CELEX: 31974R2558
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2558/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Afghanistan, India and Lebanon

No L 274/ 10                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              9 . 10 . 74
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2558 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 4 October 1974
                 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to
                                                   Afghanistan , India and Lebanon
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         —   lot  D:  500 metric  tons  for shipment to   India,
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                       —   lot  E: 590  metric tons  for shipment to   India,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  —   lot  F: 500  metric tons  for shipment to   India,
Economic Community ;                                                   —   lot G:   250 metric tons  for shipment to   Lebanon .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                     2.     Delivery of the quantity corresponding to lot A
                                                                       shall take place from Le Havre . As regards the other
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                       lots the delivery shall take place from a Community
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
                                                                       port accessible for ocean-going ships .
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4
                                                                                               Article 2
March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply
of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries
                                                                       The butter for the manufacture of the butteroil shall
and certain international organizations provides inter
alia that butteroil obtained from butter held by inter­                be taken from stocks held by the following :
vention agencies is to be made available to Afghan­
istan , India and Lebanon ; whereas these countries                    — as regards lots A, F and G , the French intervention
                                                                           agency ;
have made a request for delivery of 600 metric tons,
2 590 metric tons and 250 metric tons respectively ;                   — as regards lot B, the Belgian intervention agency ;
whereas the supply costs of that butteroil must be put                 — as regards lots C, D and E, the German interven­
out to tender under the terms and conditions laid
                                                                           tion agency.
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1 365/74 (4 ) of 31 May 1974 on the supply of butteroil
as food aid to certain developing countries ;                                                  Article 3
Whereas certain points in Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1.     With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply
 1365/74 must be specified in greater detail, in parti­                with the conditions laid down in title I of the Annex
cular the time limit for the submission of tenders and
                                                                       to Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74 . However, as regards
the terms of delivery of the butteroil ;
                                                                       the lots B to F the maximum content of free fatty
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                   acids is fixed at 0-3 % (expressed in oleic acids) and
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                      the index of peroxide is fixed at 0-5 maximum (in
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                            milliequivalent of active oxygen per kg).
                                                                       2.     The butteroil shall be put up in 20 kg metal
                                                                       canisters .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       3 . The words to be printed on the label as provided
                               Article 1                               under II 3 (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1365/74 shall be the following :
 1.     Tenders shall be invited under the terms and
conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74                    — in respect of lot A :
for the manufacture and delivery of 3 440 metric tons                      'Gift of the European Economic Community to
of butteroil divided up into the following lots :                          the Republic of Afghanistan for free distribution ' ;
— lot A : 600 metric tons for shipment to Afghan­                      — in respect of lot B to F :
      istan ,
                                                                           'Gift of the European Economic Community to
— lot B : 500 metric tons for shipment to India,                           the Republic of India ' ;     *
— lot C : 500 metric tons for shipment to India ,
                                                                       — in respect of lot G :
(')  OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                              ' Don de la Communaute economique europeenne
(-') OJ   No  L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
(3 ) OJ   No  L 65 , 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 .                                  a la Republique du Liban a distribuer gratuite­
(*)  OJ   No  L 147, 1 . 6 . 1974, p. 46 .                                 ment'.
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                         Article 4                            — after 30 November and before 16 December 1974
                                                                   as regards the lots D, E and F.
1.     The closing date for the submission of tenders
shall be 22 October 1974 at 12 noon .
                                                                                        Article 5
2.      Delivery shall be made on a date to be fixed by
the intervention agency concerned as follows :                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
— after 14 and before 30 November 1974 as regards              following its publication in the Official Journal of
     the lots A, B, C and G ;                                  the European 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
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI