CELEX: 31976R1223
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1223/76 of 24 May 1976 on an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder for shipment to the Arab Republic of Egypt as food aid to the World Food Programme

No L 137/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 5 . 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1223/76
                                                           of 24 May 1976
                on an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder for
                shipment to the Arab Republic of Egypt as food aid to the World Food
                                                             Programme
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                      In accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         No 1221 /75, tenders shall be invited for the costs of
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   delivery to the WFP of a lot of 1 500 metric tons of
 of the market in milk and milk products ( J), as last               skimmed-milk powder for the Arab Republic of
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                    Egypt.
 particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 of 1 1                                          Article 2
 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
 food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
 tional organizations (3), provides that 20 000 metric                1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
 tons of skimmed-milk powder taken from the stocks                   from the Luxembourg intervention agency.
 held by the intervention agencies are placed at the
 disposal of the World Food Programme ; whereas the                  2. The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall
 latter has requested a consignment of 1 500 metric                  bear in letters of at least 1 cm high, the following
 tons of skimmed-milk powder for shipment to the                     inscription :
 Arab Republic of Egypt ; whereas this consignment
 shall be considered as completed when the skimmed­                  'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
 milk powder has been deposited at the port of embar­                Economic Community — World Food Programme
 kation at the place designated by the WFP or its                    action — Alexandria .'
 appointed agent ;
Whereas according to Article 5 of Council Regulation                                         Article 3
(EEC) No 1826/74 of 11 July 1974 laying down the
general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder                   1 . Delivery shall be effected at a port to be indi­
 as food aid to certain countries and international                  cated in the tender, chosen from among Community
organizations (4), an invitation to tender is normally to            ports accessible for ocean-going ships having regular
be issued for the purposes of this supply ;                          services with the recipient country.
Whereas the tendering procedure should essentially                   A tender may indicate only one port.
be that laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1221 /75 of 6 May 1975 concerning the conditions                  2.     Delivery at the loading port is to be carried out
for invitations to tender for the costs of delivery, as              on a date fixed by the intervention agency concerned
food aid, of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food                   and which shall be after 1 but not later than 15 July
Programme (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     1976 .
2061 /75 (6) ; whereas it is however necessary to specify
certain points, in particular the time limit for the
submission of tenders and the conditions governing                                           A rtic/e 4
the delivery of skimmed-milk powder ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 The time limit for the submission of tenders expires
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                    on 8 June 1976 at 12 noon .
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
(>)  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                                                  Article 5
(2 ) OJ No  L  67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(>)  OJ No  L  190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 22.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(<)  OJ No  L  190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 20 .
(5)  OJ No  L  121 , 14. 5. 1975, p. 17.                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
\b) OJ No L 209, 7. 8. 1975, p. 19.                                  the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 24 May 1976.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission