NoL34/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.2.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No253/77
of3February1977
concerninganinvitationtotenderforthesupplyofbutteroilasfoodaidto
Honduras
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Article1♦
1.TendersareherebyinvitedpursuanttoRegula­
tions(EEC)No694/76and(EEC)No695/76,forthe
manufactureanddeliveryofonelotof500tonnesof
butteroiltoHonduras .
2.Subjecttothespecialprovisionscontainedhere­
inafter,theprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No
2247/75shallsupplybyanalogytothetendering
procedureandtothetermsformanufactureand *
deliveryofthebutteroil.HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle6(7)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No695/76of25
March1976,onthesupplyofmilkfatsunderthe
1976food-aidprogrammetocertaindevelopingcoun­
triesandtocertaininternational organizations (3),
provides,interalia,forthesupplytoHondurasof
1000tonnesofbutteroilobtainedfrombutterheldby
theinterventionagencies;whereasthiscountryhas
requestedthesupplyof500tonnes;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
694/76of25March1976layingdowngeneralrules
forthesupplyofmilkfatsunderthe1976food-aid
programmetocertaindevelopingcountriesandto
certaininternationalorganizations (4),requirestenders
tobeinvitedforsuchsupplies;Article2
1.Thebutterwhichistobemanufactured into
butteroilshallberemovedfromthepremisesofthe
Germaninterventionagency.
2.Thequalityandpackagingofthebutteroilshall
satisfytherequirements laiddownintheAnnexto
Regulation (EEC)No2247/75;itshallbeputexclu­
sivelyin5kgcanisters.
3.Thewordstobeprintedonthepackaging,as
providedinChapterII2(b)oftheabovementioned
Annex,shallbethefollowing :
'Butteroil/Donaciondelacomunidad economica
europeaalHonduras/Destinadoaladistribution
gratuita'.
4.Thetimelimitforthesubmissionoftenders
shallbe22February1977.Whereasthetenderingprocedureiseffectedfollowing
theprovisionsofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2247/75of29August1975concerninginvitationsto
tenderforthecostsofmanufactureanddeliveryof
butteroilasfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries
andtotheWorldFoodProgramme (5),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2212/76(6);whereasitisstill
necessarytoaddanumberofdetails,particularlyas
regardsthetimelimitforthesubmissionoftenders
andthetermsofsupply;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Article3
1.Deliveryshallbetotheportofunloadingof
PuertoCortes.
2.Shipmentshalltakeplaceassoonaspossible
andnotlaterthan31March1977.
3.Deliverytotheportofunloadingshallbe
regardedascompletedwhenthegoodsareeffectively
removedfromtheholdoftheshipattheportof
unloading .(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.6.
(4)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.4.
(5)OJNoL229,30.8.1975,p.60.
(0)OJNoL249,11.9.1976,p.5.

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Thecountryofdestinationshallbearallcosts
subsequenttodeliveryincludingunloadingcosts
(suchasshifting,hoistingorreceptioncosts)andany
lighteragecosts.
Anydemurragecostsordispatchmoneyattheportof
unloadingshallbepaidorreceivedbythecountryof
destination .Theratesofandrulesgoverningsuch
costsanddispatchmoneyshallbespecifiedinthe
contractbetweenthesuccessfultendererandthe
shipper,andshallbeagreeduponinadvancebetween
thesuccessfultendereractingasagentoftheCommu­
nityandthereceptionagentinthecountryofdestina­
tion.
4.Ondeliverytotheportofunloadingunderthe
termssetoutinparagraph3thecountryofdestina­
tionshallhandovertotheagentfortheCommunity a
certificateoftakingover.
Article4
1.Theinterventionagencyconcernedshallnotify
thecountryofdestinationassoonaspossibleafterthegoodshavebeenloadedonboardship,ofdetailsof
theship,theloadingdate,thequantityandqualityof
thegoodsasrecordedonshipment .
2.Thesuccessfultenderershallinformtherecip­
ientcountryatleast10cleardaysinadvanceofthe
expecteddateofarrivalattheportofship'sunloading.
Thesuccessfultenderershallincludeinthetermsof
thecharter-party aprovisionstipulatingthattheship's
captainshall,atleast72hoursinadvancenotifythe
countryofdestinationoftheship'sprobabledateof
arrivalinport.
Article5
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbeappliedtothebutteroil
deliveredpursuanttothisRegulation .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayafter
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3February1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President