CELEX: 31976R1220
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1220/76 of 24 May 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the World Food Programme for India

No L 137/ 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 5 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1220/76
                                                           of 24 May 1976
              concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the
                                                World Food Programme for India
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      Tenders are invited, as provided in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2247/75, for the costs of manufacture and delivery
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         to the WFP of 1 610 metric tons of butteroil for India
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                     and divided into the following lots :
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                     — Lot A : 710 metric tons,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                     — Lot B : 540 metric tons,
                                                                      — Lot C : 360 metric tons .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats under the 1975
                                                                                              Article 2
food-aid programme to certain developing countries
and to certain international organizations (3), provides
inter   alia   that     16 000     metric     tons   of butteroil      1.    The butter to be used in manufacturing the
                                                                      butteroil shall be taken over from :
obtained from butter held by the intervention agen­
cies shall be     made       available     to the World     Food
                                                                      — the French intervention agency as regards Lots A
Programme (WFP) ; whereas the WFP has requested                            and C,
the supply of 1 610 metric tons of butteroil for India ;
whereas this delivery shall be considered as completed                — the German intervention agency as regards Lot B.
when the butteroil is deposited at the port of embarka­
tion at the point designated by the WFP or its                        2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements
appointed agent ;                                                     as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
                                                                      Regulation ( EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up only in
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      containers of 5 kg.
1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules
for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid                    3 . The marking to be indicated on the containers
programme to certain developing countries and to                       in accordance with Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex
certain international organizations (4), requires tenders              mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be the
to be invited for such supplies ;                                      following :
                                                                      ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following                  nity — World Food Programme action .'
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to                   This marking shall be followed by the name of the
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of                    port of unloading to be communicated by the
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries                  Commission to the intervention agencies concerned .
and to the World Food Programme (5 ), as amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 578 /76 (6) ; whereas it is still
necessary to add a number of details particularly as                                          Article 3
 regards the time limit for submission of tenders and
the terms of supply ;                                                   1 . The port of embarkation indicated in the tender
                                                                       shall be chosen from among ports in the Community
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   accessible for ocean going ships having a regular
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                      service with the recv-ient country.
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                       Only one port may be indicated in the tender.
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(: ) OJ No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                                2.    Delivery at the p;>rt of embarkation shall take
(3 ) OJ No  L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p. 6 .
(•») OJ No  L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p . 4 .                             place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency
(5 ) OJ No  L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975 , p . 60 .                           concerned and which shall be after 10 but not later
0)   OJ No  L 69 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 16 .                             than 30 July 1976 .
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                       Article 4                                                  Article 5
                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 8 June     following its publication in the Official Journal of
1976 at 12 noon .                                           the European -Communities.
            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