CELEX: 31977R1301
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1301/77 of 16 June 1977 laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) under the 1977 food-aid programme

18 . 6 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 150/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1301 /77
                                                         of 16 June 1977
               laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil to the United Nations
               Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) under the 1977 food­
                                                         aid programme
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                               Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     A quantity of 3 200 tonnes of butteroil shall be made
                                                                     available to the UNRWA under the 1977 food-aid
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                     programme .
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 599/ 76 (2 ), and in                                           Article 2
 particular Article 6 (6) thereof,
                                                                     The    butteroil   referred  to  in Article 1  shall be
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                 processed from butter purchased in accordance with
                                                                     Article 6(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 .
Whereas      the  United     Nations       Relief  and  Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has
submitted a request for food aid in the form of milk                                           Article 3
 fats for refugees in the countries of the Near-East ;
whereas the needs of the people concerned warrant                    For the purposes of Article 1 the following shall be
 food aid from the Community ;                                       financed by the Community :
Whereas these fats may be supplied in the form of                    (a) the cost of the butteroil and transport to the port
butteroil produced within the Community and                              of unloading,
 meeting certain quality standards ;                                 (b) transport from this stage to the places of destina­
                                                                         tion ,
Whereas the amounts of butter held by the interven­                  (c) distribution .
 tion agencies are sufficient to permit food aid to be
supplied in the form of 3 200 tonnes of butteroil ;
                                                                                               Article 4
Whereas arrangements should be made to finance
certain transport and distribution costs in order to                 The Commission shall pay the costs referred to in
enable the aid to be used effectively ;                              Article 3 (b) and (c) wholly or in part as a lump sum
                                                                     contribution to the recipient body, where the arrange­
Whereas the supplies must be delivered at the most                   ments agreed with that body so provide .
advantageous price ; whereas in order to achieve that
aim , provision should be made for a tendering proce­
                                                                                               Article 5
dure ; whereas, however, in the interests of speed it
may be desirable, in exceptional cases, to use private
contracts ,                                                          Save for a particular reason justifying the negotiation
                                                                     of private contracts, invitations to tender shall be
(') OI No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . I.?.                           issued for delivery of the product, including packing,
(: ) O"} No L 67, I S.    1976, p . 9 .                              labelling and forwarding to the port of unloading.
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                        Article 6                           Provision may be made for part of such sums to be
                                                            paid in advance .
The sums to be paid to the undertaking selected shall
be due only if :
(a) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid down
                                                                                   Article 7
    in the invitation to tender or the private contract,
    and
(b) the quality and packing of the delivered product        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    are found on inspection to comply with the rele­        following its publication in the Official Journal of
    vant Community provisions.                               the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1977.
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                         Judith HART