CELEX: 31976R0170
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 170/76 of 26 January 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community market to UNICEF as food aid for Bangladesh

No L 19/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 1 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 170/76
                                                        of 26 January 1976
              on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community
                                      market to UNICEF as food aid for Bangladesh
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                 1 . Tenders are invited in accordance with the provi­
                                                                    sions of Regulations (EEC) No 1541 /75 and (EEC) No
                                                                     1542/75 for the supply to UNICEF of 600 metric tons
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       of butteroil for Bangladesh, manufactured from butter­
804/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  fats which are of Community origin and not taken
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                from public stocks, of which :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                   — 450 metric tons to be taken from the 2 000 metric
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                        tons set aside for UNICEF .
                                                                    — 1 50 metric tons to be taken from the 4 550 metric
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                        tons reserve stock .
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to                 This delivery is divided up into the following lots :
certain developing countries and international organi­
zations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3),                      — Lot A : 200 metric tons of          which    100    metric
provides inter alia for the supply of 2 000 metric tons                                               tons cif Chittagong,
of butteroil to UNICEF delivered destination as well
                                                                                                      100   metric    tons     cif
as for a 4 550 metric tons reserve stock ; whereas                                                    Chalna,
UNICEF has made a request for delivery of 600
metric tons of butteroil for Bangladesh ;                                the shipping having to take place before 31 March
                                                                         1976 ;
Whereas on account of the market situation for butter               — Lot B : 200 metric tons of          which    100    metric
in the Community, the supply of the abovementioned                                                    tons cif Chittagong,
quantity should be ensured by means of butterfat avail­                                               100   metric    tons     cif
able on the Community market in accordance with                                                       Chalna,
Article 2(2) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1541 /75
of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules for the                        the shipping having to take place after 20 and
supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing                    before 31 May 1976 ;
countries and international organizations under the
 1975 food-aid programme ^);                                        — Lot C : 200 metric tons of          which    100    metric
                                                                                                      tons cif Chittagong,
Whereas an invitation to tender should therefore be                                                   100   metric    tons     cif
issued for which detailed rules should in the main be                                                 Chalna,
those of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75
of 20 October 1975 on invitations to tender for the                      the shipping having to take place after 20 and
supply of butteroil bought on the Community market                       before 31 August 1976.
as food aid to certain developing countries and to the
                                                                    2. As regards the tendering procedure and the
World Food Programme (5), except for the provisions
                                                                    conditions governing the manufacture of the butteroil,
concerning the way of delivery ;
                                                                    the provisions of Regulation ( EEC) No 2660/75 shall
                                                                    apply by analogy, without prejudice to the special
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                provisions below .
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;                                                   A rticle 2
(!)  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           1 . The butteroil shall comply, as regards quality
  2  OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .                              and packaging, with the conditions laid down in the
(3 ) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p . 6 .
(•>) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p . 4 .                           Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 and shall be
(5 ) OJ No L 270, 21 . 10 . 1975 , p . 1 1                          put up in 5 kg canisters only.
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2. The words to be printed on the packaging, as             and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the
provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned          successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community
Annex, shall be the following :                             and the receiving agent of the recipient organization .
'Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
nity — Action of the United Nations Children 's Fund                               Article 4
(UNICEF)'.
                                                            1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
                       Article 3
                                                            to the recipient organization the date of loading, the
                                                            quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the
1 . Delivery cif shall be deemed to take place when         time of loading, the port of unloading.
the goods are actually set down on the quayside at the      2. The successful tenderer     shall inform the recip­
port of unloading or on lighters where the latter           ient organization at least 10   days before the antici­
method is used .
                                                            pated date . The successful     tenderer has a clause
2. The recipient organization shall remit at the            inserted in the charter-party  obliging the captain to
delivery cif, to the successful tenderer, a certificate     give the country of destination at least 72 hours notice
proving the taking of the goods as referred to in           of the probable date of arrival of the vessel in port.
Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75.
                                                                                   Article 5
3. The recipient organization shall be responsible
for all expenditure incurred after delivery, including      The closing date for the submission of tenders shall
acceptance costs .                                          be 24 February 1976 at 12 noon .
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to
delays for which the recipient organization is respon­                             Article 6
sible shall be borne by that country.
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid       following its publication in the Official Journal of
down in the contract between the successful tenderer        the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 January 1976.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission