CELEX: 31977R0722
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 722/77 of 5 April 1977 concerning the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the World Food Programme for certain third countries

No L 88 /6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            6. 4. 77
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 722/77
                                                         of 5 April 1977
              concerning the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the
                                   World Food Programme for certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products (J ), as last               1 . Tenders are invited, as provided in Regulations
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                  (EEC) No 694/76 and (EEC) No 695/76, for the costs
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                  of manufacture and delivery to the WFP of 1 007
                                                                   tonnes of butteroil divided according to the lots and
                                                                   destinations mentioned in the Annex to this Regula­
                                                                   tion .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25
March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­              2. As regards to the tendering procedure as well as
loping countries and international organizations under              the conditions of manufacture and delivery of the
the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia                butteroil, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
that 16 000 tonnes of butteroil obtained from butter
                                                                    2247/75 shall apply notwithstanding special provi­
held by the intervention agencies shall be made avail­              sions hereinafter.
able to the World Food Programme (WFP) ; whereas
the WFP has made a request for the delivery of 1 007
tonnes of butteroil for certain third countries ;
                                                                                           Article 2
                                                                    1.    The butter to be used in manufacturing the
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    butteroil shall be taken over from the German inter­
694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules                   vention agency.
for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­
tries and international organizations under the 1976                2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements
food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited              as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
for such supplies ;                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up only in
                                                                    containers of five kilograms, coated internally with
                                                                    food-can varnish or having undergone treatment
                                                                    giving equivalent guarantees.
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    3 . The marking to be indicated on the containers
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to                 in accordance with Chapter II (2) (b) of the Annex
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of                 mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall also be
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries               mentioned in the Annex to the present Regulation .
and to the World Food Programme (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2402/76 (6) ;
whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details
                                                                                           Article 3
particularly as regards the time limit for submission of
tenders and the terms of supply ;
                                                                     1.   The port of embarkation indicated in the tender
;■)  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                         shall be chosen from among ports in the Community
(2 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                              accessible for ocean-going ships having a regular
(3 ) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 .                              service with the recipient country.
(«)  OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4 .
(5)  OJ No L 229, 30. 8 . 1975, p. 60.
(*)  OJ No L 270 , 2. 10 . 1976, p. 23 .                            Only one port may be indicated in the tender.
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2, Delivery at the port of embarkation shall take                                                  Article 4
place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency
concerned and which shall be :                                      The time limit for the submission of tenders is 19
                                                                    April 1977 at 12 noon .
— with respect to Lots A and B : after 1 and before
     18 June 1977,
                                                                                                   Article 5
— with respect to Lot C : after 1 and before 18 July
     1977,                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
— with respect to Lot D : after 1 and before 1 8                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
     August 1977 .                                                  the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 5 April 1977.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
                                Quantity            Country
                    Lot       of the lot
                                                 of destination
                                                                               Inscription on the packaging
                             ( in tonnes)
                     A             67        Yemen                  Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic
                                                                    Community / World Food Programme action
                                                                    / Aden
                      B           500        India                  Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic
                                                                    Community / World Food Programme action
                                                                    / Bombay
                     C             40        Bolivia                Butteroil   /   Donación        de   la Comunidad
                                                                    económica      europea       /   Acción   programa
                                                                    mundial de alimentos / Arica — La Paz
                     D           400         India                  Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic
                                                                    Community / World Food Programme action
                                                                    / Madras