13.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL282/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2477/76
of12October1976
concerninganinvitationtotender(orthesupplyofbutteroilasfoodaidtothe
WorldFoodProgrammeforIndia
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Tendersareinvited,asprovidedinRegulation(EEC)
No2247/75,forthecostsofmanufactureanddelivery
totheWFPof2628metrictonsofbutteroilforIndia
anddividedintothefollowinglots:
—LotA:428metrictons,
—LotB:400metrictons,
—LotC1:600metrictons,
—LotC2:600metrictons,
—LotD:600metrictons.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1542/75of16
June1975onthesupplyofmilkfatsunderthe1975
food-aidprogrammetocertaindevelopingcountries
andtocertaininternationalorganizations (3),provides
interaliathat16000metrictonsofbutteroil
obtainedfrombutterheldbytheinterventionagen­
ciesshallbemadeavailabletotheWorldFood
Programme (WFP);whereastheWFPhasrequested
thesupplyof2628metrictonsofbutteroilforIndia;
Whereasthisdeliveryshallbeconsideredas
completedwhenthebutteroilisdepositedattheport
ofembarkationatthepointdesignatedbytheWFPor
itsappointedagent;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1541/75of16June1975layingdowngeneralrules
forthesupplyofmilkfatsunderthe1975food-aid
programmetocertaindevelopingcountriesandto
certaininternationalorganizations (4),requirestenders
tobeinvitedforsuchsupplies;
Whereasthetenderingprocedureiseffectedfollowing
theprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2247/75of29August1975concerninginvitationsto
tenderforthecostsofmanufactureanddeliveryof
butteroilasfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries
andtotheWorldFoodProgramme(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2212/76(6);
whereasitisstillnecessarytoaddanumberofdetails
particularlyasregardsthetimelimitforsubmissionof
tendersandthetermsofsupply;Article2
1.Thebuttertobeusedinmanufacturing the
butteroilshallbetakenover:
—fromtheGermaninterventionagency,asregards
lotsAandB,
—fromtheFrenchinterventionagency,asregards
lotsC1andC2,
—fromtheBelgianinterventionagency,asregards
lotD.
2.Thebutteroil,whichshallmeettherequirements
astoqualityandpackinglaiddownintheAnnexto
Regulation(EEC)No2247/75,shallbeputuponlyin
5kgcontainers.
3.Themarkingtobeindicatedonthecontainers
inaccordancewithChapterII2(b)oftheAnnex
mentionedintheprecedingparagraphshallbethe
following:
'Butteroil/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommuni­
ty/WorldFoodProgrammeaction'.
Themarkingshallbefollowedbythenameofthe
portofunloadingtobecommunicated bythe
Commissiontotheinterventionagencyconcerned .(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL157,19.6.1975,p.6.
(4)OJNoL157,19.6.1975,p.4.
(5)OJNoL229,30.8.1975,p.60.
(o)OJNoL249,11.9.1976,p.5.

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ArticleJ Article4
1.AsregardsLotsC1andC2,bywayofderoga­
tionfromArticle4(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2247/75,thetenderershallstipulateinhistender
whetheritisvalidforonelotorforthesetwolots.
2.Thetimelimitforthesubmission oftenders
shallbe26October1976,at12noon.1.Theportofembarkationindicatedinthetender
shallbechosenfromamongportsintheCommunity
accessibleforocean-goingshipshavingaregular
servicewiththerecipientcountry.
Onlyoneportmaybeindicatedinthetender.
2.Deliveryattheportofembarkationshalltake
placeonadatetobefixedbytheinterventionagency
concernedandwhichshallbeafter6andbefore23
December1976.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12October1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission