CELEX: 31976R2583
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2583/76 of 22 October 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the World Food Programme for certain third countries

26 . 10 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 295/7
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2583/76
                                                         of 22 October 1976
                concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the
                                     World Food Programme for certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                                          Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Tenders are invited in accordance with Regulation
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   (EEC) No 2247/75 for the costs of manufacture and
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                 delivery to the WFP of 675 metric tons of butteroil
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                    divided into the following lots :
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                     — Lot A : 10 metric tons for Nepal,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25
March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­               — Lot B : 1 50 metric tons for Tanzania,
 loping countries and international organizations under              — Lot C : 515 metric tons for Syria.
 the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia
that 16 000 metric tons of butteroil obtained from
butter held by the intervention agencies shall be made
available to the World Food Programme (WFP) ;                                                 Article 2
whereas the WFP has requested the supply of 675
 metric tons of butteroil for certain third countries ;
whereas this delivery shall be considered as completed                1.    The butter to be used in manufacturing the
when the butteroil is deposited at the port of embarka­              butteroil shall be taken over from the Dutch interven­
 tion at the point designated by the WFP or its                       tion agency.
appointed agent ;
                                                                      2. The butteroil , which shall meet the requirements
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules                     Regulation ( EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up only in
for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­               5 kg containers.
tries and international organizations under the 1976
food-aid programme (4), required tenders to be invited
 for such supplies ;                                                  3 . The marking to be indicated on the containers
                                                                      in accordance with Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following                 mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be the
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      following :
 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of                  ' Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Commu­
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries                 nity / World Food Programme action '.
and to the World Food Programme (5), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2212/76 (6) ;                        This marking shall be followed by the name of the
whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details              port of unloading to be communicated by the
 particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­               Commission to the intervention agency concerned .
sion of tenders and the terms of supply of the
butteroil ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                          Article 3
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                      1 . Delivery is to be effected at a port to be specified
                                                                      in the tender, chosen from among ports in the
(')  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2 ) OJ No   L 67, 1.5 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .                            Community accessible for ocean-going ships having
(3 ) OJ  No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 .                             regular lines to the country of destination .
(•>) OJ  No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 4 .
(5 ) OJ No   L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p . 60 .
  6) OJ No   L 249, 11 . 9 . 1976, p . 5.                            A tender may indicate - only one port.
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2. Delivery at the port of embarkation shall take                                  Article 4
place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency      The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be
concerned and which shall be :                              9 November 1976 at 12 noon .
— as regards Lots A and B :                                                        Article 5
    after 15 and before 30 December 1976 ;
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
— as regards Lot C :                                        following its publication in the Official Journal of
    after 15 and before 30 January 1977.                    the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 22 October 1976 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission