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REGULATION (EEC)No3421/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of17December1973
oninvitationstotenderforthecostsofdeliveryofskimmed-milk powdertothe
WorldFoodProgramme
fiedinthesecondparagraphofArticle2onthe
packinginthelanguagespecifiedbelowandto
takeoverfromtheFrenchinterventionagencyto
supplyfobDunkerque,LeHavreand/orMarseille
tothefollowingdestinations :
Skikda/Algeria380tons\
Oran/Algeria230tonsj
Algiers/Algeria210tons(....„,
pj/ /inscriptioninFrenchDaresbalam/ [r
intransitto \
Burundi 50tons/
Abidjan/ \
Ivory/Coast10tons/
Djibouti/ /inscriptioninEnglish
Ethiopia 15tons\
Banjul/Gambia50tons/
PortLouis/ )
Mauritius 460tons>inscriptioninFrench
Tartous/Syria500tons)
Alexandria/
ArabRepublic
ofEgypt100tonsinscriptioninEnglishTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtoTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,as
lastamendedbytheAct(2)concerningtheCon­
ditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstothe
Treaties,andinparticularArticle7<(5)thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2721/72(3)
of19December1972onthesupplyofskimmed­
milkpowderasfoodaid,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2700/73(4),providesforthedeliveryof
certainquantitiesafskimmed-milk powder;whereas
theWorldFoodProgrammehasrequesteddelivery
of2005metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder,which
canbesuppliedbytheFrenchinterventionagency;
whereasthedeliverycosts'forthesesuppliesmust
bedeterminedfortherelevantinterventionagency
byinvitingtendersinaccordancewithCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1885/73(5)of12July1973
oninvitationstotenderforthecostofdelivery,as
foodaid,ofskimmed-milk powderheldbythein­
terventionagencies;
WhereascertaindetailsofRegulation (EEC)No
1885/73must,however,beclarified,inparticular
asregardsthetimelimit(forsubmittingtendersand
thetermsofdeliveryoftheskiimmed-milk powder;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegu­
lationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Article2
TheFrenchinterventionagencyshallinvitetenders
todeterminethecostsofdeliveryfob.
Itshallensurethatthecountryofdestinationand
theportofunloadingaswellasthefollowingin­
scriptionaremadeonthepackinginthelanguage
specifiedinArticle1inlettersatleast1cmhigh,
asrequired :
—'Laitecremeenpoudre,ActionProgrammeali­
mentairemondial—DondelaCommunaute eco­
nomiqueeuropeenne';
—'Skimmed-milk powder,WorldFoodPro­
grammeAction—GiftoftheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunity'.
Inadditionitshallsupply2°/oofthenumberof
bags,empty,identicaltothosecontainingthegoods
andtobedeliveredwiththegoods.
Article3
Deliveryfobshallbemadeonadatedetermined
bytherelevantinterventionagencyafter1March
1974butbefore17March1974.
Article4
Theclosingdateforsubmissionoftendersshallbe
22January1974atnoon.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TendersshallbeinvitedAnconformitywithRegula­
tion(EEC)No1885/73,todeterminethecostsof
deliveryfobtotheWFPof2005metrictonsof
skimmed-milk powder,bearingtheinscriptionspeci­
(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.;1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL291,28.12.*1972,p.28.
(4)OJNoL279,5.10.1973,p.1.
(5)OJNoL192,13.7.1973,,p.31.

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Article5 powderdelivered,tocovertransportanddistribution
costs.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .TheFrenchinterventionagencyshall,withinsixty
daysfollowingtakingoveroftherelevantquantity
bytheWFP,paytotheWFPastandard-ratecontri­
butionof$80permetrictonofskimmed-milk
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI