CELEX: 31976R2478
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2478/76 of 12 October 1976 concerning the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid for the Popular Republic of Mozambique

13 . 10 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                      No L 282/ 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2478/76
                                                         of 12 October 1976
                concerning the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid for the
                                                 Popular Republic of Mozambique
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       number of details, particularly as regards the time
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of
                                                                     supply ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Economic Community,                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                                          Article 1
                                                                      1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                    tions (EEC) No 1541 /75 and (EEC) No 2022/76, for
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to                  the manufacture and delivery of a lot of 200 metric
certain developing countries and certain international               tons of butteroil to the Popular Republic of Mozam­
organizations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3),                 bique.
provides for a reserve of 4 550 metric tons of butteroil
obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ;                 2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­
whereas according to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     inafter, the provisions for the manufacture and
2022/76 of 27 July 1976 on the emergency supply of                   delivery of the butteroil of Regulation (EEC) No
butteroil to the Popular Republic of Mozambique in                   2247/75 shall apply.
favour of needy persons in that country as food aid
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/75 (4), 200
metric tons from this reserve shall be allocated to the                                     Article 2
Popular Republic of Mozambique ; whereas this
                                                                      1.   The butter which is to be manufactured into
country has requested the delivery of the abovemen­
tioned quantity ;                                                    butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the
                                                                     Dutch intervention agency.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules                  satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to
for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain deve­             Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­
loping countries and international organizations under               sively in 5 kg canisters.
the 1975 food-aid programme ^), requires tenders to
be invited for such supplies ;                                       3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as
                                                                     provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned
                                                                     Annex, shall be the following :
Whereas it is indicated, as regards to the tendering                 'Butteroil / Don de la communauté économique euro­
procedure, to apply for the provisions of Commission                 péenne à la république populaire du Mozambique / A
Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975                        distribuer gratuitement'.
concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manu­
facture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain             4.    The time limit for the submission of tenders
developing countries and to the World Food                           shall be 26 October 1976 at 12 noon .
Programme (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 221 2/76 (7) ; whereas it is still necessary to add a
                                                                                            Article 3
(!) OJ  No   L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ  No   L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .                            1 . Delivery shall be effected at the port of
(3) OJ  No   L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 6.                              unloading : Maputo.
(4) OJ  No   L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p. 7 .
(5) OJ  No   L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p . 4.
(b) OJ  No   L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .                           2.    Shipment shall take place as soon as possible
(7) OJ  No   L 249, 11 . 9 . 1976, p. 5 .                            and not later than 10 December 1976.
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3. Delivery shall be completed when the goods are                                     Article 4
actually taken from the hold of the ship at the port of
unloading.                                                     1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
                                                              the country of destination of the date of loading, the
4. On delivery, the country of destination shall              quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the
issue to the successful tenderer a taking-over letter         time of loading and the port of unloading.
which replaces the certificate specified in Article 15 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75.                                   2. The successful tenderer shall inform the country
                                                              of destination at least 10 clear days in advance of the
5. The country of destination shall bear all costs            expected date of arrival at the port of ship's unloading.
incurred after delivery including the unloading costs
 such as unstowing, hoisting, acceptance), and any             3.    The successful tenderer shall     include    in   the
lighter costs.                                                 terms of the charter-party a provision stipulating that
 x Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the                the ship's captain shall, at least 72 hours in advance,
port of unloading shall be borne by or for the benefit         notify the country of destination of the ship's prob­
 >f the recipient country. The rates and other details         able date of arrival in port.
  onceming such costs shall be laid down in the
  ontract between      the successful  tenderer and the                               Article 5
  arrier and must have been previously agreed upon by
 he successful tenderer acting as agent for the Commu­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 sity and the recipient agent in the country of destina­       following its publication in the Official Journal of
  on .                                                         the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 12 October 1976.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission