 9 September 1988 .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of
21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market
in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                         Article 4
No 1114/88 (2), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
                                                                    The closing date referred to in Article 9 (1 ) of Regulation
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 (3),                 (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3263/85 (4), lays            successful tenderer shall be :
down the procedure and conditions for the sale of tobacco
held by intervention agencies ;                                     (a) at the end of the fourth month following the date of
                                                                          publication of the result of the tendering procedure in
Whereas, on account of the problems caused by the                         the Official Journal of the European Communities,
storage of baled tobacco, and in particular the costs of                  in respect of at least one-third of the lots ;
storage, an invitation to tender should be opened for the
sale of the tobacco in lots ; whereas this tobacco should be         (b) at the end of the sixth month following the said date
intended for export, without refund ;                                     for the remaining tobacco.
Whereas payment for all these lots is made before the
tobacco is removed ; whereas it should be provided that,                                        Article 5
at the request of the successful tenderer, the security
should be released progressively as the quantities of                1 . The security specified in Article 5 of Regulation
tobacco are exported ;                                               (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged with and by the
                                                                     Ypiresia Diachirisis Agoron Georgikon Proionton
Whereas the Management Committee for Tobacco has                     (YDAGEP), Acharnon 5, GR-Athens 108 .
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,                                                            2.     The Commission shall inform the relevant inter­
                                                                     vention agency forthwith of the result of the sale by
                                                                     tender. The agency shall immediately release the secur­
                                                                     ities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        were unsuccessful .
                                                                     Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of
                            Article 1                                Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the securities
                                                                     of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released
Two lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1985 and 1986
                                                                     once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that
                                                                     Regulation have been fulfilled.
harvests, held by the Greek intervention agency, with a
total weight of 5 821 891 kilograms divided by varieties as
shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export.                 3. On application by the person concerned, the secur­
                                                                     ity shall be released by instalments in proportion to the
                                                                     quantities of tobacco in respect of whiqh the proof
                                                                     referred to in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation has been
                            Article 2                                furnished.
The sale shall take place in accordance with the tendering
procedure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73.                                          Article 6
(') OJ  No  L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1 .                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(*) OJ  No  L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 35.
(3) OJ  No  L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47.                               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0   OJ  No  L 311 , 22. 11 . 1985, p. 22.                             European Communities.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 11 July 1988 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President
                                                   ANNEX
                   Lot
                                                                      Harvest
                                                                                    Weight
                                           Variety
                   No                                                             (kilograms)
                    1       Burley                                     1985       1 200 643
                            Basmas                                     1986       1 734 385
                         \                                                        2 935 028
                    2       Burley                                     1985     , 1 152 363
                            Basmas                                     1986       1 734 500
                                                                  \               2 886 863
                                                                        Total     5 821 891