CELEX: 31974R2122
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2122/74 of the Commission of 9 August 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to certain third countries as food aid to the World Food Programme

No L 222/ 16                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            12. 8 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2122/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 9 August 1974
              opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to certain third
                                    countries as food aid to the World Food Programme
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                      1 . Tenders shall be invited, subject to the terms
                                                                 and conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 2121 /74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     3 585 metric tons of butteroil, divided , into the
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common                         following lots :
organization of the market in milk and milk
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  Lot A : 435 metric tons for India,
662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;
                                                                  Lot B : 500 metric tons for India,
                                                                  Lot C : 650 metric tons for India,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of
4 March 1974 laying down general rules for the                    Lot D : 500 metric tons for India,
supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing
countries and certain international organizations,               Lot E : 500 metric tons for India,
provides among others that 15 000 metric tons of
butteroil, taken from butter stocks held by the                   Lot F : 780 metric tons for India,
intervention agencies, are placed at the disposal of
                                                                  Lot G : 220 metric tons for various third
the World Food Programme; whereas the latter has
                                                                           countries as follows :
requested a consignment of 3 585 metric tons of
butteroil for shipment to various third countries ;                        — 116 metric tons for Indonesia,
whereas this consignment, which shall be considered
as having been completed when the butteroil has                            — 44 metric tons for Lebanon,
been deposited in the port of embarkation at the                           -r- 20 metric tons for Malaysia,
place designated by the WFP or its agent, must be the
object of a tender procedure in accordance with                            —    40 metric tons for Pakistan .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 (4) of 9
August 1974 concerning the supply of butteroil as                2. Delivery shall take place on a date to be
food aid for the World Food Programme;                           specified by the intervention agency concerned as
                                                                 follows :
Whereas to apply Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74                    — Lots A, B, C and G : after 1 and before 17
certain detailed information is however required, in                 October 1974,
particular as regards the time limit for the submission          — Lots D, E and F : after 31 October and before 16
of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the                     November 1974.
butteroil ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                     Article 2
are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                 The butter to be used for the manufacture of the
                                                                 butteroil shall be collected :
                                                                 — from the German intervention agency as regards
0)  OJ No L 148, 28, 6. 1968, p. 13.                                 the lots A, B, C and D,
(2) OJ No L 85, 29. 3. 1974, p. 51.
(3) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 .                              — from the French intervention agency as regards
(4) See page 10 of this Official Journal.                            the lots E, F, and G.
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                        Article 3                                                  s  Article 4
1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall                The port of embarkation indicated in the tender shall
comply with the conditions laid down in title I of the        be chosen from among the ports in the Community
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2121/74. However,                accessible for ocean-going ships and used for
the maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at           international freighters.
0-3 % (expressed in oleic acids) and the index of
peroxide/kg is fixed at 0-5 maximum (in                                               Article 5
milliequivalent of active oxygen per kg).
                                                              The closing date for the receipt of tenders shall be 27
2.     The butteroil shall be packed as follows :             August 1974, at 12 noon.
— in 20 kg containers as regards the lots A to F,
                                                                                      Article 6
— in 5 kg containers as regards the lot G
according to the indications appearing in title II,           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex to Regulation                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
(EEC) No 2121 /74.                                            of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 August 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI