CELEX: 31977R0253
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 253/77 of 3 February 1977 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Honduras

No L 34/42                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           5 . 2 . 77
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 253/77
                                                        of 3 February 1977
               concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to
                                                             Honduras
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1    ♦
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­
                                                                     tions (EEC) No 694/76 and (EEC) No 695/76, for the
                                                                     manufacture and delivery of one lot of 500 tonnes of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        butteroil to Honduras .
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                   2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                   inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering
                                                                     procedure and to the terms for manufacture and         *
                                                                    delivery of the butteroil .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25
 March 1976, on the supply of milk fats under the
 1976 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­
                                                                                             Article 2
 tries and to certain international organizations (3),
 provides, inter alia, for the supply to Honduras of
 1 000 tonnes of butteroil obtained from butter held by              1.    The butter which is to be manufactured into
 the intervention agencies ; whereas this country has               butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
 requested the supply of 500 tonnes ;                               German intervention agency.
                                                                    2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules                  Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­
 for the supply of milk fats under the 1976 food-aid                sively in 5 kg canisters.
 programme to certain developing countries and to
 certain international organizations (4), requires tenders          3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as
 to be invited for such supplies ;                                  provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned
                                                                    Annex, shall be the following :
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following               ' Butteroil / Donacion de    la  comunidad economica
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    europea al Honduras/ Destinado a la distribution
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to                 gratuita'.
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries               4.     The time limit for the submission of tenders
and to the World Food Programme (5), as amended by                  shall be 22 February 1977.
Regulation (EEC) No 2212/76 (6) ; whereas it is still
necessary to add a number of details, particularly as
regards the time limit for the submission of tenders                                        Article 3
and the terms of supply ;
                                                                     1.    Delivery shall be to the port of unloading of
                                                                    Puerto Cortes .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                         2.     Shipment shall take place as soon as possible
                                                                    and not later than 31 March 1977 .
(') OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                              3 . Delivery to the port of unloading shall be
(3) OJ  No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 .
(4) OJ  No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976 , p. 4 .                           regarded as completed when the goods are effectively
(5) OJ  No  L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .                          removed from the hold of the ship at the port of
(0) OJ  No  L 249, 11 . 9 . 1976, p. 5 .                            unloading.
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The country of destination shall bear all costs                goods have been loaded on board ship, of details of
subsequent to delivery including unloading costs               the ship, the loading date, the quantity and quality of
(such as shifting, hoisting or reception costs) and any        the goods as recorded on shipment.
lighterage costs.
                                                                2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­
Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of            ient country at least 10 clear days in advance of the
unloading shall be paid or received by the country of          expected date of arrival at the port of ship's unloading.
destination . The rates of and rules governing such            The successful tenderer shall include in the terms of
costs and dispatch money shall be specified in the              the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's
contract between       the  successful  tenderer and   the
                                                                captain shall, at least 72 hours in advance notify the
shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between            country of destination of the ship's probable date of
the successful tenderer acting as agent of the Commu­           arrival in port.
nity and the reception agent in the country of destina­
tion .
                                                                                        Article 5
4. On delivery to the port of unloading under the               No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
terms set out in paragraph 3 the country of destina­            tary or accession) shall be applied to the butteroil
tion shall hand over to the agent for the Community a           delivered pursuant to this Regulation .
certificate of taking over.
                                                                                        Article 6
                           Article 4
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day after
 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify             its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
the country of destination as soon as possible after the       pean Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 February 1977 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President