CELEX: 31987R0259
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 259/87 of 26 January 1987 on the supply of various lots of butter as food aid

29 . 1 . 87                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 26/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 259/87
                                                       of 26 January 1987
                                  on the supply of various lots of butter as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       tion (EEC) No 1354/83 of 17 May 1983 laying down
                                                                   general rules for the mobilization and supply of skim­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             med-milk powder, butter and butteroil as food aid (*), as
 Economic Community,
                                                                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82             whereas, in particular, the periods and terms for supply
 of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid                and the procedure to be used to determine the costs
 management and amending Regulation (EEC) No                       arising therefrom should be laid down ;
 2750/75 ('), and in particular Article 3 (1 ), first subpara­
 graph, thereof,                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85 of            Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
  19 February 1985 laying down implementing rules for
 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 on food-aid policy
 and food-aid management ^),                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                                       Article 1
 in milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1335/86 (4), and in particular Article 6 (7)        The intervention agencies shall, in accordance with the
 thereof,                                                          provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1 354/83, supply butter
                                                                   as food aid on the special terms set out in the Annex.
 Whereas, under the food-aid programme adopted by the
 Council Regulations specified in the Annex, India has
 requested the supply of the quantities of butter set out                                    Article 2
 therein ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 Whereas, therefore, supply should be affected in accor­           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 dance with the rules laid down in Commission Regula               European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 26 January 1987.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 54, 23. 2. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                             0 OJ No L 142, 1 . 6. 1983, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 19.                                («) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                   Notice of invitation to tender c 1)
                   Description of the lot                             A                                             B
  1 . Programme :                                                                          1985
       (a) legal basis                                                    Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85
       (b) purpose                                                 Commission Decision of ^ ^               ' 985
                                                                                                 ( 15 November 1985
 2. Recipient
 3. Country of destination
                                                     |                              Republic of India
 4. Stage and place of delivery                                                             fob
 5. Representative of the recipient (3)             Embassy of India (Attn. Miss R. Lai, Counsellor), chaussée de Vleurgat 217, B-1050
                                                                                          Bruxelles
                                                                      (Tel. 02/640 91 40 ; Telex 22510 INDEMB B)
 6. Total quantity                                               500 tonnes                                    400 tonnes
 7. Origin of the butter                                                           Community market
 8. Intervention agency holding the stocks
 9. Specific characteristics                                                                 (2)
10. Packaging                                                                             25 kg
11 . Supplementary markings on the packaging                    'BOMBAY /                     |            'CALCUTTA /
                                                    SUPPLIED TO THE INDIAN DAIRY CORPORATION UNDER THE FOOD­
                                                        AID PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY*
12. Shipment period                                                              Before 30 April 1987
13. Closing date for the submission of tenders                                      23 February 1987
14. In the case of a second invitation to tender
      pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation
      (EEC) No 1354/83 :
      (a) shipment period                                                         Before 31 May 1987
      (b) closing date for the submission of
           tenders                                                                    9 March 1987
15. Miscellaneous                                                                           0
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                 Description of the lot                                                    C
 1 . Programme :                                                                           1985
     (a) legal basis                                                      Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/86
     (b) purpose                                                    Commission Decision of )^ ,159 November
                                                                                                       July      1985
 2. Recipient
 3. Country of destination
                                                   |                                Republic of India
 4. Stage and place of delivery                                                             fob
 5. Representative of the recipient (3)             Embassy of India (Attn. Miss R. Lai, Counsellor), Chaussee de Vleurgat 217, B-1050
                                                                                         Bruxelles
                                                                     (Tel. 02/640 91 40 ; Telex 22510 INDEMB B)
 6. Total quantity                                                                      400 tonnes
 7. Origin of the butter                                                           Community market
 8. Intervention agency holding the stocks
 9. Specific characteristics                                                                 (2)
10. Packaging                                                                             25 kg
11 . Supplementary markings on the packaging        'BOMBAY / SUPPLIED TO THE INDIAN DAIRY CORPORATION UNDER
                                                    THE FOOD-AID PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMU­
                                                                                          NITY'
12. Shipment period                                                                Before 31 May 1987
13. Closing date for the submission of tenders                                      23 February 1987
14. In the case of a second invitation to tender
     pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation
     (EEC) No 1354/83 :
     (a) shipment period                                                          Before 30 June 1987
     (b) closing date for the submission of
         tenders                                                                      9 March 1987
15. Miscellaneous                                                                            0
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             Notes :
            (') This Annex, together with the notice published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C
                208 of 4 August 1983, page 9, shall serve as notice of invitation to tender.
            (2) The unsalted butter must be made after 15 March 1987 (lots A and B) — in case of second tendering
                procedure : 15 April 1987 — 15 April 1987 (lot C) — in case of second tendering procedure : 15 May
                1987 — from pasteurized fresh cream and contain no colouring matters or neutralizes. The butter must
                have no smell and must be of an even texture.
                The butter must conform to the following technical specifications :
                — fat content : minimum 82 % ,
                — water content : maximum 16% ,
                — non-fat dry matter content : maximum : 1,5% ,
                — pH between 6 and 6,7.
                The packaging must conform to specifications laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                685/69 .
                The butter must be transported at a temperature between — 18 and — 10 °C (0 and 14 °F).
                Yeast and mould : below 20 per gram.
            (3) Once the successful tenderer has been informed of the award of the contract, he shall immediately
                contact the beneficiary or his representative with a view to determining what documents are required for
                the consignment and the details of period, rate and other circumstances concerning shipment.
            (4) At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity
                certifying that for the product to be delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the
                Member State concerned, have not been exceeded.