CELEX: 31976R0598
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/76 of 16 March 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community market for the Republic of Bangladesh as food aid

17. 3 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 71 / 13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 598/76
                                                         of 16 March 1976
                on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community
                                    market for thte Republic/ of Bangladesh as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                     Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                    1 . Tenders are invited in accordancc with the provi­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       sions of Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 for the supply
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  to the Republic of Bangladesh of one lot of 2 500
 of the market in milk and milk products (J), as last               metric tons of butteroil manufactured from butter fats
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                  which are of Community origin and not taken from
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                  public stocks, divided up into five lots of 500 metric
                                                                    tons each .
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16
June 1975 on the supply of milk as food aid to                      2. With regard to quality and packaging the butter­
 certain developing countries and international organi­             oil shall comply with the conditions laid down in the
 zations under the 1975 food-aid programme ^),                      Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75. However, it
 provides inter alia that 7 000 metric tons of butteroil            shall exclusively be put in 5 kg canisters.
 should be made available to the Republic of Bangla­
 desh ; whereas this country has made a request for                 3 . The words to be stamped on the packaging as
 delivery of 2 500 metric tons ;                                    referred to in Chapter II under 2(b) of the Annex
                                                                    mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be as
Whereas on account of the market situation for butter               follows :
 in the Community, the supply of the abovementioned
 quantity should be ensured by means of butterfat avail­            'Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
 able on the Community market in accordance with                    nity to the Republic of Bangladesh .'
Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1541 /75
 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules for the
 supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing                                     Article 2
 countries and international organizations under the
 1975 food-aid programme ^); whereas an invitation to
 tender should therefore be issued in accordance with               Delivery shall take place at the port of Antwerp on a
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 of 20                       date specified by the intervention agency in question
October 1975 on invitations to tender for the supply                and which is after 1 and before 30 May 1976.
of butteroil bought on the Community market as food
aid to certain developing countries and to the World
 Food Programme (5) ;                                                                      Article 3
Whereas for the application of Regulation (EEC) No                  1 . By way of derogation from Article 4 (2) of Regula­
 2660/75 certain detailed rules are however required, in            tion (EEC) No 2660/75, the tenderer shall specify in
 particular as regards the time limit for the submission            his tender the number of lots for which it is valid .
of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the butter­
oil ; ,
                                                                    2.    The time limit for the submission of tenders is
                                                                    12 noon on 30 March 1976 .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                                           Article 4
(!) OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ   No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(3) OJ   No  L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p. 6.
(4) OJ   No  L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 4.                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
(s) OJ   No  L 270, 21 . 10 . 1975, p. 11                           the European Communities.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 16 March 1976.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission