CELEX: 31975R0060
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 60/75 of the Commission of 9 January 1975 concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery, as food aid, of butteroil to Somalia

11 . 1 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 7 /21
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 60/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 9 January 1975
                concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery, as
                                                  food aid , of butteroil to Somalia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         delivery of a lot of 466 metric tons of butteroil to
COMMUNITIES,                                                           Somalia cif Mogadishu.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
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
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and in                     1.      The butter which is to be manufactured into
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                     butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 (3) of                     Belgian intervention agency.
17 December 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food
aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Somalia
under Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 makes provision                       2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
inter alia for 500 metric tons of butteroil to be made                 satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
available to Somalia and to be taken from the 4 400                    Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74.
metric tons to be kept in reserve pursuant to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (4) of 4 March 1974                         3.      The butteroil shall be put up in 5 kg canisters.
laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats
as food aid to certain developing countries and certain
international organizations ; whereas pursuant to Regu­                The wording referred to in point II (3) (b) of the said
lation (EEC) No 3235/74 the goods are to be delivered                  Annex shall be, in letters not less than 2 cm high :
to destination points in the recipient country ;
Whereas Somalia has applied for the supply of 466                           ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic
metric tons of butteroil which may be made available                        Community to Somalia.'
to it by the Belgian intervention agency ; whereas the
costs of delivering these supplies must form the
                                                                       4.      Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
subject of an invitation to tender in accordance with                  not later than 1 March 1975 .
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 365/74 (5) of 31
 May 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food aid to
 certain developing countries ;
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                                            Article 3
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74, such as the time
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
 delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may prove neces­                1.     Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred
 sary owing to congestion at the proposed port of desti­                in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the
 nation, to divert the butteroil to another port ; whereas             butteroil between removal of the goods from the inter­
 provision should therefore be made for amending,                      vention agency's storage depots and the time when
 should the need arise, the costs already agreed on ;                   the presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   the port of unloading is verified . The country of desti­
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                      nation shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                             including unloading costs (for example shifting,
                                                                        hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1                               2 . Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
                                                                        port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
 Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation                    may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and
 (EEC) No 1365/74, for the costs of manufacture and                     rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall
                                                                        be specified in the contract between the successful
 (')  OJ No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                          tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the
 (2 ) OJ No   L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
 (3 ) OJ No   L 346, 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 3 .                             shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between
 (4 ) OJ No   L 65, 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 .                                the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
 (5)  OJ No   L  147, 1 . 6. 1974, p. 46.                               country of destination .
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                         Article 4                            2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 28
                                                                  information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
January 1975 at 12 noon .
                                                                                       Article 6
                         Article 5
                                                              1 . On request of the Commission nominating ports
The Belgian Government shall :                                other than those provided for in Article 1 , the Belgian
                                                              intervention agency may in agreement with the
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :               successful tenderer have the butteroil delivered to the
    (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as        new nominated ports.
        possible after the goods have been loaded on
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading       2. In such case the Belgian intervention agency is
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as        to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
        recorded on shipment and the port of un­              tion or increase against the costs originally agreed .
        loading ;                                             3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the         nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of
        country of destination of the expected date of        costs .
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party                                Article 7
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
        shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
        country of destination of the ship's probable         following its publication in the Official Journal of
        date of arrival in port ;                             the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 January 1975.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI