CELEX: 31975R0987
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 987/75 of the Commission of 16 April 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Ethiopia

No L 95/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             17. 4. 75
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 987/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 16 April 1975
               opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                              powder as food aid to Ethiopia
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  Article 1
 Economic Community ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     1 . Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regula­
 804/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­               tion (EEC) No 597/75, for the delivery of a lot of 800
 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last           metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to Ethiopia
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in               made up of 500 metric tons pursuant to Regulation
 particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;                              (EEC) No 3234/74 and 300 metric tons pursuant to
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 3236/74.
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3) of
 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk                  2.    The delivery shall be effected :
 powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethi­
 opia and Somalia, under Regulation (EEC) No                     — cif Assab for 400 metric tons,
 1826/74, provides more particularly for the supply to           — cif Massawa for 400 metric tons .
 Ethiopia of 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk
 powder ; •
                                                                                        Article 2
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of
 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the               1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
 supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                from the premises of the German intervention agency.
 countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides inter
 alia that 1 600 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder              2. It shall be packed according to the Annex to
 shall be made available to Ethiopia ;
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 597/75 . The intervention agency
 Whereas Ethiopia has requested the supply, as emer­             shall procure that the packing is marked in letters at
gency aid, of 800 metric tons of skimmed-milk                    least 1 cm high :
 powder which can be made available to it by the
 German intervention agency ; whereas the costs of               'Skimmed-milk powder — gift of the European
                                                                 Economic Community to Ethiopia — to be distri­
 delivering this supply must be put out to tender as             buted free of charge.'
 provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 597/75 (5) of 6 March 1975 concerning invitations to
 tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk                3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
 powder in public storage as food aid to the countries           not later than 16 June 1975 .
 of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                                    Article 3
 of Regulation (EEC) No 597/75, such as the time
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of             1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
 delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may            incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
 prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed             vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
 port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk                presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
 powder to another port ; whereas provision should               port of unloading is verified . The country of destina­
 therefore be made for amending, should the need                 tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
 arise, the costs already agreed on ;                            including unloading costs (for example shifting,
                                                                 hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                      port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
                                                                 may be) by the country of destination . The rates of
(') OJ  No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .                         and rules governing such costs and dispatch money
(2) OJ  No  L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  N9  L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 2.                           shall be specified in the contract between the
(4) OJ  No  L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 4.                           successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­
(s) OJ  No  L 63, 8 . 3. 1975, p. 7.                             nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in
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advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­                 country of destination of the ship s probable
tion agent in the country of destination.                              date of arrival in port ;
                         Article 4
                                                              2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
                                                                  information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 13
May 1975 at 12 noon .                                                                   Article 6
                         Article 5
                                                              1 . On request of the Commission nominating a
                                                              port other than those provided for in Article 1 , the
The German Government shall :                                 German intervention agency may in agreement with
                                                              the     successful  tenderer   have the skimmed-milk
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :               powder delivered to the new nominated port.
    (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as         2. In such case the German intervention agency is
        possible after the goods have been loaded on          to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading       tion or increase against the costs originally agreed.
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as
        recorded on shipment and the port of                  3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
        unloading,                                            nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of
                                                              costs .
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the
        country of destination of the expected date of
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading,                                        Article 7
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain       following its publication in the Official Journal of
        shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 April 1975.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission