CELEX: 31975R0782
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 782/75 of the Council of 26 March 1975 laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands

No L 78 / 2                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              27 . 3 . 75
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 782/ 75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 26 March 1975
              laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Guinea
                                              Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — Guinea Bissau : 350 metric tons,
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                   — Cape Verde Islands : 100 metric tons.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  For the purposes referred to in Article 1 the Commu­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               nity will finance the cost of converting the butter to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and in                  butteroil , packaging, labelling and transportation costs
particular Article 6 (6) thereof ;                                  from the factory to the cif stage .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands                                             Article 3
have indicated their requirements as regards milk
fats ;
                                                                    Tenders shall be invited in respect of the operations
Whereas it will not be possible to dispose of the quan­             referred to in Article 2, or, if the circumstances
tities of butter held by intervention agencies on                   warrant it, by contracts by mutual agreement.
normal terms during the current milk year ; whereas it
is possible to supply food aid in the form of butteroil ,
made from butter in public stocks ;                                                          Article 4
Whereas to enable effective use to be made of the aid ,             The sums to be paid to the undertaking chosen shall
provision should be made for the financing of trans­                be due only if :
portation to the cif stage ;
                                                                    (a) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid down
Whereas the amount to be paid to undertakings manu­                      in the invitation to tender or the contract,
facturing the bufteroil and certain transport costs for
the butter and butteroil should be determined by                         and
competition among interested undertakings esta­
blished in the Community ; whereas the inviting of                  (b) the quality and packing of the delivered product
tenders is a suitable means of achieving this aim, but                   are found on inspection to comply with the rele­
whereas for the sake of speed it may be desirable to                     vant Community provisions .
deal with exceptional cases by contracts by mutual
agreement,
                                                                    Provision may be made for partial advance payment of
                                                                    such sums .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 5
                            Article 1
450 metric tons of butteroil shall be made available to             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, made from                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
butter held by the intervention agencies as follows :                the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 26 March 1 975 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                     R. RYAN
 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p . 51 .