CELEX: 31974R1887
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1887/74 of the Commission of 18 July 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the Chad

20 . 7 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 198 /23
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1887/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 18 July 1974
                on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk
                                                    powder as food aid to the Chad
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          ered to the ICRC and of the fact that it is also
COMMUNITIES,                                                            intended for the Chad, a single invitation to tender
                                                                        should be issued for the costs of delivering to the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   ICRC and to the Chad ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            Whereas the terms of delivery and of taking over the
804/ 68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                     skimmed-milk powder should, however, be specified ;
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for
14 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be
supplied to those countries ;                                                                  Article 1
Whereas, the Chad has requested the supply, as emer­
gency aid, of 800 metric tons of skimmed-milk                           Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­
powder ; whereas the costs of delivering this supply'                   tion (EEC) No 192/74 for the cost of delivering one
must be put out to tender as provided in Commission                     lot of 820 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for
Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/74 (4) of 18 January 1974                      the Chad, to be delivered to N'Djamena, including 20
                                                                        metric tons for the ICRC .
on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (5) of                                            A rticle 2
19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                       1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
No 2700/73 (6), provides inter alia for 6 000 metric                    from the Belgian intervention agency.
tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made available to
the     International      Committee         of   the   Red  Cross      The intervention agency shall procure that the
(ICRC) ;                                                                packing is marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
Whereas the ICRC has requested the supply, as emer­                      on 800 metric tons :
gency aid, of 20 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                     ' Lait ecreme en poudre — Don de la Communaute
for the Chad ; whereas the corresponding costs of                       economique europeenne au Tchad — A distribuer
delivery must be put out to tender in accordance with                   gratuitement' ;
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 885/73 (7) of 12
July 1973 concerning invitations to tender for the                       on 20 metric tons for the ICRC :
costs of delivery, as food aid , of skimmed-milk powder                 a red cross 15 x    15 cm and the words :
held by the intervention agencies ;
                                                                        ' Lait ecreme en poudre — Don de la Communaute
Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­                 economique europeenne — Action du Comite Interna­
vention agencies and to the situation of the market in                  tional de la Croix Rouge'.
skimmed-milk powder, it appears that the abovemen­
tioned quantities of skimmed-milk powder could be                        2. Loading of the skimmed-milk powder shall take
supplied by the Belgian intervention agency ; whereas,                  place as soon as possible and be completed on 10
furthermore, in view of the small quantity to be deliv­                 September 1974 at the latest.
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 8.5, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. ' 51 .                                                   Article 3
(3 ) OJ  No  L 359 , 28 . 12. 1973, p. 50 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 21 , 25. 1 . 1974, p. 33 .                               The tenders shall be for the delivery costs incurred
(5 ) OJ  No  L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 28 .
(b)  OJ  No  L 279, 5. 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                                between removal of the goods from the storage depots
(7)  OJ  No  L  192, 12. 7 . 1973 , p. 31 .                             of the relevant intervention agency and their delivery
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at the place of destination specified in Article 1 ,                                         Article 6
including unloading costs.
                                                                    1 . The intervention agency shall take all measures
Delivery shall be completed when the goods actually                 necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder for
arrive at the place of destination .                                the Chad for which contracts are awarded, is trans­
                                                                    ported rapidly from the place of destination to the
                              Article 4                             distribution points.
The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be
 13 August 1974 at 12 noon .                                        It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of
                                                                    such transport on the best terms possible, account
                              Article ">
                                                                    being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the
                                                                    urgency of delivery.
The Belgian Government :
 1 . shall ensure that the successful tenderer :
                                                                    2. The distribution points provided for in para­
                                                                    graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the
     (a) notifies the Commission , the country of destina­          recipient country and shall be communicated by the
           tion, the representative of the intervention             Commission to the intervention agency concerned.
           agency at the place of destination and the
           ICRC representative, as regards the quantity
           with which they are concerned :                                                    Article 7
           — 10 days before the goods' expected date of
               arrival , of the means of transport to be used       When the delivery provided for in Article 3 has been
               to carry the goods to the place of destina­          completed, the certificate to the effect that delivery
               tion, the port of unloading, the means of            has been taken of the quantity of goods taken over
               shipment to be used during the intermed­              from the intervention agency shall be issued :
               iary phases, the date of loading and the
               quantity and quality of the goods as                 — in the case of the quantity destined for the ICRC :
               recorded on shipment from the Commu­                      by the ICRC reception agent ;
               nity ;                                               — in the case of the quantity destined for direct
           — at least two days in advance, of the date of                delivery to the Chad : by the representative of the
               arrival of the goods at the place of destina­             intervention agency at the place of destination .
               tion ;
      (b) has separate bill of loading made out for ICRC                                      Article 8
           and for Chad supplies ;
 2. shall transmit as soon as possible to the Commis­                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      sion the information provided for in paragraph 1               following its publication in the Official Journal of
      (a).                                                           the European Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 18 July 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI