17.3.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL71/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No598/76
of16March1976
onaninvitationtotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilboughtontheCommunity
marketforthteRepublic/ofBangladeshasfoodaid
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Article1
1.Tendersareinvitedinaccordanccwiththeprovi­
sionsofRegulation(EEC)No2660/75forthesupply
totheRepublicofBangladeshofonelotof2500
metrictonsofbutteroilmanufactured frombutterfats
whichareofCommunityoriginandnottakenfrom
publicstocks,dividedupintofivelotsof500metric
tonseach.
2.Withregardtoqualityandpackagingthebutter­
oilshallcomplywiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No2660/75.However,it
shallexclusivelybeputin5kgcanisters.
3.Thewordstobestampedonthepackagingas
referredtoinChapterIIunder2(b)oftheAnnex
mentionedintheprecedingparagraphshallbeas
follows:
'Butteroil—GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nitytotheRepublicofBangladesh.'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts(J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1542/75of16
June1975onthesupplyofmilkasfoodaidto
certaindevelopingcountriesandinternationalorgani­
zationsunderthe1975food-aidprogramme^),
providesinteraliathat7000metrictonsofbutteroil
shouldbemadeavailabletotheRepublicofBangla­
desh;whereasthiscountryhasmadearequestfor
deliveryof2500metrictons;
Whereasonaccountofthemarketsituationforbutter
intheCommunity ,thesupplyoftheabovementioned
quantityshouldbeensuredbymeansofbutterfatavail­
ableontheCommunitymarketinaccordancewith
Article2(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1541/75
of16June1975layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
supplyofmilkfatsasfoodaidtocertaindeveloping
countriesandinternationalorganizationsunderthe
1975food-aidprogramme^);whereasaninvitationto
tendershouldthereforebeissuedinaccordancewith
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2660/75of20
October1975oninvitationstotenderforthesupply
ofbutteroilboughtontheCommunitymarketasfood
aidtocertaindevelopingcountriesandtotheWorld
FoodProgramme (5);
WhereasfortheapplicationofRegulation(EEC)No
2660/75certaindetailedrulesarehoweverrequired,in
particularasregardsthetimelimitforthesubmission
oftendersandtheconditionsofdeliveryofthebutter­
oil;,
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Article2
DeliveryshalltakeplaceattheportofAntwerpona
datespecifiedbytheinterventionagencyinquestion
andwhichisafter1andbefore30May1976.
Article3
1.BywayofderogationfromArticle4(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2660/75,thetenderershallspecifyin
histenderthenumberoflotsforwhichitisvalid.
2.Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersis
12noonon30March1976.
(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL157,19.6.1975,p.6.Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(4)OJNoL157,19.6.1975,p.4.
(s)OJNoL270,21.10.1975,p.11

NoL71/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.3.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission