CELEX: 31974R3226
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3226/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 on the opening of an invitation to tender for a further quantity of skimmed-milk powder held by the United Kingdom intervention agency

21 . 12 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 342/29
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3226/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 20 December 1974
               on the opening of an invitation to tender for a further quantity of skimmed­
                           milk powder held by the United Kingdom intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       origin of the goods to be indicated by means of a
COMMUNITIES,                                                         description capable of being understood throughout
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the Community ;
Economic Community ;                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the United Kingdom intervention agency
holds certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder                      Tenders shall be invited for the purchase of skimmed­
which, by reasons of its age and its packaging, which                milk powder held by the United Kingdom interven­
was such as to require derogation in order to enable it              tion agency :
to be bought in , is now difficult to conserve and no                — taken into store before 1 December 1 973 ;
longer satisfies the requirements of Article 1 ( 1 ) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 108/68 (3) of 27                    — no longer satisfying the requirements as to quality
July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public                    laid down in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         1108 /68 ;
storage of skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/74 (4) ; whereas Commis­                   — packaged as indicated in the Annex to Regulation
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2826/74 (5) of 1 1                              (EEC) No 2826/74 ; and
November 1974 on the opening of an invitation to                     — bearing on the packaging the following descrip­
tender for skimmed-milk powder held by the United                        tion : 'ex intervention stock'.
Kingdom intervention agency, and Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3029/74 (6) of 29 November 1974,                                              Article 2
provided for the sale of a certain quantity consisting               1.    The invitation to tender shall be conducted in
of the oldest lots ; whereas it has become necessary to              accordance with Article 2(1 ), (2) and (3) of Regulation
invite tenders for a further quantity ; whereas Regula­              (EEC) No 2826/74.
tion (EEC) No 2826/74 may be applied as regards the
procedure governing the invitation to tender ; '                     2. The closing date for the submission of tenders
                                                                     shall be 11 February 1975 at 12 noon .
Whereas, as for the previous quantities, the majority of
the lots put out for tender by this Regulation will,                                          Article 3
because of their high humidity, be used for animal
feeding and will thus qualify for the aid provided for               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ; whereas                following its publication in the Official Journal of
provision should therefore again be made for the                     the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
I1) OJ No L 85, 29. 3. 1974, p. 51 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 184,  29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34.
(")  OJ  No  L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 60 .
(5 ) OJ  No  L 302,  12.  11 . 1 974, p. 5 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 321 , 30 . 11 . 1974, p. 75 .