CELEX: 31975R2071
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2071/75 of the Commission of 7 August 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Upper Volta

8 . 8 . 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 210/ 15
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2071 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 7 August 1975
                opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                                 powder as food aid to Upper Volta
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         A rticle 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                      Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         (EEC) No 597/75 for the delivery cif Abidjan, in the
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    sense of Article 2, of a lot of 2 000 metric tons of
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                 skimmed-milk powder to Upper Volta made up of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                     700 metric tons pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
 particular Article 7 (5) thereof and Article 28 thereof ;            3234/74 and 1 300 metric tons pursuant to Regulation
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3) of                    (EEC) No 3236/74.
 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethi­                                       Article 2
opia and Somalia under Regulation ( EEC) No
 1826/74, provides more particularly for the supply to
Upper Volta of 700 metric tons of skimmed-milk                         1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
 powder ;                                                              incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
                                                              \       vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of                     presence of the goods is effectively deposed on the
 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the                   quay at the port of unloading.
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides, inter                   2.    The time limit for the submission of tenders is
 alia, that 1 300 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                  26 August 1975 at 12 noon.
shall be made available to Upper Volta ;
Whereas Upper Volta has requested the supply, as                                              Article 3
emergency aid, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk
 powder which can be made available to it by the                       1.    The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
 Belgian intervention agency ; whereas the costs of                    from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency.
delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as
 provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                            2. It shall be packed following the requirements of
 597/75 (5 ) of 6 March 1975 concerning invitations to                 the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 597/75.
tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
 powder in public storage as food aid to the countries                The intervention agency shall procure that the
of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;                                            packing is marked in letters at least 1 cm high : ' Lait
                                                                      écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté écono­
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                   mique européenne à la République de Haute Volta —
of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75, such as the time                      A distribuer gratuitement'.
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may                   3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
 prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed                   not later than 30 September 1975.
 port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk
 powder to another ; whereas provision should there­
 fore be made for amending, should the need arise, the                                        A rticle 4
costs already agreed on ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   In respect of the supplies for which its intervention
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                     agency is responsible, the Belgian Government shall
                                                                       ensure that :
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                      — as soon as possible after the goods have been
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                             loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the
(-') OJ  No  L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p . 1 .
(')  OJ  No  L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 2.                                    loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods
(■*) OJ  No  L 346, 24 . 12. 1974, p. 4 .                                  as recorded on shipment and the port of
(5 ) OJ  No  L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975 , p. 7 .                                  unloading ;
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— at least 10 clear days before arrival at the port of                               Article 7
    unloading, of the expected date of arrival ;
— at least 72 hours before the ship's arrival in port,        1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all
    of the date of arrival .                                  measures necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk
                                                              powder for which a contract is awarded is transported
                        Article 5                            rapidly from the port of unloading to the destination
                                                              points mentioned by the authorities of the recipient
When the delivery provided for in Article 2 ( 1 ) has        countries and communicated by the Commission to
been completed the representative of the intervention         the intervention agency concerned.
agency shall issue the successful tenderer with a certifi­
cate to the effect that delivery has been taken of the        2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best
quantity of goods taken over from the intervention            terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost
agency.                                                       of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 account being
                                                              taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency
                        Article 6                             of delivery.
1 . On request of the Commission nominating a
port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the          3 . The intervention agency shall communicate
Belgian intervention agency may in agreement with             immediately to the Commission a copy of the private
the   successful   tenderer  have   the    skimmed-milk       contract.
powder delivered to the new nominated port.
2.    In such case the Belgian intervention agency is                                Article 8
to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
tion or increase against the costs originally agreed.
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
3.    The intervention shall forthwith communicate to         following its publication in the Official Journal of
the Commission the agreed new amount of costs.                 the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 7 August 1975.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission