CELEX: 31974R0575
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 575/74 of the Commission of 8 March 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid

13 . 3 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 70/ 21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 575/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 8 March 1974
               on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk
                                                         powder as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        skimmed-milk powder, it appears that the abovemen­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tioned quantities of skimmed-milk powder could be
                                                                      supplied by the German and French intervention
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 agencies ; whereas, furthermore, in view of the small
Economic Community ;                                                  quantity to be delivered to the ICRC and of the fact
                                                                      that it is intended for Sahel countries, a single invita­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          tion to tender should be issued for the costs of de­
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    livering to the ICRC and to the Sahel countries ;
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in
                                                                      Whereas the terms of delivery and of taking over the
particular Articles 7 (5) and Article 28 thereof ;                    skimmed-milk powder should, however, be specified ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
14 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be
supplied to those countries ;
Whereas, Niger and Upper Volta have requested the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
supply, as emergency aid, of 330 and 1 100 metric
tons of skimmed-milk powder respectively ; whereas
the costs of delivering these supplies must be put out                                        Article 1
to tender as provided in Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1 92/74 (4) of 18 January 1974 on the supply                 Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­
of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries                   tion (EEC) No 192/74 for the cost of delivering 1 470
of the Sahel and Ethiopia ;                                           metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, divided up as
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (5) of                   specified below, to the following destinations :
 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                       — Lot A :
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2700/73 (6), provides inter alia for 6 000 metric                      350 metric tons for Niger, to be delivered as
                                                                          follows :
tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made available to
the     International      Committee        of  the   Red  Cross          350 metric tons to Zinder via Apapa, including 20
(ICRC) ;                                                                  metric tons for the ICRC :
Whereas the ICRC has requested the supply, as emer­                   — Lot B :
gency aid, of 40 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
comprising 20 metric tons for Niger and 20 metric                          1 120 metric tons for Upper Volta, to be delivered
                                                                          as follows :
tons for Upper Volta ; whereas the corresponding
costs of delivery must be put out to tender in accor­                     440 metric tons to Ouagadougou via Abidjan
dance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                 680 metric tons to Bobo-Dioulasso via Abidjan,
 1885/73 (7) of 12 July 1973 concerning invitations to                    including 20 metric tons for the ICRC.
tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid, of
skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention agen­
cies ;                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­               The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed from the
vention agencies and to the situation of the market in                 premises of the intervention agencies as follows :
(») OJ   No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                          — Lot A from the French intervention agency ;
(2) OJ   No  L 49 , 21 . 2. 1974, p. 2.
(3) OJ   No  L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 50.                             — Lot B from the German intervention agency.
(«) OJ   No  L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p. 33 .
(s) OJ   No  L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28,
(6) OJ   No  L 279, 5. 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                              The intervention agencies shall procure that the
(7) OJ   No  L  192, 12. 7 . 1973 , p . 31                             packing is marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
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— in the case of lot A :                                    — notifies the Commission, the country of destina­
    on 330 metric tons :                                         tion, the representative of the intervention agency
                                                                 at the place of destination and the ICRC represen­
    'Lait écreme en poudre                                       tative, as regards the respective quantities with
    Don de la Communauté économique européenne                   which they are concerned :
    au Niger
    A distribuer gratuitement' ;                                 — 10 days before the goods' expected date of
    on 20 metric tons for the ICRC :                                  arrival, of the means of transport to be used to
                                                                      carry the goods to the place of destination, the
    a red cross 1 5 cm by 1 5 cm and the words :                      means of shipment to be used during the inter­
                                                                      mediary phases, the date of loading and the
    'Lait écreme en poudre                                            quantity and quality of the goods as recorded
    Don de la Communauté économique européenne                        on shipment from the Community ;
    Action     du  Comité   International  delà  Croix­
    Rouge' ;                                                     — at least two days in advance, of the date of
— in the case of lot B :
                                                                      arrival of the goods at the place of destination ;
    on 1 100 metric tons :
                                                             — has separate bill of loading made out for ICRC
                                                                 supplies and for Sahel country supplies.
    ' Lait écrémé en poudre
    Don de la Communauté économique européenne
    à la Haute-Volta
    A distribuer gratuitement' ;                                                       Article 7
    on 20 metric tons for the ICRC :
                                                             1 . The intervention agency shall take all measures
    a red cross 1 5 cm by 1 5 cm and the words :             necessary to ensure that the 330 metric tons for Niger
    'Lait écrémé en poudre                                   and the 1 100 metric tons for Upper Volta for which
     Don de la Communauté économique européenne              contracts are awarded, are transported rapidly from the
    Action    du  Comité   International  de  la Croix­      place of destination to the distribution points .
    Rouge'.
                                                             It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of
                        Article 3
                                                             such transport on the best terms possible, account
                                                             being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the
                                                             urgency of delivery.
The tenders shall be for the delivery costs incurred
between removal of the goods from the storage depots
of the relevant interventions agencies and their             2'. The distribution points provided for in para­
delivery at the places of destination specified in           graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the
Article 1 , including unloading costs.                       recipient countries and shall be communicated by the
                                                             Commission to the intervention agency concerned .
Delivery shall be completed when the goods actually
arrive at the place of destination .
                                                                                       Article 8
                        Article 4
The intervention agencies supplying the skimmed­             When the delivery provided for in Article 3 has been
milk powder be responsible for the invitation to             completed, the certificate to the effect that delivery
tender provided for in the previous Articles.                has been taken of the quantity of goods taken over
                                                             from the intervention agency shall be issued :
                        Article 5                            — in the case of ICRC supplies by the ICRC recep­
                                                                 tion agent ;
1.     The time limit for the submission of tenders
shall be 26 March 1974 at 12 noon .                          — in the case of the other supplies : by the repre­
                                                                 sentative of the intervention agency at the place of
                                                                 destination .
2. Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
be completed on 20 April 1974 at the latest.
                                                                                       Article 9
                        Article 6
In respect of the supplies for which its intervention        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
agency is responsible, the Government concerned              following its publication in the Official Journal of
shall ensure that the successful tenderer :                   the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .'
            Done at Brussels, 8 March 1974.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                . Francois-Xavier ORTOLI