CELEX: 31975R0918
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 918/75 of the Commission of 2 April 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Niger

No L 89 / 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            10 . 4 . 75
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 918 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 2 April 1975
              opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                                  powder as food aid to Niger
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 :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                                      Article 1
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in
particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;                                 Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 597/ 75 , for the delivery cif Cotonou of a lot
                                                                   of 1 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3 ) of                 Niger made up of 750 metric tons pursuant to Regula­
 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk                    tion ( EEC) No - 3234/74 and 750 metric tons pursuant
powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethi­           to Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/ 74 .
opia and Somalia under Regulation ( EEC) No 1826/ 74
provides more particularly for the supply to Niger of
750 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ;                                                   Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of                 1.   The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the                 from the premises of the French intervention agency.
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia provides, inter                 2.    It shall be packed according to the Annex to
alia, that 1 250 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                 Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 .
shall be made available to Niger ;
                                                                   The intervention agency shall procure that the
                                                                    packing is marked in letters at least 1 cm high : ' Lait
Whereas Niger has requested the supply, as emer­                    écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté écono­
gency aid , of 1 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk                    mique européenne à la République du Niger — A
powder which can be made available to it by the                    distribuer gratuitement'.
French intervention agency ; whereas the costs of
delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as              3.    Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          not laier than 19 May 1975 .
597/75 (5 ) of 6 March 1 975 concerning invitations to
tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
powder in public storage as food aid to the countries                                      Article J
of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;
                                                                    1.   Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75, such as the time                   vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                presence of the goods is effectively deposed on the
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may               quay at the port of unloading.
prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed
port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk                   2.    The time limit for the submission of tenders is
powder to another ; whereas provision should there­                 22 April 1975 at 12 noon .
fore be made for amending, should the need arise, the
costs already agreed on ;
                                                                                           Article 4
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .                            In respect of the supplies for which its intervention
(3 ) OJ No  L 346, 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 2.
(4 ) OJ No  L 346 , 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 4.                          agencv is responsible , the French Government shall
 5)  OJ No  L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975, p. 7 .                            ensure that :
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— as soon as possible after the goods have been               3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
     loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the        nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of
     loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods      costs .
     as recorded on shipment and the port of
     unloading,                                                                       Article 7
— at least 10 clear days before arrival at the port of
     unloading, of the expected date of arrival,              1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all
— at least 72 hours before the ship's arrival in port,        measures necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk
     of the date of arrival .                                 powder for which a contract is awarded is transported
                                                              rapidly from the port of unloading to the destination
                         Article 5                            points mentioned by the authorities of the recipient
                                                              countries and communicated by the Commission to
When the delivery provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) has         the intervention agency concerned .
been completed the representative of the intervention
agency shall issue the successful tenderer with a certifi­    2 . Private contracts shall be negotiated on the L>est
cate to the effect that delivery has been taken of the        terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost
quantity of goods taken over from the intervention            of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being
agency .                                                      taken of prevailing transport* terms and of the urgency
                                                              of delivery.
                         Article 6
                                                              3.      The intervention agency shall communicate
1.     On request of the Commission nominating a              immediately to the Commission a copy of the private
port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the          contract .
French intervention agency may in agreement with
the    successful   tenderer  have  the    skimmed-milk
                                                                                      Article 8
powder delivered to the new nominated port.
2.     In such case the French intervention agency is         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­         following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion or increase against the costs originally agreed .        the Euroheun Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 April 1975 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      /Member of the Commission