CELEX: 31976R0645
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 645/76 of 23 March 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to UNICEF for India

25. 3 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 78/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 645/76
                                                         of 23 March 1976
               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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       delivery of 1 220 metric tons of butteroil to UNICEF
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   for India, divided as follows :
of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                   — lot A : 200 metric tons to be delivered cif Bombay,
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                   — lot B : 510 metric tons to be delivered cif Calcutta,
                                                                    — lot C : 510 metric tons to be delivered cif Calcutta.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats under the 1975                 2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­
food-aid programme to certain developing countries                  inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
and to certain international organizations (3), provides            2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering
 inter alia for the supply to UNICEF of 2 000 metric                procedure and to the terms for manufacture and
tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by the                  delivery of the butteroil.
intervention agencies ; whereas UNICEF has
requested the supply of 1 220 metric tons ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules                  1.   The butter which is to be manufactured into
for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid                 butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
programme to certain developing countries and to                    French intervention agency.
certain international organizations (4), requires tenders
to be invited for such supplies ;                                   2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
                                                                    satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following               sively in 5 kg canisters.
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of                 3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries               provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned
and to the World Food Programme (5), as amended by                  Annex, shall be the following :
Regulation (EEC) No 578/76 (6) ; whereas it is still
necessary to add a number of details, particularly as               'Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
regards the time limit for the submission of tenders                nity — Action of UNICEF'.
and the terms of supply ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                           1.    Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
                                                                    not later than 15 May 1976.
(!) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                             2.    Delivery cif shall be deemed to take place when
(3) OJ  No  L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 6.                              the goods are actually set down on the quayside af the
(4  OJ  No  L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 4.
(5) OJ  No  L 229, 30. 8 . 1975, p. 60 .                            port of unloading or on lighters where the latter
M OJ No L 69, 15. 3. 1976, p. 16.                                   method is used .
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3 . On cif delivery, the destined organization shall        2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­
issue to the successful tenderer a taking over letter       ient organization at least 10 days before the antici­
which replaces the certificate specified in Article 15 of   pated date. The successful tenderer has a clause
Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75.                                inserted in the charter party obliging the captain to
                                                            give the country of destination at least 72 hours notice
4. The recipient organization shall be responsible          of the probable date of arrival of the vessel in port.
for all expenditure incurred after delivery, including
acceptance costs.
                                                                                    Article 5
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to
delays for which the recipient organization is respon­       1 . As regards the tenders introduced for lots B and
sible shall be borne by that country.                        C referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) by way of derogation
The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid       from Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75,
                                                            the tenderer shall indicate if his tender is valid for one
down in the contract between the successful tenderer
                                                            or both lots mentioned.
and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the
successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community        2. The closing date for the submission of tenders
and the receiving agent of the recipient organization.       shall be 12 noon on 6 April 1976.
                        Article 4
                                                                                    Article 6
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
the recipient organization of the date of loading, the      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the         following its publication in the Official Journal of
time of loading and the port of unloading.                   the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 23 March 1976.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission