NoL88/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.4.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No722/77
of5April1977
concerningtheinvitationtotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilasfoodaidtothe
WorldFoodProgrammeforcertainthirdcountries
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts(J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,Article1
1.Tendersareinvited,asprovidedinRegulations
(EEC)No694/76and(EEC)No695/76,forthecosts
ofmanufactureanddeliverytotheWFPof1007
tonnesofbutteroildividedaccordingtothelotsand
destinationsmentionedintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion.
2.Asregardstothetenderingprocedureaswellas
theconditionsofmanufactureanddeliveryofthe
butteroil,theprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No
2247/75shallapplynotwithstanding specialprovi­
sionshereinafter .WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No695/76of25
March1976onthesupplyofmilkfatstocertaindeve­
lopingcountriesandinternationalorganizationsunder
the1976food-aidprogramme (3),providesinteralia
that16000tonnesofbutteroilobtainedfrombutter
heldbytheinterventionagenciesshallbemadeavail­
abletotheWorldFoodProgramme (WFP);whereas
theWFPhasmadearequestforthedeliveryof1007
tonnesofbutteroilforcertainthirdcountries ;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
694/76of25March1976layingdowngeneralrules
forthesupplyofmilkfatstocertaindevelopingcoun­
triesandinternationalorganizationsunderthe1976
food-aidprogramme (4),requirestenderstobeinvited
forsuchsupplies;Article2
1.Thebuttertobeusedinmanufacturing the
butteroilshallbetakenoverfromtheGermaninter­
ventionagency.
2.Thebutteroil,whichshallmeettherequirements
astoqualityandpackinglaiddownintheAnnexto
Regulation(EEC)No2247/75,shallbeputuponlyin
containersoffivekilograms,coatedinternallywith
food-canvarnishorhavingundergonetreatment
givingequivalentguarantees.
3.Themarkingtobeindicatedonthecontainers
inaccordancewithChapterII(2)(b)oftheAnnex
mentionedintheprecedingparagraphshallalsobe
mentionedintheAnnextothepresentRegulation .Whereasthetenderingprocedureiseffectedfollowing
theprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2247/75of29August1975concerninginvitationsto
tenderforthecostsofmanufactureanddeliveryof
butteroilasfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries
andtotheWorldFoodProgramme (5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2402/76(6);
whereasitisstillnecessarytoaddanumberofdetails
particularlyasregardsthetimelimitforsubmissionof
tendersandthetermsofsupply;Article3
1.Theportofembarkationindicatedinthetender
shallbechosenfromamongportsintheCommunity
accessibleforocean-goingshipshavingaregular
servicewiththerecipientcountry.
Onlyoneportmaybeindicatedinthetender.;■)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.6.
(«)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.4.
(5)OJNoL229,30.8.1975,p.60.
(*)OJNoL270,2.10.1976,p.23.

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2,Deliveryattheportofembarkationshalltake
placeonadatetobefixedbytheinterventionagency
concernedandwhichshallbe:
—withrespecttoLotsAandB:after1andbefore
18June1977,
—withrespecttoLotC:after1andbefore18July
1977,
—withrespecttoLotD:after1andbefore18
August1977.Article4
Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftendersis19
April1977at12noon.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5April1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
LotQuantity
ofthelot
(intonnes)Country
ofdestinationInscriptiononthepackaging
A 67Yemen Butteroil/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community/WorldFoodProgrammeaction
/Aden
B 500India Butteroil/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community/WorldFoodProgrammeaction
/Bombay
C 40Bolivia Butteroil/DonacióndelaComunidad
económicaeuropea/Acciónprograma
mundialdealimentos/Arica—LaPaz
D 400India Butteroil/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community/WorldFoodProgrammeaction
/Madras