CELEX: 31975R2581
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2581/75 of the Commission of 7 October 1975 concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to Upper Volta

No L 263/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            11 . 10 . 75
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2581 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 7 October 1975
              concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
                                           butteroil as food aid to Upper Volta.
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                              Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                   1.    Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                               in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the
                                                                   butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      vention agency's storage depots and the time when
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                 the butteroil is actually placed on the quay at the port
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last              of unloading.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                         The country of destination shall bear all costs
                                                                   subsequent to delivery, including reception costs.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 (3) of
17 December 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food
aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Somalia            2. Any demurrage costs or disptach money at the
under Regulation (EEC) No 530/74, provides inter                   port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the cose
alia for the supply of 800 metric tons of butteroil to             may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and
Upper Volta ; whereas that country has applied for                 rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall
400 metric tons to be delivered ;                                  be specified in the contract between the successful
                                                                   tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the
Whereas the costs of this supply must form the                     shipper and shall be agreed upon in advance between
subject of an invitation to tender in accordance with              the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 750/75 (4) of 21                    country of destination .
March 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the
costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food
aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia as last                                      Article 3
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2390/75 (5) ;
whereas however for the purpose of Regulation (EEC)                 1.   The butter which is to be manufactured into
No 750/75 certain items must be specified, such as
the time limit for the submission of tenders and the               butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
terms of delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may                French intervention agency.
prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed
ports of destination , to divert the butteroil to another          2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shal
port ; whereas provision should therefore be made for              satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
amending, should the need arise, the costs already                 Regulation (EEC) No 750/75.
agreed on ;
                                                                   It shall be put up exclusively in 5 kg canisters.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                         The wording referred to in point JI (3) of the said
                                                                   Annex shall be in letters not less than one centimetre
                                                                   high :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   ' Don de la Communauté économique europeenne a la
                                                                   république de Haute Volta — à distribuer gratuite­
                            Article 1                              ment.'
Tenders are hereby invited,- pursuant to Regulation                3.     Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
(EEC) No 750/75, for the costs of manufacture and                  not later than 8 December 1975 .
delivery of a lot of 400 metric tons of butteroil to be
delivered cif Abidjan , following Article 2.
(')  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13.                                                   Article 4
(-') OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(J ) OJ No L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 3,
(4 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 30 .                             The time limit for the submission of tenders is 28
(5 ) OJ No L 246, 20 . 9 . 1975, p. 5 .                            October 1975 at 12 noon .
 ---pagebreak--- 11 . 10 . 75                       Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 263/9
                         Article 5                            2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best
The French Government shall :
                                                              terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost
                                                              of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :               taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency
                                                              of delivery.
    (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as
        possible after the goods have been loaded on          3 . The intervention agency shall communicate to
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading       the Commission a copy of the private contract.
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as
        recorded on shipment and the port of un­
        loading ;                                                                    Article 7
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the         1 . At the request of the Commission nominating a
        country of destination of the expected date of
                                                              port other than those provided for in Article 1 , the
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;             French intervention agency may, in agreement with
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party       the successful tenderer, have the butteroil delivered to
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain       the new port nominated.
        shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the
        country of destination of the ship's probable         2. In such case the French intervention agency is
        date of arrival in port ;                             to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
                                                              tion or increase against the costs originally agreed.
2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
    information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).         3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
                                                              nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of
                         Article 6                            costs .
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all
measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil is trans­                            Article 8
ported rapidly from the port of Abidjan to the places
of destination designated by the authorities of the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
recipient country and communicated by the Commis­             following its publication in the Official Journal of
sion to the intervention agency concerned .                   the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 October 1975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission