CELEX: 31974R2364
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2364/74 of the Commission of 16 September 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Bangladesh as food aid

No L 252/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   17 . 9 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2364/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 16 September 1974
              opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                             powder to Bangladesh as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         'Skimmed-milk powder / Gift of the European
COMMUNITIES,                                                           Economic Community to the People's Republic of
                                                                       Bangladesh'.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                  2.      Delivery cif shall take place on a date after 15
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      November and before 1 December 1974 .
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                                             Article 3
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                  1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of               incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                    vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
No 2700/73 (4), provides that there shall be made avail­          port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include
able certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ;                  unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting or
whereas the Republic of Bangladesh has requested the              reception costs) or lighterage costs.
supply of 3 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
which can be made available by the Belgian interven­              2. The rates of and rules governing any demurrage
tion agency ; whereas tenders should be invited for               costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the
such supply, pursuant to Commission Regulation                    country of destination, and any dispatch money to be
(EEC) No 1885/73 (5) of 12 July 1973 concerning invi­             paid to that country shall be specified in the contract
tations to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid,         between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and
of skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention                   shall be agreed upon in advance between the
agencies ;
                                                                  successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance              country of destination .
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73, such as the time
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
 delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;                                                         Article 4
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation             The      time    limit  for the   submission   of tenders      is
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                Tuesday, 8 October 1974 at 12 noon .
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                 Article 5
                           Article 1                               The Belgian Government shall :
 Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation                1 . Notify the Commission as soon as possible of the
 (EEC) No 1885/73, for the costs of delivery cif to Chit­               name, registered business name and address of the
 tagong (Republic of Bangladesh) of 3 000 metric tons                   firm to which the contract is awarded ;
 of skimmed-milk powder.
                                                                   2. Ensure that such firm shall :
                            Article 2
                                                                        (a) notify the recipient country, as soon as possible
  1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed                               after the goods have been loaded on board ship,
 from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency.                       of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­
                                                                             tity and quality of the goods as recorded on
 The said agency shall ensure that the packing is                            shipment and the port of destination ;
  marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
                                                                        (b) at least ten clear days in advance, inform the
 (')  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                                   recipient country of the expected date of arrival
 (*)  OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                     of the ship at the port of destination ;
  (3) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
  (4) OJ No L 279, 5 . 10 . 1973 , p. 1 .                               (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party
  (») OJ No L  192, 13 . 7. 1973, p. 31 .                                    a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
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        shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       or,
        recipient country of the probable date of arrival
        of the ship in port.                                 — if the unloading is not carried out under the super­
                                                                  vision of an agency approved by the recipient
3. Send to the Commission as soon as possible the                 country, an official statement from such agency
   information specified at points 2 (a) and (b) above.           certifying that the quantities concerned have been
                                                                  delivered cif within the prescribed time limit and
                         Article 6                                unloaded at the port of Chittagong.
The intervention agency shall pay to the successful
tenderer the amount stated in his tender on presenta­
tion of :                                                                               Article 7
— a declaration drawn up by the recipient country
    certifying that the quantities which have been            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    taken from the intervention agency were received          following its publication in the Official Journal of
    within the prescribed time limit                          the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 16 September 1974.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLl