CELEX: 31976R1057
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1057/76 of 6 May 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Islaminc Republic of Mauritania

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1057/76
                                                         of 6 May 1976
              concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the
                                                Islamic Republic of Mauritania
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     manufacture and delivery of 350 metric tons of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       butteroil to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­
 Economic Community,
                                                                    inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  procedure and to the terms for manufacture and
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last               delivery of the butteroil .
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25
March 1976, on the supply of milk fats under the                    1.    The butter which is to be manufactured into
 1976 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­               butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
 tries and to certain international organizations (3),              French intervention agency.
provides inter alia for the supply to the Islamic Repu­
blic of Mauritania of 350 metric tons of butteroil                  2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
obtained from butter held by the intervention agen­                satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
cies ; whereas this country has requested the supply of            Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­
the quantity abovementioned ;                                      sively in 5 kg canisters.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   3.     The words to be printed on the packaging, as
694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules                  provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned
for the supply of milk fats under the 1976 food-aid                Annex, shall be the following :
programme to certain developing countries and to
certain international organizations (4), requires tenders            Butteroil / Don de la Communauté Economique Euro­
to be invited for such supplies ;                                  péenne / A distribuer gratuitement'.
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following              4.     The time limit for the submission of tenders
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to                shall be 18 May 1976.
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries                                        Article J
and to the World Food Programme (5), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 578/76 (6) ; whereas it is still
                                                                    1.    Delivery shall be cif Nouakchott.
necessary to add a number of details, particularly as
regards the time limit for the. submission of tenders
                                                                   2.     Shipment shall take place as soon as possible
and the terms of supply ;                                          and not later than 30 June 1976.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                  3.     Delivery cif shall be regarded as completed when
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                         the goods are effectively removed from the hold of the
                                                                   ship at the port of unloading.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      The country of destination shall bear all costs
                                                                   subsequent to delivery including unloading costs
                            Article 1                              (such as shifting, hoisting or reception costs) and any
                                                                   lighterage costs.
 1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­
tions (EEC) No 694/76 and (EEC) No 695/76, for the                 Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of
                                                                   unloading shall be paid or received by the country of
(')  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                         destination . The rates of and rules governing such
(2)  OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                             costs and dispatch money shall be specified in the
(3)  OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 .                            contract    between   the  successful  tenderer and   the
(4)  OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4 .
(5 ) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .                           shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between
(6)  OJ No L 69 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16.                            the successful tenderer acting as agent of the Commu­
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nity and the reception agent in the country of destina­       The successful tenderer shall include in the terms of
tion .                                                        the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's
                                                              captain shall, at least 72 hours in advance notify the
4.      On cif delivery under the terms set out in para­      country of destination of the ship's probable date of
graph 3 the country of destination shall hand over to         arrival in port.
the agent for the Community a certificate of taking
over .
                                                                                      Article 5
                         Article 4
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify            No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
the country of destination as soon as possible after the      tary or accession) shall be applied to the butteroil
goods have been boaded on board ship, of details of           delivered pursuant to this Regulation .
the ship, the loading date, the quantity and quality of
the goods as recorded on shipment and the port of                                     Article 6
unloading.
2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day after
ient country at least 10 clear days in advance of the         its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
expected date of arrival at the port of ship's unloading.     pean Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 May 1976.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission