CELEX: 31974R2229
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2229/74 of the Commission of 28 August 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Bangladesh as food aid

No L 236/ 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 8 . 74
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 2229/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 28 August 1974
                 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                            powder to Bangladesh as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   'Skimmed-milk          powder/Gift     of   the    European
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     Economic Community to the People's Republic of
                                                                  Bangladesh'.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;
                                                                 2.      Delivery cif shall take place on a date after 15
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    October and before 1 November 1974.
 804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                                           Article 3
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                  1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of
 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                   incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
 No 2700/73 (4), provides that there shall be made avail­        presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
able certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ;
                                                                 port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include
whereas the Republic of Bangladesh has requested the             unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting or
                                                                 reception costs) or lighterage costs.
supply of 3 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
which can be made available by the French interven­
tion agency ; whereas tenders should be invited for               2. The rates of and rules governing any demurrage
such supply, pursuant to Commission Regulation                   costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the
(EEC) No 1 885/73 (5) of 12 July 1973 concerning invi­           country of destination, and any dispatch money to be
tations to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid,        paid to that country shall be specified in the contract
of skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention                  between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and
agencies ;                                                       shall be agreed upon in advance between the
                                                                 successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance             country of destination .
of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73, such as the time
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;                                                       Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             The     time   limit for the submission       of tenders     is
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;                      Tuesday, 10 September 1974 at 12 noon .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                               Article 5
                          Article 1                              The French Government shall :
Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation                1 . Notify the Commission as soon as possible of the
(EEC) No 1885/73, for the costs of delivery cif to Chit­              name, registered business name and address of the
tagong (Republic of Bangladesh) of 3 000 metric tons                  firm to which the contract is awarded ;
of skimmed-milk powder.
                                                                 2. Ensure that such firm shall :
                          Article 2
                                                                      (a) notify the recipient country, as soon as possible
 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed                             after the goods have been loaded on board ship,
from the premises of the French intervention agency .                     of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­
                                                                          tity and quality of the goods as recorded on
The said agency shall ensure that the packing is                          shipment and the port of destination ;
marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
                                                                      (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                                  recipient country of the expected date Of arrival
(A OJ No L 85, 29. 3. 1974, p. 51 .                                       of the ship at the port of destination ;
P) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
(4) OJ No L 279, 5 . 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                                (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party
(5) OJ No L 192, 13 . 7. 1973, p. 31 .                                    a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
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         shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the           or,
         recipient country of the probable date of arrival
         of the ship in port ;                                 — if the unloading is not carried out under the super­
                                                                   vision of an agency approved by the recipient
3 . Send to the Commission as soon as possible the
                                                                   country, an official statement from such agency
    information specified at points 2 (a) and (b) above.           certifying that the quantities concerned have been
                                                                   delivered cif within the prescribed time limit and
                          Article 6
                                                                   unloaded at the port of Chittagong.
The intervention agency shall pay to the successful
tenderer the amount stated in his tender on presenta­
tion of                                                                                 Article 7
— a declaration drawn up by the recipient country
     certifying that the quantities which have been            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     taken from the intervention agency were received          following its publication in the Official Journal of
     within the prescribed time limit                          the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 August 1974.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI