CELEX: 31974R0608
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 608/74 of the Commission of 15 March 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as food aid for the International Committee of the Red Cross

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                           REGULATION (EEC) No 608 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 15 March 1974
              opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as
                          food aid for the International Committee of the Red Cross
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES;                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 0 ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­               1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and            International Committee of the Red Cross, by way of
in particular Article 6 thereof ;                                 Community action, of 4 350 metric tons of common
                                                                  wheat flour, distributed as follows :
Whereas on 14 May 1973 the Council of the Euro­
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                — 2 800 metric tons destined for Syria (lot No 1 ),
of Community action , to grant the equivalent of 6 612            — 1 000 metric tons destined for Jordan (lot No 2),
metric tons of common wheat (in other words 4 350
metric tons of common wheat flour) to the Interna­                — 500 metric tons destined for U.A.R. (lot No 3),
tional Committee of the Red Cross under its 1972/73
                                                                  — 50 metric tons destined for North Yemen (lot No
food-aid programme ;                                                  4 -.
Whereas analysis of the state of the Community
cereals market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 of        2. The tendering procedure shall take place in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be                     Belgium in four lots . The product shall be mobilized
applied and that the product should be purchased on               on the Community market. The products shall be
the Community market ;                                            loaded for departure from a Community port.
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be               3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
for supply of the products delivered cif, that is at the          graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is
moment when the goods are actually placed on the                  at the moment when the goods are actually placed on
dock or in the lighter where applicable ;                         the dock or in the lighter where applicable.
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender
                                                                  The recipient country shall bear all costs subsequent
must be made in favour of the tenderer offering the               to delivery of the goods, including unloading costs
best terms ;
                                                                  reception of the goods .
Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to
complete the operation in question within the time                Any possible demurrage costs or dispatch money at
limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear            the port of unloading shall be a charge on or for the
                                                                  benefit of the International Committee of the Red
the liability for any resulting costs ;
                                                                  Cross. The rates and detailed arrangements relating
Whereas provision should be made for security to be               thereto laid down in the contract between the autho­
given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­            rized agent of the Community and the carrier must
tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­           have been agreed upon in advance by the authorized
tion to tender for supplies to the International                  agent and the receiving agent of the recipient country.
Committee of the Red Cross will be fulfilled ;
                                                                  4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
Whereas the Belgian intervention agency should be                 specified in paragraph 1 cif to the ports listed in the
made responsible for the tendering procedure ;                    Annex in new cotton sacks, having a net capacity of
                                                                  50 kilogrammes.
Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation
and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;                On the sacks shall be printed a Red Cross, 15 cm by
                                                                  15 cm, as well as the following : 'Farine de froment —
(>) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                          Don de la Communauté économique européenne/Ac­
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                            tion du Comité international de la Croix Rouge ' (lot
(») OJ No L 178, 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3.                               No 1 );
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'Wheat flour — Gift from the European Economic                   — Ash content : 0-52 % maximum referred to dry
Community/ Action of the International Committee                      matter .
of the Red Cross' (lots No 2, 3 and 4).
                                                                  Flour not meeting these requirements shall be
                                                                  refused .
                            Article 2
 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to              2.    Tenders      for   supply   to  the    International
                                                                  Committee of the Red Cross of the common wheat
the invitation provided in Article 1 shall be taken on
 29 March 1974 .                                                  flour referred to in Article 1 must relate to a product
                                                                 with the following characteristics :
 2.    The closing date for the submission of tenders            — Moisture : 1 2 % maximum :
shall be 29 March 1974 at 12 noon .
                                                                 — Protein content : 10-5 % minimum (N x 6-25 on
 3.    The    notice     of invitation  to  tender shall  be          dry matter) ;
 published in the Official Journal of the European               — Ash content : 0-52 % maximum referred to dry
 Communities not less than 9 days before the closing                  matter.
date for the submission of tenders .
                                                                                            Article 6
                            Article J
The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering            1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall be respon­
 the best terms. However, if the tenders submitted do             sible for the operations relating to the invitation to
 not appear to correspond to normal market prices and             tender provided for by this Regulation.
 costs, the intervention agency may cancel the invita­            2.     It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
 tion to tender.
                                                                  sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
                                                                  tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
                            Article 4                             together with the name and business name of the
                                                                  successful tenderer.
 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a
 value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu­          3 . The intervention agency shall ask that the
 rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­         tenderer specifies the following information :
 fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security
 shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out         (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
 within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­              the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
 tities not delivered owing to force majeure.                          and their packaging ;
                                                                  (b) the date of the departure of the ships, the expected
 2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be                    date of arrival of the products at their destination ;
 given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
 issued by a credit institution conforming to the                 (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
 criteria laid down by the Member State.                               during transportation of the products.
                                                                  The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
                            Article 5                             tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
                                                                  received .
  1.    The common wheat flour referred to in Article 1
 to be supplied to the International Committee of the
 Red Cross must meet the following requirements :                                           Article 7
 — Moisture : 12 % maximum ;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 — Protein content : 10-5 % minimum (N x 6-25 on                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
      dry matter) ;                                               Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                                                                                                           \
                Done at Brussels , 15 March 1974 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                  ANNEX
            Number of lot Port of ^unloading        Minimum rate of unloading     Tonnage cif
                                              I),
                 1         Latakia                                            2 800 metric tons
                 2         Akaba                                              1 000 metric tons
                                                      Customs of the port
                 3         Alexandrie                                           500 metric tons
                4          Hodeidah             J                                50 metric tons