CELEX: 31975R0598
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 598/75 of the Commission of 6 March 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Mauritania

8 . 3 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 63/ 11
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 598 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 6 March 1975
               opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                                powder as food aid to Mauritania
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 Milk and Milk Products ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
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 465/75 (2), and in                                           Article 1
particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                    Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3234/74 (3) of                 (EEC) No 597/75 for the delivery cif Nouakchott of a
17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk                       lot of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to
powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethi­            Mauritania made up of 800 metric tons pursuant to
opia and Somalia under Regulation (EEC) No                           Regulation ( EEC) No 3234/74 and 1 200 metric tons
 1826/74, provides more particularly for the supply to               pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3236/ 74.
Mauritania     of   800     metric     tons  of   skimmed-milk
powder ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of
 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the                  1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                     from the premises of the French intervention agency.
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia , provides, inter
alia, that 1 200 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
shall be made available to Mauritania ;                              2.    It shall be packed according to point (a) of the
                                                                     Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 . However, the
                                                                     polyethylene inner bag shall be double bound . The
Whereas Mauritania has requested the supply, as emer­                intervention agency shall procure that the packing is
gency aid , of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                     marked in letters at least 1 cm high : ' Lait écrémé en
powder which can be made available to it by the                      poudre — Don de la Communauté économique euro­
French intervention agency ; whereas the costs of                    péenne à la République islamique de Mauritanie — à
delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as               distribuer gratuitement'.
provided in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
597/75 (5 ) of 6 March 1975 concerning invitations to
tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk                     3.    Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
powder in public storage as food aid to the countries                not later than 28 April 1975 .
of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance
of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 , such as the time
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                  1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may                 incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed                  vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk                      presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
powder to another port ; whereas provision should                     port of unloading is verified . The country of destina­
therefore be made for amending, should the need                      tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
arise, the costs already agreed on ;                                  including unloading costs (for example shifting,
                                                                     hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs .
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(-') OJ  No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p . 8 .                             2.   Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
(3 ) OJ  No L 346 , 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 2.
(4 ) OJ  No L } 46 , 24. 12 . 1974, p. 4 .                            port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
(5 ) See page 7 of this Official Journal                              may be) by the country of destination . The rates of
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and rules governing such costs and dispatch money                      shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the
shall be specified in the contract between the                         country of destination of the ship's probable
successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­                    date of arrival in port ;
nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in
advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­        2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
tion agent in the country of destination .                        information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
                         A rticlc 4                                                     Article 6
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 18
March 1975 at 12 noon .                                        1 . On request of the Commission nominating a
                                                              port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the
                                                              French intervention agency may in agreement with
                         Article 5                            the     successful   tenderer  have  the  skimmed-milk
The French Government shall :                                 powder delivered to the new nominated port.
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :               2.      In such case the French intervention agency is
                                                              to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
    (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as
                                                              tion or increase against the costs originally agreed .
        possible after the goods have been loaded on
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading       3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as        nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of
        recorded on shipment and the port of un­              costs .
        loading,
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the                                   Article 7
        country of destination of the expected date of
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading,              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party       following its publication in the Official Journal of
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 March 1975 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission