CELEX: 31974R2177
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2177/74 of the Commission of 12 August 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Bangladesh as food aid

21 . 8 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 230/9
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2177/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 12 August 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 1 and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         before 17 October 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 ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of                   1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                      incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                   vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
 No 2700/73 (4), provides that there shall be made avail­            presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
able certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ;                     port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include
whereas the Republic of Bangladesh has requested the                 unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting or
supply of 1 450 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                   reception costs) or lighterage costs .
which can be made available by the Belgian interven­
tion agency ; whereas tenders should be invited for                  2. The rates of and rules governing any demurrage
such supply, pursuant to Commission Regulation                       costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the
(EEC) No 1 885/73 (5) of 12 July 1973 concerning invi­               country of destination, and any dispatch money to be
 tations to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid,           paid to that country shall be specified in the contract
of skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention                      between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and
agencies ;                                                           shall be agreed upon in advance between the
"Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73, such as the time                     country of destination .
 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
 are in accordance with the Opinion of- the Manage­                  The     time   limit for the submission       of tenders   is
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                     Tuesday, 3 September 1974, at 12 noon .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 5
                             Article 1
Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation                   The Belgian Government shall :
(EEC) No 1885/73 , for the costs of delivery cif to Chit­
 tagong (Republic of Bangladesh) of 1 450 metric tons                 1 . Notify the Commission as soon as possible of the
 of skimmed-milk powder.                                                  name,' registered business name and address of the
                                                                          firm to which the contract is awarded ;
                             Article 2
                                                                      2. Ensure that such firm shall :
 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
 from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency.                    (a) notify the recipient country, as soon as possible
The said agency shall ensure that the packing is                              after the goods have been loaded on board ship,
 marked in letters at least 1 cm high :                                       of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­
                                                                              tity and quality of the goods as recorded on
(•)  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                                   shipment and the port of destination ;
 (2) OJ  No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                 (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the
 (3) OJ  No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28 .
(4)  OJ  No L 279, 5. 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                                        recipient country of the expected date of arrival
(5)  OJ  No L 192, 13 . 7. 1973, p. 31 .                                      of the ship at the port of destination ;
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    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party           taken from the intervention agency were received
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain           within the prescribed time limit
        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
3 . Send to the Commission as soon as possible the                vision of an agency approved by the recipient
    information specified at points 2 (a) and (b) above.          country, an official statement from such agency
                                                                  certifying that the quantities concerned have been
                         Article 6
                                                                  delivered cif within the prescribed time limit and
                                                                  unloaded at the port of Chittagong.
The intervention agency shall pay to the successful
tenderer the amount stated in his tender on presenta­                                  Article 7
tion of
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— a declaration drawn up by the recipient country             following its publication in the Official Journal of
     certifying that the quantities which have been           the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 12 August 1974.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI