CELEX: 31975R2072
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2072/75 of the Commission of 7 August 1975 concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to Upper Volta

8 . 8 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 210 / 17
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 2072/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 7 August 1975
                concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
                                              butteroil as food aid to Upper Volta
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                               Article 2
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                     1.   Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the
Economic Community ;                                                butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       vention agency's storage depots and the time when
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  the butteroil is actually placed on the quay at the port
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               of unloading.
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 ('), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                          The country of destination shall bear all costs
                                                                    subsequent to delivery, including reception costs.
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3235/ 74 (3 ) of
 17 December 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food
aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethiopia and Somalia            2.     Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
under Regulation ( EEC) No 530/74, provides inter                   port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
 alia for the supply of 800 metric tons of butteroil to             may be) by the recipient country . The rates of and
 Upper Volta ; whereas that country has applied for                 rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall
400 metric tons to be delivered ;                                   be specified in the contract between the successful
                                                                    tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the
Whereas the costs of this supply must form the                      shipper and shall be agreed upon in advance between
subject of an invitation to tender in accordance with               the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 750 /75 (4 ) of 21                  country of destination .
March 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the
costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food
aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia ; as                                          Article 3
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 1 54/ 75 (5 ) ;
whereas however for the purpose of Regulation ( EEC)                 1.    The butter which is to be manufactured into
No 750/75 certain items must be specified , such as
the time limit for the submission of tenders and the                butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
terms of delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may                  French intervention agency.
prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed
ports of destination , to divert the butteroil to another            2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
port ; whereas provision should therefore be made for               satisfy the requirements laid down in. the Annex to
amending, should the need arise, the costs already                   Regulation ( EEC) No 750/75 .
agreed on ;
                                                                     It shall be put up exclusively in 5 kg canisters .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                         The wording referred to in point II (3) of the said
                                                                    Annex shall be , in letters not less than one centimetre
                                                                     high :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                    ' Don de la Communauté économique européenne à la
                                                                     Republique de Haute-Volta — à distribuer gratuite­
                              /1 rticle /                            ment '.
Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation
( EEC) No 750/75 , for the costs of manufacture and
                                                                    3.      Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
                                                                     not later than 30 September 1975 .
delivery of a lot of 400 metric tons of butteroil to be
delivered cif Abidjan , following Article 2 .
  ') O ) No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13.                                                  Article 4
 -)  0~) No I. 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p . 1 .
 ->) O'l No L  346, 24 . 12 . 1974, p . 3
 4)  OÌ  No L  74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 30 .                            The time limit for the submission of tenders is 26
 *)  O") No L  ! 14, 3 . 5 . 1975, p. I.                            August 1975 at 12 noon .
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                          Article 5                            2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best
The French Government shall :
                                                               terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost
                                                               of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :                taken of prevailling transport terms and of the
                                                               urgency of delivery.
    (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as
        possible after the goods have been loaded on           3 . The intervention agency shall communicate
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading        immediately to the Commission a copy of the private
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as         contract .
        recorded on shipment and the port of
        unloading ;                                                                    Article 7
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the
        country of destination of the expected date of         1 . At the request of the Commission nominating a
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;              port other than those provided for in Article 1 , the
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party        French intervention agency may, in agreement with
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain        the successful tenderer, have the butteroil delivered to
        shall , at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       the new port nominated .
        country of destination of the ship's probable
        date of arrival in port ;                              2.      In such case the French intervention agency is
                                                               to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­
2 . send to the Commission as soon as possible the             tion or increase against the costs originally agreed.
    information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
                                                               3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
                          Article 6
                                                               nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of
                                                               costs .
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all
measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil is trans­                              Article 8
ported rapidly from the port of Abidjan to the places
of destination designated by the authorities of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
recipient country and communicated by the Commis­              following the publication in the Official Journal of
sion to the intervention agency concerned .                    the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 7 August 1975 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission