CELEX: 31988R0406
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 406/88 of 12 February 1988 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Greek intervention agency

13 . 2. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 40/ 11
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 406/88
                                                    of 12 February 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 29 March 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 3999/87 (*), 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 in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No
tobacco are exported ;                                            3389/73 must be lodged with and by the Ypiresia Diachi­
                                                                  risis Agoron Georgikon Proionton (YDAGEP), Acharnon
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          5, GR-Athens 108 .
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
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
                                                                  tenders whose tenders were inadmissible or who were
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     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 tenders shall be released
                                                                   once the conditons laid down in Article 7 (c) of that
Six lots of baled raw tobacco from the 1985 harvest, held          Regulation have been fulfilled.
by the Greek intervention agency, with a total weight of
7 689 239 kilograms divided by varieties as shown in the
Annex hereto, shall be sold for export.                            3. On application by the person concerned, the secu­
                                                                   rity shall be released by in 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
                          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
0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 41 .
(3) OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47.                              folowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
P) 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, 12 February 1988.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
                                                      ANNEX
                     Lot
                                              Variety                   Harvest       Weight
                     No                                                             (kilograms)
                      1         Burley                                   1985       1 181 822
                      2         Burley                                   1985       1 200 643
                      3         Burley                                   1985       1 152 363
                      4         Burley                                   1985       1 650 963
                      5         Burley                                   1985       1 650 964
                      6         K.K. non classic                         1985         852 484
                                                                         Total      7 689 239