CELEX: 31976R0024
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 24/76 of 7 January 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community market to UNICEF as food aid for India

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 24/76
                                                     of 7 January 1976
              on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community
                                        market to UNICEF as food aid 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 invited in accordance with the provi­
                                                                  sions of Regulations (EEC) No 1541 /75 and (EEC) No
                                                                  1542/75 for the supply to UNICEF of 1 220 metric
                                                                  tons of butteroil for India manufactured from butter­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 fats which are of Community origin and not taken
of the market in milk and milk products (]), as last              from public stocks, divided as follows ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                 — Lot     A:   200  metric   tons   to be delivered    cif
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                      Bombay,
                                                                  — Lot     B :  510  metric   tons   to be delivered    cif
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                      Calcutta,
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to               — Lot C : 510       metric   tons   to be delivered    cif
certain developing countries and international organi­                 Calcutta.
zations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3),
provides inter alia the supply of 2 000 metric tons of            2. As regards the tendering procedure and the
butteroil to UNICEF delivered destination ; whereas               conditions governing the manufacture of the butteroil,,
UNICEF has made a request for delivery of 1 220                   the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 shall
metric tons of butteroil ;                                        apply by analogy, without prejudice to the special
                                                                  provisions below.
Whereas on account of the market situation for butter
in the Community, the supply of the abovementioned                                        Article 2
quantity should be ensured by means of butterfat avail­
able on the Community market in accordance with                   1 . The butteroil shall comply, as regards quality
Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1541 /75             and packaging, with the conditions laid down in the
of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules for the                 Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 and shall be
supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing             put up in 5 kg canisters only.
countries and international organizations under the
 1975 food-aid programme ^);                                      2. The words to be printed on the packaging, as
                                                                  provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned
                                                                  Annex, shall be the following :
Whereas an invitation to tender should therefore be
issued for which detailed rules should in the main be
                                                                  'Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
                                                                  nity — Action of UNICEF.'
those of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75
of 20 October 1975 on invitations to tender for the
supply of butteroil bought on the Community market                                        Article 3
as food aid to certain developing countries and to the
World Food Programme (5), except for the provisions                1.    Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
 concerning the way of delivery ;                                  not later than 10 March 1976.
                                                                   2. Delivery cif shall be deemed to take place when
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              the goods are actually set down on the quayside at the
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                 port of unloading or on lighters where the latter
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                        method is used.
 (>) OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .                          3 . The recipient organization shall remit at the
 (2) OJ No L  74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L  157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 6.                             delivery cif, to the successful tenderer, a certificate
 (4) OJ No L  157, 19. 6. 1975, p. 4.                              proving the taking of the goods as referred to in
 (») OJ No L  270, 21 . 10. 1975, p. 11                            Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75.
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4. The recipient organization shall be responsible           pated date. The successful tenderer has a clause
for all expenditure incurred after delivery, including       inserted in the charter-party obliging the captain to
acceptance costs.                                           give the country of destination at least 72 hours notice
                                                            of the probable date of arrival of the vessel in port.
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to
delays for which the recipient organization is respon­
sible shall be borne by that country.                                               Article 5
The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid        1 . As regards to the tenders introduced for Lots B
down in the contract between the successful tenderer        and C referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) by way of derogation
and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the       from Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75,
successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community       the tenderer shall indicate if his tender is valid for one
and the receiving agent of the jrecipient organization.     or both lots mentioned .
                        Article 4                           2. The closing date for the submission of tenders
                                                            shall be 27 January 1976 at 12 noon .
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
to the recipient organization the date of loading, the
quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the                                Article 6
time of loading, the port of unloading.
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­          following its publication in the Official Journal of
ient organization at least 10 days before the antici­        the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 7 January 1976.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                 Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA