CELEX: 31973R2840
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2840/73 of the Commission of 17 October 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Bangla Desh as food aid

19. 10 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 292/ 29
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2840/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 17 October 1973
              opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                             powder to Bangla Desh as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     The said agency shall procure that the packing is
COMMUNITIES,                                                        marked in letter at least 1 cm high :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              'Skimmed-Milk Powder / Gift of the European
Economic Community ;                                                Economic Community to the People's Republic of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Bangla Desh'.
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               2. Delivery shall take place on a date after 1 and
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of                before 16 January 1974.
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in
particular Article 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 3
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of
 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                  1.     Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
No 2700/73 (4), provides that there shall be made avail­            incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
able certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ;                   vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
whereas the Republic of Bangla Desh has requested                   presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
the supply of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                     port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include
powder which can be made available by the Belgian                  unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting or
intervention agency ; whereas tenders should be                     reception costs) or lighterage costs .
invited for such supply, pursuant to Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1 885/73 (5 ) of 12 July 1973                   2. The rates of and rules governing any demurrage
concerning invitations to tender for the costs of                  costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the
delivery, as food aid, of skimmed-milk powder held by               country of destination, and any dispatch money to be
the intervention agencies ;                                         paid to that country shall be specified in the contract
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73 , such as the time                   shall be agreed upon in advance between the
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;                               country of destination .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                                             Article 4
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                   The time limit for the submission of tenders is
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      Tuesday, 13 November 1973 , at noon .
                            Article 1
                                                                                              Article 5
Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation
( EEC) No 1885/ 73 , for the costs of delivery cif to Chit­
tagong (Republic of Bangla Desh) of 2 000 metric tons              The Belgian Government shall :
of skimmed-milk powder.
                                                                    1 . notify the Commission as soon as possible of the
                            Article 2                                   name, registered business name and address of the
                                                                        firm to which the contract is awarded ;
 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
from the premises of the Belgian interventions                      2 . ensure that such firm shall :
agency .
                                                                        (a) notify the recipient country, as soon as possible
()) O ) No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                                 after the goods have been loaded on board ship,
(-') O") No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                      of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­
(>) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28.
(■») OJ No L 279 , 5. 10 . 1973 , p. 1 .                                    tity and quality of the goods as recorded on
p OJ No L 192, 13. 7. 1973, p. 31 .                                         shipment and the port of destination ;
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  (b) at least ten clear days in advance, inform the        3 . send to the Commission as soon as possible the
      recipient country of the expected date of arrival         information specified at points 2 (a) and (b) above.
      of the ship at the port of destination ;
  (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party                                Article 6
      a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
      shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      recipient country of the probable date of arrival     following its publication in the Official Journal of
      of the ship in port ;                                 the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 17 October 1973 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     François-Xavier ORTOLI