28.9.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL264/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2331/76
of27September1976
concerninganinvitationtotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilasfoodaidtothe
WorldFoodProgrammeforSriLanka
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Tendersareinvited,asprovidedinRegulation(EEC)
No2247/75,forthecostsofmanufactureanddelivery
totheWFPof835metrictonsofbutteroilforSri
Lanka,dividedupintothefollowinglots:
lotA:400metrictons,
lotB:435metrictons.
Article2THECOMMISSION 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
thesupplyof835metrictonsofbutteroilforSri
Lanka;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;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,1.Thebuttertobeusedinmanufacturing the
butteroilshallbetakenoverfromtheFrenchinterven­
tionagency.
2.Thebutteroil,whichshallmeettherequirements
astoqualityandpackinglaiddownintheAnnexto
Regulation (EEC)No2247/75,shallbeputuponlyin
5kgcontainers .
3.Themarkingtobeindicatedonthecontainers
inaccordancewithChapterII2(b)oftheAnnex
mentionedintheprecedingparagraphshallbethe
following :
'Butteroil—GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nity—WorldFoodProgrammeaction/Colombo'.
Article3
1.Theportofembarkationindicatedinthetender
shallbechosenfromamongportsintheCommunity
accessibleforocean-goingshipshavingaregular
servicewiththerecipientcountry.
Onlyoneportmaybeindicatedinthetender.
2.Deliveryattheportofembarkationshalltake
placeonadatetobefixedbytheinterventionagency
concernedandwhichshallbeafter10andbefore30
November1976.(')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..
6)OJNoL249,11.9.1976,p.5.

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Article4 Article5
Thetimelimitforthesubmission oftendersis12
October1976at12noon.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27September1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission