CELEX: 31976R0517
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 517/76 of 8 March 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Republic of Bangladesh

9. 3 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 61 /5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 517/76
                                                     of 8 March 1976
              on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Republic
                                                       of Bangladesh
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 manufacturing and
                                                                delivery to the Republic of Bangladesh of 3 500
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     metric tons of butteroil divided up into six lots as
                                                                 follows :
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last            —    lot Al  : 500 metric   tons,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in               —    lot A2  : 500 metric   tons,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                               —    lot A3  : 750 metric   tons,
                                                                —    lot  B1 : 500 metric   tons,
                                                                —    lot  B2 : 500 metric   tons,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16               —    lot  B3 : 750 metric tons.
June 1975 on the supply of milk as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­
zations under the 1975 food-aid programme ^),                                            Article 2
provides inter alia that 7 000 metric tons of butteroil
should be made available to the Republic of Bangla­
desh ; whereas this country has made a request for               1.     The butter to be used in manufacturing the
                                                                 butteroil shall be taken from :
delivery of 3 500 metric tons ;
                                                                 — the German intervention agency as regards lots Al
                                                                      to A3 (1 750 metric tons),
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules               — the French intervention agency as regards lots B1
for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain deve­              to B3 (1 750 metric tons).
loping countries and international organizations under
the 1975 food-aid programme ^), requires tenders to              2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements
be invited for such supplies ;                                   as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up in
                                                                 containers of 5 kg.
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 3. The words to be stamped on the packaging as
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to              referred to in Chapter II under 2 (b) of the Annex
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of              mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be as
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries            follows : 'Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic
and to the World Food Programme (5), whereas it is               Community to the Republic of Bangladesh'.
still necessary to add a number of details, particularly
as regards the time limit for submission of tenders
and the terms of supply ;                                                                Article 3
                                                                  1.    Delivery shall be :
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                — as regards lots Al to A3 at the port of Hamburg,
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                       — as regards lots B1 to B3 at the port of Le Havre.
(1) OJ  No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                          2. Delivery at the respective ports of shipment shall
(2) OJ  No  L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 157, 19. 6. 1975, p. 6.                            take place on a date fixed by the intervention agency
(4) OJ  No  L 157, 19. 6. 1975, p. 4.                            in question which shall be after 25 April and before
(5) OJ  No  L 229, 30. 8 . 1975, p. 60.                           15 May 1976.
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                      Article 4                             2.    The time limit for the submission of tenders
                                                            shall be 23 March 1976 at 12 noon .
1 . By way of derogation from Article 4 (2) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2247/75, the successful tenderer shall
make precise in his tender submitted to the interven­
tion agency for how many and for which lots his                                    Article 5
tender is valid.
The maximum amount to be fixed in accordance with           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall be,          following its publication in the Official Journal of
should it so happen, a global amount for several lots.      the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 8 March 1976.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission