CELEX: 31976R2002
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2002/76 of 10 August 1976 on the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil to certain third countries as food aid for UNICEF

No L 220/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 8 . 76
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2002/76
                                                       of 10 August 1976
                on the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil to certain third countries
                                                    as food aid for UNICEF
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      programme to certain developing countries and to
                                                                   certain international organizations (6), and Article 5 of
                                                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25 March
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1976 laying down general rules for the supply of milk
 Economic Community,                                               fats to certain developing countries and international
                                                                   organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme (7),
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      require tenders to be invited for such supplies ;
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last               Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                  the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to
                                                                   tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                  butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats under the 1975                and to the World Food Programme (8), as amended by
food-aid programme to certain developing countries                 Regulation (EEC) No 578/76 (9) ; whereas, it is still
and to certain international organizations (3), provides           necessary to add a number of details, particularly as
 inter alia for the supply to UNICEF of 2 000 metric               regards the time limit for the submission of tenders
tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by the                 and the terms of supply ;
intervention agencies ;
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­
loping countries and international organizations under
the 1976 food-aid programme ^), provides inter alia
for the supply to UNICEF of 2 000 metric tons of
butteroil obtained from butter held by the interven­
tion agencies ;                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1527/76 of 21 June 1976 on the emergency                                               Article 1
supply of butteroil to the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the
United Nations Children 's Fund as food aid for the                 1 . Tenders are invited, pursuant to the provisions
people of Vietnam under Regulation (EEC) No                        laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 1541 /75, (EEC)
 1 542/75 (5), 600 metric tons of the reserve provided             No 1542/75, (EEC) No 694/76, (EEC) No 695/76 and
for in Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 shall be allocated              (EEC) No 1527/76, for the manufacture and delivery
to UNICEF for the people of Vietnam ;                              of 2 239 metric tons of butteroil to UNICEF, divided
                                                                   into the following lots and for the following destina­
                                                                   tions :
Whereas UNICEF has requested the supply of 2 239
metric tons of butteroil for various third countries, of           — lot A : 1 20 metric tons for Angola, to be delivered
which 300 metric tons is to be taken from the above­                     cif Luanda ;
mentioned reserve ;
                                                                   — lot B : 180 metric tons for Tanzania, to be deliv­
                                                                         ered cif Dar-Es-Salaam ;
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules                — lot C : 95 metric tons for Burma, to be delivered
                                                                         cif Rangoon ;
(•) OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.
 2  OJ  No  L  67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                           (6)  OJ  No  L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 4.
(3) OJ  No  L  157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 6 .                           ( 7) OJ  No  L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4.
(") OJ  No  L  83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 .                           (8)  OJ  No  L 229, 30 . 8 . 1976, p. 60 .
 5  OJ  No  L  170, 29 . 6. 1976, p. 1 .                           H    OJ  No  L 69, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16.
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— lot D : 144 metric tons for Yemen (Democratic              at the unloading port or on lighters where the latter
     and People's Republic), to be delivered cif Aden ;       method is used .
— lot E : 480 metric tons for Vietnam , to be deliv­
     ered cif Haiphong ;                                      3.    On cif delivery, the organization of destination
                                                             shall issue to the successful tenderer a taking-over
— lot F 1 : 610 metric tons for Ethiopia, to be deliv­        letter which replaces the certificate specified in Article
     ered cif Massawa ;
                                                              15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 .
— lot F 2 : 610 metric tons for Ethiopia, to be deliv­
     ered cif Massawa .
                                                             4. The organization of destination shall be respon­
                                                             sible for all expenditure incurred after delivery,
2. Subject to the special provisions contained                including acceptance costs.
hereinafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering              Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to
procedure and to the terms for manufacture and                delays for which the recipient organization is respon­
delivery of the butteroil .                                   sible shall be borne by that country.
                                                              The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid
                         Article 2                            down in the contract between the successful tenderer
                                                              and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the
1.     The butter which is to be manufactured into            successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community
butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the           and the receiving agent of the recipient organization .
following intervention agencies :
— as regards lots A to D : the Dutch intervention                                     Article 4
     agency ;
— as regards lot E : the French intervention agency ;          1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
— as regards lots F 1 and F 2 : the German interven­          the recipient organization of the date of loading, the
     tion agency.                                             quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the
                                                              time of loading and the port of unloading.
2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall
satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to            2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­
Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­          ient organization at least 10 days before the antici­
sively in 5 kg canisters.                                     pated date. The successful tenderer has a clause
                                                              inserted in the charter party obliging the captain to
                                                              give the country of destination at least , 72 hours notice
3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as
                                                              of the probable date of arrival of the vessel in port.
provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex mentioned
in the preceding paragraph, shall be as follows :
— as regards lot A : ' Butteroil / Dom da Comunidade                                  Article 5
     econòmica europeia / Acçâo do UNICEF'
— as regards lots B, C, D and F : ' Butteroil / Gift of        1 . As regards the tenders introduced for lots F 1
     the European Economic Community / Action of               and F 2 referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) by way of deroga­
     UNICEF'
                                                               tion from Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
— as regards lot E : ' Butteroil / Don de la Commu­            2247/ 75, the tenderer shall indicate if his tender is
                                                              valid for one or for both lots mentioned .
     nauté économique européenne à l'UNICEF en
     faveur du peuple du Viêt-Nam'.
                                                               2. The closing date for the submission of tenders
                                                               shall be 24 August 1976 at 12 noon .
                         Article 3
 1.     Loading shall take place as soon as possible and                              Article 6
not later than 10 October 1976 .
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2.      Delivery cif shall be considered as completed          following its publication in the Official Journal of
when the goods are actually deposited on the quayside           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, 10 August 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                       f
                                                              Member of the Commission