CELEX: 31973R2388
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2388/73 of the Commission of 31 August 1973 concerning the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply as food aid to certain third countries of skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on the Community market

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2388/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 31 August 1973
                 concerning the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply as food aid to
                 certain third countries of skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on the
                                                      Community market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    giano Reggiano cheeses for the 1973/74 milk year,
COMMUNITIES,                                                      prices of skimmed-milk powder vary within the
                                                                  Community ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2721 /72 (') of 19 December 1972 on the supply of
skimmed-milk powder as food aid, and in particular
Article 4 thereof ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 provides, inter
 alia, for the supply of 29 450 metric tons of skimmed­                                   Article 1
milk powder to the World Food Programme ; whereas
that Regulation also provides that if there is not                 1 . There shall be purchased on the Community
enough skimmed-milk powder available in public                    market for supply to the World Food Programme
stocks with the characteristics necessary for its parti­
                                                                  4 574 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, such
cular destination , supplies may be obtained by                    purchase to be effected in accordance with the pro­
purchase on the Community market and that such                    cedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /73 .
purchase is to be effected under a tendering pro­
cedure ;
                                                                   2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be delivered
                                                                   fob, in the following lots :
Whereas the World Food Programme has asked for
4 574 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, for ship­               (a) 750 metric tons for shipment to Colombia,
ment to various third countries ; whereas , in view of
                                                                  (b) 750 metric tons for shipment to Colombia,
the distance of the recipient countries concerned, a
stronger packing is required than that prescribed in              (c) 530 metric tons for shipment to Colombia,
the case of skimmed-milk powder bought in under                   (d) 900 metric tons for shipment to India,
intervention arrangements ; whereas the powder must
therefore be purchased on the Community market ;                  (e) 400 metric tons for shipment to India,
                                                                  (f) 500 metric tons for shipment to India,
Whereas supply of the powder, for delivery fob, must              (g) 620 metric tons for shipment to India,
be put out to tender, the tendering procedure being
that set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    (h) 124 metric tons for shipment to Nepal .
 191 1 /73 (2 ) of 13 July 1973 concerning invitations to
tender for the supply as food aid of skimmed-milk                  3.    Delivery of the above lots shall take place on a
powder bought in the Community market ; whereas,                  date between 25 October and 10 November 1973 to
however, in order to apply that Regulation certain                be set bv the intervention agency concerned .
additional particulars are required , in particular as
regards the destination of the skimmed-milk powder,
the time limit for the submission of tenders and the                                      Article 2
terms of delivery ; whereas, account should also be
taken of the fact that, as a result of the reduction of           The skimmed-milk powder in question shall be pack­
the intervention price in certain Member States                   aged in 25 kg bags answering to the specifications set
pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC)             out in the Annex hereto .
No 1 188 / 763 ( 3 ) of 8 May 1973 fixing the target price
for milk and the intervention prices for butter,
skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmi­                                           Article 3
(') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 28 .
(-') OJ No L 196, 17 . 7 . 1973 , p . 12 .                        The Community port indicated in the tender must be
h) OJ No L 122, 9 . 5. 1973, p. 1 .                               a port accessible to seagoing vessels .
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                       Article 4                            However, when the maximum amount referred to in
                                                           Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /73 is being
The time limit for the submission of tenders shall
                                                           fixed, account shall be taken of the reduction pursuant
expire on 25 September 1973 at 12 noon .                   to Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 188 /73 in the
                                                           intervention price applicable in Germany and in the
                       Article 5                            Benelux States .
                                                                                     Article 6
The corrective referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 188 /73 shall not be applied to            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
skimmed-milk powder supplied under this Regula­            following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion .                                                      the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                               ANNEX
             I. Packing :
                 (a) net weight of contents 25 kg,
                 (b) composition of packing :
                      1 Kraft paper bag of a strength of at least 90 g/m2,
                      3 Kraft paper bags of a strength of at least 70 g/m2
                      1 interposed tar-lined paper bag of a strength of at least 140 g/m2 (*),
                      1 separate inner bag of polyethylene of at least 0-10 mm thickness, closed by double
                      binding.
            II. Marking of packing :
                 The bag must bear, in the language specified by the relevant agency, the following particu­
                 lars :
                 (a) port of destination,
                 (b) description 'skimmed-milk powder',
                 (c) the words : 'Gift of the European Communities — World Food Programme Action'*
                 (d) net weight : '25 kg',
                 (e) name and address of the successful tenderer,
                 (f) lot number and number of bags comprising the lot.
            (') This bag may be replaced by a Kraft bag lined with polyethylene of total combined strength of at least 80 g +
                15 g/m1 .