CELEX: 31975R2684
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2684/75 of the Commission of 21 October 1975 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to UNICEF for India

No L 272/ 16                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 10 . 75
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 2684/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 21 October 1975
                 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to
                                                            UNICEF for India
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 hereby invited, pursuant to Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1541 /75, for the manufacture and
                                                                         delivery of a lot of 150 metric tons of butteroil to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             UNICEF for India, to be delivered cif Bombay, in
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                       accordance with Article 2 .
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in                      2.     Subject to the special provisions contained here­
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                       inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering
                                                                         procedure and to the terms for manufacture and
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 542/75 (3 ) of                    delivery of the butteroil .
16 June 1975 for the supply of milk fats under the
1975 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­
tries and to certain international organizations,                                                 Article 2
provides inter alia for the supply to UNICEF of
2 000 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter
                                                                          1.    Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred
held by the intervention agencies ; whereas UNICEF
has requested the supply of 150 metric tons ;                            in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the
                                                                         butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­
                                                                         vention agency's storage depots and the time when
                                                                         the butteroil is actually placed on the quay or on
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        board a lighter at the port of unloading.
 1541 / 75 (4 ) of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules
for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid
programme to certain developing countries and to                         2.     Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading
certain international organizations, requires tenders to                 due to delays attributable to the recipient organization
be invited for such supplies ;                                           shall be borne by it. The rates of and rules governing
                                                                         such costs shall be laid down in the contract between
                                                                          the successful tenderer and the shipper and shall be
                                                                          agreed upon in advance between the successful
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following                     tenderer acting as agent for the Community and the
 the provisions of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                        reception agent of the recipient organization .
 2247/ 75 (5 ) of the 29 August 1975, concerning invita­
 tions   to   tender     for the      costs    of  manufacture  and
 delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing
                                                                                                  Article 3
 countries and to the World Food Programme ;
 whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details,
 particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­                    1.   The butter which is to be manufactured into
 sion of tenders and the terms of supply ;                                butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
                                                                          Dutch intervention agency .
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                     2.    The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                        satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                              Regulation ( EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put up
                                                                          exclusively in 5 kg canisters .
  ')  OJ No    L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13.
  :)  OJ No    L 74 , 22 .      1975 , p. 1 .
  ■') OJ No    L  157, 19 .  6 . 1975 , p. 6 .                            The wording referred to in Chapter II (2) (b) of the
  4)  OJ No    L  157, 19 .  6 . 1975 , p. 4 .                            said Annex, to be marked on the packaging shall be
  5)  OJ No    L 229 , 30 .  8 . 1975 , p. 60                             the following :
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' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­           quality of the goods as recorded at time of loading
nity — Action of the United Nations Children's Fund          and the port of unloading.
(UNICEF)'.
                                                              2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­
3.     Loading shall take place as soon as possible and       ient at least 10 clear days in advance of the expected
not later than 30 December 1975 .                             date of arrival of the ship in the port of unloading.
                                                             The successful tenderer shall have included in the
                         Article 4                            terms of the charter-party a provision stipulating that
                                                              the ship's captain shall inform the recipient at least 72
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 18            hours in advance of the ship's probable date of arrival
 November 1975 at 12 noon .                                   in port.
                         Article 5                                                    Article 6
  1 . The intervention agency concerned shall as soon         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 as possible notify the recipient body of the name of         following its publication in the Official Journal of
 the vessel , the date of loading, the quantity and the        the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 21 October 1975 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission