CELEX: 31974R1888
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-18
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1888/74 of the Commission of 18 July 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Chad

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                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1888/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 18 July 1974
                on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to
                                                              the Chad
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                                 Article 3
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                      The tenders shall be for the cost of manufacturing the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                      butteroil and delivering it to the place of destination
                                                                      specified in Article 1 , including unloading costs .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    Delivery shall be completed when the goods actually
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                 arrive at the place of destination .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                                               Article 4
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 (3) of
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the
supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the               The closing date for the submission of tenders shall
Sahel and Ethiopia provides for 6 000 metric tons of                  be 13 August 1974 at 12 noon .
butteroil processed from 7 320 metric tons of butter to
be put at the disposal of those countries ; whereas the
                                                                                               Article 5
Chad has requested the supply of 150 metric tons of
butteroil ; whereas supply must be put out to tender as
                                                                      The French Government :
provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
567/74 (4) of 8 March 1974 concerning the supply of                   1 . shall ensure that the successful tenderer notifies the
butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and
                                                                          country of destination and the representative of the
Ethiopia ;
                                                                          intervention agency at the place of destination :
Whereas, however, the application of Regulation
(EEC) No 567/74 requires that certains points be                          — 10 days before the goods' expected date of
specified in greater detail, particularly the time limit                      arrival, of the means of transport to be used to
for   the   submission      of  tenders     and   the  terms  of              carry the goods to the place of destination , the
delivery of the butteroil ;                                                   port of unloading, the means of shipment to be
                                                                              used during the intermediary phases, the date
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                          of loading and the quantity and quality of the
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                             goods as recorded on shipment from the
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                                   Community ;
                                                                          — at least two days in advance of the date of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                 arrival of the goods at the place of destination ;
                             Article 1                                2 . shall transmit as soon as possible to the Commis­
                                                                          sion the information provided for in paragraph 1 .
Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­
tion (EEC) No 567/ 74 for the costs of manufacture
and delivery of one lot of 150 metric tons of butteroil                                        Article 6
for the Chad and to be delivered to N'Djamena.
                                                                      1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all
                             Article 2
                                                                      measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil for
 1.     The butter for the manufacture of butteroil shall             which a contract is awarded is transported rapidly
be removed from the premises of the French interven­                  from the place of destination to the distribution
tion agency.                                                          points.
2.      Loading of the butteroil shall take place as soon             It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of
as possible and be completed on 10 September 1974                     such transport on the best terms possible, account
at the latest .
                                                                      being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the
                                                                      urgency of delivery.
(>)  OJ  No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2)  OJ  No  L  85, 29. 3. 1974, p. 51 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L  359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 51                           2. The ^distribution points provided for in para­
(4)  OJ  No  L  69, 12. 3 . 1974, p. 3 .                              graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the
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recipient countries and shall be communicated by the        succesful tenderer with a certificate to the effect that
Commission to the intervention agency concerned .           delivery has been taken of the quantity of butteroil for
                                                            which the contract was awarded .
                       Article 7                                                     Article 8
When the delivery provided for in Article 3 has been        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
completed the representative of the intervention            following its publication in the Official Journal of
agency at the place of destination shall issue the          the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 18 July 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI