CELEX: 31973R3421
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-20
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3421/73 of the Commission of 17 December 1973 on invitations to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme

20. 12. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 351 / 13
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3421/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 17 December 1973
               on invitations to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to the
                                                    World Food Programme
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   fied in the second paragraph of Article 2 on the
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                     packing in the language specified below and to
                                                                    take over from the French intervention agency to
 Having regard to Treaty establishing the European                  supply fob Dunkerque, Le Havre and/or Marseille
  Economic Community ;                                              to the following destinations :
                                                                   Skikda/Algeria 380 tons \
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Oran/Algeria      230 tons j
 804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­                   Algiers/Algeria 210 tons ( .         . .    . „     ,
 zation of the market in milk and milk products, as                         p j   /              / inscription in French
                                                                    Dar es balam/                [        r
 last amended by the Act (2) concerning the Con­                    in transit to                \
 ditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the                    Burundi            50 tons /
  Treaties, and in particular Article 7 <(5 ) thereof ;
                                                                    Abidjan/                     \
                                                                    Ivory/Coast        10 tons /
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3)                   Djibouti/                   / inscription in English
  of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed­                    Ethiopia            15 tons \
  milk powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation                Banjul/Gambia       50 tons /
 ( EEC) No 2700/73 (4), provides for the delivery of
                                                                    Port Louis/                  )
 certain quantities af skimmed-milk powder ; whereas
 the World Food Programme has requested delivery                   Mauritius         460 tons > inscription in French
 of 2 005 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, which                Tartous/Syria     500 tons )
 can be supplied by the French intervention agency ;               Alexandria/
 whereas the delivery costs 'for these supplies must               Arab Republic
 be determined for the relevant intervention agency                of Egypt          100 tons      inscription in English
 by inviting tenders in accordance with Commission
 Regulation ( EEC) No 1885/73 (5) of 12 July 1973                                           Article 2
 on invitations to tender for the cost of delivery, as             The French intervention agency shall invite tenders
 food aid, of skimmed-milk powder held by the in­                  to determine the costs of delivery fob.
 tervention agencies ;
                                                                   It shall ensure that the country of destination and
 Whereas certain details of Regulation (EEC) No                     the port of unloading as well as the following in­
 1885/73 must, however, be clarified, in particular                 scription are made on the packing in the language
 as regards the time limit (for submitting tenders and              specified in Article 1 in letters at least 1 cm high,
the terms of delivery of the skiimmed-milk powder ;                as required :
                                                                   — 'Lait ecreme en poudre, Action Programme ali­
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­                        mentaire mondial — Don de la Communaute eco­
 lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the                       nomique europeenne' ;
 Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                  — 'Skimmed-milk         powder,     World      Food    Pro­
                                                                        gramme Action — Gift of the European Econo­
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          mic Community'.
                                                                   In addition it shall supply 2 °/o of the number of
                         Article 1                                 bags, empty, identical to those containing the goods
                                                                   and to be delivered with the goods .
Tenders shall be invited An conformity with Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1885/73 , to determine the costs of                                          Article 3
delivery fob to the WFP of 2 005 metric tons of                    Delivery fob shall be made on a date determined
 skimmed-milk powder, bearing the inscription speci­               by the relevant intervention agency after 1 March
                                                                   1974 but before 17 March 1974 .
(!) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(*) OJ No L 73, 27. 3.;1972, p. 14.                                                         Article 4
(3) OJ No L 291 , 28. 12. *1972, p. 28 .
(4) OJ No L 279, 5 . 10. 1973, p. 1 .                              The closing date for submission of tenders shall be
(5) OJ No L 192, 13 . 7. 1973, ,p. 31 .                            22 January 1974 at noon .
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                       Article 5                             powder delivered, to cover transport and distribution
                                                             costs .
                                                                                     Article 6
The French intervention agency shall, within sixty
days following taking over of the relevant quantity          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
by the WFP, pay to the WFP a standard-rate contri­           day following its publication in the Official Journal
bution of $ 80 per metric ton of skimmed-milk                of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI