CELEX: 31988R0066
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 66/88 of 11 January 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Italian intervention agency

12 . 1 . 88                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 8/ 5
                                          C OMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 66/88
                                                            of 11 January 1988
                  opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by
                                                      the Italian 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 20 April 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 1974/87 (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 (•'),                     (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
                                                                         Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                  sezione specializzata per il tabacco (AIMA), via Duccio
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                          Galimberti 47, 00136 I-Roma.
 Committee for Tobacco,
                                                                          2.     The Commission shall inform the relevant interven­
                                                                          tion agency forthwith of the result of the sale by tender.
                                                                          The agency shall immediately release the securities of
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                            tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were
                                                                          unsuccessful .
                             Art idt 1                                    Save as otherwise provided in the second subparagraph of
                                                                          Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the securities
                                                                          of the successful tenderer or tenderers shall be released
                                                                          once the conditions laid down in Article 7 (c) of that
 Five lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1985 harvest, held
                                                                          Regulation have been fulfilled.
 by the Italian intervention agency , with a total weight of
 5 111 133 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 which the proof
                                                                          referred to in Article 7 (c) of the said Regulation has been
                             ArtieU 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 , F .  i.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 (2  OJ   No L 184, 2. 7. 1987, y .    30 .
 (3) OJ   No L 345, 15. 12. 1973 .    p. 47 .                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 (4) OJ   No L 311 , 22. 11 . 1985 .  p . 22 .                             European Communities.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 8/6                     Official Journal of the European Communities                       12. 1 . 88
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels . 11 January 1988 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                    Vice-President
                                                 ANNEX
                        Lot
                                      Variety         Harvest            Weight
                        No
                                                                       (kilograms)
                         1        Burley I             1985            1 249 101
                         ■>
                                  Burley I             1985            1 197 223
                         3        Burley I             1985            1 035 569
                         4        Bright               1985              449 068
                                  Perustitza           1985                80 737
                                  Benevento            1985                 4 321
                                  Forchheimer
                                  Havanna lie          1985              268 344
                               ||
                                                  \                      802 470
                         5        Kentucky             1985              826 770
                                                        Total          5 111 133