CELEX: 31973R2599
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2599/73 of the Commission of 25 September 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Bangladesh as food aid

No L 269/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  26. 9 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2599/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 25 September 1973
              opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                    powder to the Republic of Bangladesh as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      The said agency shall procure that the packing is
COMMUNITIES,                                                        marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               'Skimmed-Milk Powder / Gift of the European
Economic Community ;                                                Economic Community to the People's Republic of
                                                                    Bangladesh'.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  2.      Delivery shall take place on a date after 20
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               November and before 10 December 1973 .
amended by the Act concerning the Conditions of
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties (2), and
in particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of
19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                       1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
powder as food aid provides that there shall be made                 incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
available certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ;               vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
whereas the Republic of Bangladesh has requested the                 presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
supply of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                   port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include
which can be made available by the French interven­                  unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting or
tion agency ; whereas tenders should be invited for                  reception costs) or lighterage costs.
such supply, pursuant to Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1885/73 (4) of 12 July 1973 concerning invi­                2. The rates of and rules governing any demurrage
tations to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid,
                                                                     costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the
of skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention
                                                                     country of destination, and any dispatch money to be
agencies ;
                                                                     paid to that country shall be specified in the contract
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                 between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73 , such as the time                    shall be agreed upon in advance between the
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                 successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;                                country of destination . /
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                                                Article 4
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                     The     time    limit  for the   submission   of tenders    is
                                                                     Tuesday, 9 October 1973, at noon .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                             Article 1                                                           Article 5
 Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation
                                                                     The French Government shall :
 (EEC) No 1885/73, for the costs of delivery cif to Chit­
 tagong (Republic of Bangladesh) of 2 000 metric tons
 of skimmed-milk powder.                                              1 . Notify the Commission as soon as possible of the
                                                                          name, registered business name and address of the
                                                                          firm to which the contract is awarded ;
                             Article 2
                                                                      2. Ensure that such firm shall :
  1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
 from the premises of the French intervention agency.                     (a) notify the recipient country, as soon as possible
                                                                               after the goods have been loaded on board ship,
 C)   OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                                   of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­
 (-') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (*)  OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 28 .                                    tity and quality of the goods as recorded on
 (■*) OJ No L  192, 13 . 7 . 1973, p. 31 .                                     shipment and the port of destination ;
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   (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the          3 . Send to the Commission as soon as possible the
        recipient country of the expected date of arrival         information specified at points 2 (a) and (b) above .
        of the ship at the port of destination ;
   (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party                                 Article 6
        a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
        shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
        recipient country of the probable date of arrival     following its publication in the Official Journal of
        of the ship in port ;                                 the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 September 1973 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The Président
                                                                       François-Xavier ORTOLI