CELEX: 31975R1157
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1157/75 of the Commission of 29 April 1975 concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to Mauritania

No L 114/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               3 . 5 . 75
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1157/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 April 1975
               concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
                                              butteroil as food aid to Mauritania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      delivery cif Nouakchott of 1 000 metric tons of
COMMUNITIES,                                                        butteroil , divided into the following lots :
                                                                    — lot A : 500 metric tons ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                — lot B : 500 metric tons .
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                                Article 2
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               1.    The butter which is to be manufactured into
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/ 75 (2 ), and in                 butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                          German intervention agency.
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3235/74 (3 ) of                2 . The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
 1 7 December 1 974 on the supply of butteroil as food              satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethiopia and Somalia            Regulation ( EEC) No 750/75 .
under Regulation ( EEC) No 530 / 74 provides more
particularly for the supply to Mauritania of 1 000                  It shall only be put up in 5 kg canisters .
metric tons of butteroil ; whereas this country has
requested the delivery of the abovementioned quan­                  The wording referred to in heading II (3) of the said
tity ; whereas the costs of delivering this supply must             Annex shall be , in letters at least one centimetre
be put out to tender as provided in Commission Regu­                high : ' Don de la Communauté économique euro­
 lation ( EEC) No 750 /75 (4 ) of 21 March 1975                     péenne à la République Islamique de Mauritanie — à
concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manu­             distribuer gratuitement'.
 facture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to the
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia , as amended by                 3.     Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1 1 54/ 75 (5 );                              not later than 15 June 1975 .
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance
of Regulation (EEC) No 750 /75 , such as the time                                            Article 3
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
                                                                    1.     Tenders are invited to determine costs inc'urrec
delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may prove neces­
sary owing to congestion at the proposed port of desti­             in the manufacture , packaging and delivery of the
                                                                    butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­
 nation to divert the butteroil to another port ; whereas
 provision should therefore be made for amending,                   vention agency's storage depots and the time wher
should the need arise, the costs already agreed on ;                the presence of the butteroil in the hold of the ship at
                                                                    the port of unloading is verified . The country of desti­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                nation shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                   including unloading costs (for example , shifting
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                          hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs
                                                                    2.     Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at tin
                                                                    port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the casi
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      may be) by the recipient country . The rates of ant
                                                                    rules governing such costs and dispatch money shal
                                                                    be specified in the contract between the successfu
                             Article 1                              tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and th <
                                                                    shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance betweei
Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation                 the successful tenderer and the reception agent in tin
( EEC) No 750 / 75 , for the costs of manufacture and               country of destination .
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                                                  Article 4
(-)  OJ  No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No L 365, 24. 12. 1974, p. 3 .
(■») OJ  No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 30 .                            The time limit for the submission of tenders is 1 .
(5 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                           May 1975 at 12 noon .
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                           Article 5                                                     Article 6
The German Government shall :
                                                                1.      On request of the Commission nominating a
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :                 port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the
                                                                German intervention agency may in agreement with
    (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as          the successful tenderer have the butteroil delivered to
         possible, after the goods have been loaded on
                                                                the new nominated port.
         board ship, of details of the ship, the loading
         date, the quantity and quality of the goods as         2.      In such case the German intervention agency is
         recorded on shipment and the port of                   to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
         unloading ;                                            tion or increase against the costs originally agreed .
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the
         country of destination of the excepted date of         3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
         arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;              nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party         costs .
         a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
         shall , at least 72 hours in advance, notify the
                                                                                         Article 7
         country of destination of the ship's probable
         date of arrival in port ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the               following its publication in the Official Journal of
    information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).           the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 29 April 1975 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission