NoL274/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.10.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2558/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of4October1974
concerninganinvitationtotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilasfoodaidto
Afghanistan ,IndiaandLebanon
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No530/74(3)of4
March1974layingdowngeneralrulesforthesupply
ofmilkfatsasfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries
andcertaininternationalorganizationsprovidesinter
aliathatbutteroilobtainedfrombutterheldbyinter­
ventionagenciesistobemadeavailabletoAfghan­
istan,IndiaandLebanon;whereasthesecountries
havemadearequestfordeliveryof600metrictons,
2590metrictonsand250metrictonsrespectively ;
whereasthesupplycostsofthatbutteroilmustbeput
outtotenderunderthetermsandconditionslaid
downinCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1365/74(4)of31May1974onthesupplyofbutteroil
asfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries;
WhereascertainpointsinRegulation (EEC)No
1365/74mustbespecifiedingreaterdetail,inparti­
cularthetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersand
thetermsofdeliveryofthebutteroil;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,—lotD:500metrictonsforshipmenttoIndia,
—lotE:590metrictonsforshipmenttoIndia,
—lotF:500metrictonsforshipmenttoIndia,
—lotG:250metrictonsforshipmenttoLebanon.
2.Deliveryofthequantitycorresponding tolotA
shalltakeplacefromLeHavre.Asregardstheother
lotsthedeliveryshalltakeplacefromaCommunity
portaccessibleforocean-goingships.
Article2
Thebutterforthemanufacture ofthebutteroilshall
betakenfromstocksheldbythefollowing :
—asregardslotsA,FandG,theFrenchintervention
agency;
—asregardslotB,theBelgianinterventionagency;
—asregardslotsC,DandE,theGermaninterven­
tionagency.
Article3
1.Withregardtoqualitythebutteroilshallcomply
withtheconditionslaiddownintitleIoftheAnnex
toRegulation (EEC)No1365/74.However,asregards
thelotsBtoFthemaximumcontentoffreefatty
acidsisfixedat0-3%(expressedinoleicacids)and
theindexofperoxideisfixedat0-5maximum (in
milliequivalent ofactiveoxygenperkg).
2.Thebutteroilshallbeputupin20kgmetal
canisters .
3.Thewordstobeprintedonthelabelasprovided
underII3(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No
1365/74shallbethefollowing :
—inrespectoflotA:
'GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityto
theRepublicofAfghanistanforfreedistribution';
—inrespectoflotBtoF:
'GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityto
theRepublicofIndia';*
—inrespectoflotG:
'DondelaCommunaute economiqueeuropeenne
alaRepubliqueduLibanadistribuergratuite­
ment'.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Tendersshallbeinvitedunderthetermsand
conditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No1365/74
forthemanufactureanddeliveryof3440metrictons
ofbutteroildividedupintothefollowinglots:
—lotA:600metrictonsforshipmenttoAfghan­
istan,
—lotB:500metrictonsforshipmenttoIndia,
—lotC:500metrictonsforshipmenttoIndia,
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(-')OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
(3)OJNoL65,7.3.1974,p.1.
(*)OJNoL147,1.6.1974,p.46.

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Article4
1.Theclosingdateforthesubmissionoftenders
shallbe22October1974at12noon.
2.Deliveryshallbemadeonadatetobefixedby
theinterventionagencyconcernedasfollows:
—after14andbefore30November1974asregards
thelotsA,B,CandG;—after30Novemberandbefore16December1974
asregardsthelotsD,EandF.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI