Commission Regulation (EC) No 1229/96 of 28 June 1996 opening an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the Greek intervention agency

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 1229/96
• Articles: 10

Article 1

Five lots of baled tobacco from the 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991 and 1992 harvests, held by the Greek intervention agency, with a total weight of about 2 095 tonnes, broken down as shown in the Annex hereto, shall be sold for export to third countries. The quantity put up for sale shall be as specified in the notice of invitation to tender.

The Commission shall give notice of the sale of the lots in the notice of invitation to tender to be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series.

Article 2

The sale shall take place in accordance with the tendering procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.

Article 3

The time limit for the submission of tenders at the headquarters of the Commission of the European Communities shall be indicated in the notice of invitation to tender.

Article 4

The time limit referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 for the successful tenderer to take over the entire quantity of tobacco shall be the end of the third month following the date of publication of the result of the tendering procedure in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 5

1. The security referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 must be lodged, for the tobacco stored in Greece, with and in the name of the Dieuthinsis Diachirisis Agoron Georgikon Proionton (Didagep), Acharnon 241, GR-10438 Athens.

2. The Commission shall inform the relevant intervention agency forthwith of the result of the tendering procedure. The agency shall immediately release the securities of tenderers whose tenders were inadmissible or who were unsuccessful.

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 Regulation have been fulfilled.

3. On application by the person concerned, the security shall be released by instalments in proportion to the quantities of tobacco in respect of which the proof referred to in Article 7 of the said Regulation has been furnished.

Article 6

Notwithstanding Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the price per kilogram of tobacco tendered must be expressed in ecus per kilogram.

Notwithstanding the first sentence of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the amount of the security shall be ECU 0,85 per kilogram of baled tobacco.

Article 7

Notwithstanding Articles 10 (1) and 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93, the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate applied shall be:

- for the payment for successful tenders: payment of the purchase price,

- for the amount of the security: the publication of the notice of invitation to tender in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Take-over may be staggered.

Article 8

Notwithstanding Article 10a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73, the customs export declaration must have been accepted within 12 months of the time limit fixed in Article 4.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70.

(3) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 345, 15. 12. 1973, p. 47.

(6) OJ No L 317, 18. 12. 1993, p. 30.

(7) OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.

(8) OJ No L 153, 27. 6. 1996, p. 41.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

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