CELEX: 31975R1855
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1855/75 of the Commission of 16 July 1975 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Mali and Upper Volta

No L 188 /20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              19 . 7. 75
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1855/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 16 July 1975
              on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk
                                        powder as food aid to Mali and Upper Volta
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Article 3 ( 1 ) of a lot of 400 metric tons of skimmed­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        milk powder from the port of Abidjan, of which :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               — 200 metric tons to Mali , and
Economic Community ;
                                                                    — 200 metric tons to Upper Volta.
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                                          Article 2
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                     1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of                   from the premises of the French intervention agency.
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                     2.      It shall be packed according to Annex I to
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 108/68 (5) of 27
 14 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be                    July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public
supplied to those countries ;                                        storage of skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 1 093/75 (6).
Whereas Mali and Upper Volta have requested the
supply, as emergency aid, of 200 metric tons of skim­               The intervention agency shall procure that the
med-milk powder ; whereas the costs of delivering this
                                                                     packing is marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
supply must be put out to tender as provided in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/74 (4) of 18                    — for the 200 metric tons to Mali :
January 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder
as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;
                                                                          ' Lait écréme en poudre — Don de la Commu­
                                                                          nauté économique européenne à la République du
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                      Mali — A distribuer gratuitement' ;
of Regulation ( EEC) No 192/74, such as the time
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
                                                                    — for the 200 metric tons to Upper Volta :
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may
prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed                      ' Lait écréme en poudre — Don de la Commu­
port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk                          nauté économique européenne à la République de
powder to another ; whereas provision should there­                       Haute Volta — A distribuer gratuitement'.
fore be made for amending, should the need arise, the
costs already agreed on ;
                                                                     3.      Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 not later than 25 August 1975.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                                               Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
                                                                     incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
                                                                    vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
                             Article 1                               presence of the goods is effectively deposed on the
                                                                     quay at the port of unloading.
Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation
( EEC) No 192/74, for the delivery cif in the sense of               2.      The time limit for the submission of tenders is
(')  OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                          29 July 1975 at 12 noon .
(2 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 50 .                           (5 ) OJ No 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34 .
H    OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p . 33 .                           (6) OJ No 109 , 29 . 4. 1975 , p. 5.
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                          Article 4                            2.      In such case the French intervention agency is
The      French    Government     shall   ensure that  the
                                                               to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
                                                               tion or increase against the costs originally agreed.
successful tenderer inform the recipient country, the
representative of the intervention agency at the port of        3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
unloading, and the Commission :                                 nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of
                                                               costs .
— as soon as possible after the goods have been
     loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the
     loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods                               Article 7
     as recorded on shipment and the port of
     unloading,                                                 1 . The intervention agency shall take all measures
                                                                necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder for
— at least 10 clear days before arrival at the port of          which a contract is awarded is transported rapidly
     unloading, of the expected date of arrival,                from the port of unloading to the destination points
— at least 72 hours before the ship's arrival in port,          mentioned by the authorities of the recipient coun­
     of the date of arrival .
                                                                tries and communicated by the Commission to the
                                                                intervention agency concerned .
                          Article 5
                                                                2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best
When the delivery provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) has           terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost
been completed the representative of the intervention           of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being
agency shall issue the successful tenderer with a certifi­      taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency
cate to the effect that delivery has been taken of the          of delivery.
quantity of goods taken over from the intervention
agency.                                                         3 . The intervention agency shall communicate
                                                                immediately to the Commission a copy of the private
                                                                contract .
                          Article 6
1 . On request of the Commission nominating a                                          Article 8
port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the
French intervention agency may in agreement with                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the     successful   tenderer  ]have    the  skimmed-milk       following its publication in the Official Journal of
powder delivered to the new nominated port.                     the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 16 July 1975.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission