CELEX: 31974R2543
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-04
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2543/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of long grain milled rice as food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA)

5. 10. 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 271 /71
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 2543/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 4 October 1974
               opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of long grain milled rice as
               food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
                                                            (UNRWA)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 UNRWA by way of Community action, of 1 50 metric
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act              tons of long grain milled rice .
of Accession (2) ;
                                                                    2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the
1 693/ 72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­               Community market. The products shall be loaded for
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid , and
                                                                    departure from a Community port.
in particular Article 6 thereof ;
Whereas on 21 March 1974 the Council of the Euro­                   3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                  graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is
of Community action , to grant the equivalent of 193                to say, actually placed on the quay of the port of
metric tons of husked rice (in other words, 150 metric              Beirut.
tons of long grain milled rice) to UNRWA under its
1973/74 food-aid programme ;                                        4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
                                                                    specified in paragraph 1 cif in new jute sacks of a net
Wheres pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­                 capacity of 50 kilogrammes .
tion (EEC) No 1693 /72 the goods may be purchased
anywhere on the Community market ;
                                                                    The following shall be printed on the sacks :
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be
for supply of the products cif, that is to say actually                  'Milled rice — gift of the European Community.'
placed on the quay at the port of unloading ;
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender                                            Article 2
must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ;
Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to                  1 . The decision on tenders received in response to
complete the operation in question within the time                  the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken
                                                                    on 21 October 1974 .
limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear
the liability for any resulting costs ;
                                                                    2.     The closing date for the submission of tenders
Whereas provision should be made for security to be                 shall be 21 October 1974 at 12 noon .
given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­
tion arising by virtue of participation in the invitation           3.     The   notice of  invitation  to  tender shall  be
to tender for supplies to UNRWA :                                   published in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                     Communities not less than nine days before the
Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be
                                                                    closing date for the submission of tenders .
made responsible for the tendering procedure ;
Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation                                      Article J
and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;
                                                                    The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                the best terms .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals ,
                                                                     However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to
(') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                                  correspond to m-i ; :     • n'ket prices ami costs, the
(2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .                             intervention agency may cancel the invitation to
0 OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3 .                                 tender.
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                         Article 4                            2.     It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
                                                              sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security in an         tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of
                                                              together with the name and business name of the
goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee          successful tenderer.
performance of the operations specified in Articles 1
and 5. The security shall be forfeit if those operations
are not carried out within the time stipulated, save as       3.      On the other hand , if the successful tenderer is
regards quantities not delivered for reasons of force         established in a Member State other than the one
majeure.                                                      collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched
2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be             through a frontier post of the Member State where the
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee         successful tenderer is established, the intervention
issued by a credit institution which satisfies the            agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible
criteria laid down by each Member State,                      for the operations relating to the tendering.
                         Article 5
                                                               In this case, the intervention agency choosing the
1 . The long grain milled rice referred to in Article         successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­
1 to be supplied to UNRWA must meet the following             vention agency of the Member State concerned and
requirements :                                                shall supply it with all the information which it may
                                                               require.
— moisture : 1 5 % ;
— broken rice : 5 % maximum ;
—    chalky grains : 3 % maximum ;                            4. The intervention agency shall request the
—    grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ;                  successful tenderer to supply the following informa­
—    spotted grains : 1 % maximum ;                            tion :
—    stained grains : 0-50 % maximum ;
—    yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum ;
—    amber grains : 0-125 % maximum .                          (a) after each shipment a certificate showing the quan­
                                                                   tities dispatched and the quality of the products ;
Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused.
                                                               (b) the date of departure of the vessels.
2.     Tenders for supply to UNRWA of the long grain
 milled rice referred to in Article 1 must relate to a         (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
 product with the following characteristics :                      during transportation of the products.
— moisture : 1 5 % ;
— broken rice 5 % maximum ,
                                                               The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
—    chalky grains : 3 % maximum ;                             tion provided to the Commission as soon as it is
—    grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ;                  received .
—    spotted grains : 1 % maximum ;
—    stained grains : 0-5 % maximum ;
 —   yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum ;
 —   amber grains : 0-125 % maximum .
                                                                                         Article 7
                         Article 6
 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 sible for the operations relating to the invitation to         publication in the Official Journal of the European
 tender provided for by this Regulation .                       Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 4 October 1974.
                                                                          For the Commission­
                                                                              The President
                                                                         Franc^is-Xavier ORTOLI