CELEX: 31975R1971
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1971/75 of the Commission of 29 July 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to certain third countries as food aid to the World Food Programme

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                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1971 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 29 July 1975
                 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to
                         certain third countries as food aid to the World Food Programme
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       — 273 metric tons for India ,
COMMUNITIES,                                                         — 130 metric tons for Sri Lanka,
                                                                     — 100 metric tons for Indonesia ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                — 40 metric tons for Pakistan .
Economic Community ;
                                                                     2.     The butter to be used for the manufacture of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         butteroil shall be collected from the French interven­
804/ 68 ( 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                     tion agency.
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740 /75 (2 ), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 530/74 (3 ) of 4
March 1 974 laying down general rules for the supply                  1.    With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply
of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries             with the conditions laid down in heading I of the
                                                                     Annex . .
and certain international organizations, provides inter
u Iid that 15 000 metric tons of butteroil taken from
butter stocks held by the intervention agencies are                  2 . The butteroil shall be put up as indicated in
placed at the disposal of the World Food Programme ;                 heading II of the Annex exclusively in 5 kg canisters.
whereas this organization has requested a consign­
ment of 543 metric tons of butteroil for shipment to                 3.     During the control specified in Article 11 ( 1 ) of
various third countries ; whereas this consignment,                  Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 /74, the competent agency
which shall be considered as having been completed                   verifies that :
when the butteroil has been deposited in the port of
embarkation at the place designated by the WFP or its                — the quality and packing conform to the provisions
                                                                          contained in the Annex ,
agent, must be the object of a tender procedure in
accordance with Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                      — the packagings used conform to the type of pack­
2121 /74 (4 ) of 9 August 1974 concerning the supply of                   agings in respect of which the certificate referred
butteroil as food aid for the World Food Programme ,                      to in the Annex was issued by the approved
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 529/ 75 (5 ) ;                    packaging institute .
Whereas to apply Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 /74
certain detailed information is however required , in                                         Article 3
particular as regards the time limit for the submission
of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the                      1 . The port of embarkation indicated in the tender
butteroil ;                                                          shall be chosen from among the ports in the Commu­
                                                                     nity accessible for ocean-going ships and used for
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 international freighters .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                     2.     Delivery shall take place on a date to be speci­
                                                                     fied by the intervention agency concerned after 21
                                                                     September and before 7 October 1975 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                              Article I                                                       Article 4
1.      Tenders shall be invited , subject to the terms and          The closing date for the receipt of tenders shall be 12
conditions laid down in Regulation ( EEC) No                         August 1975 at 12 noon .
2121 / 74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
a lot of 543 metric tons of butteroil of which :
                                                                                              Article 5
 i ) O ) No I. 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
 -) O ) No I. 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 '>) O'l No L 65, 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 .
 •') O'l No L 222, 12 . 8 . 1974, p. 10 .                            following its publication in the Official Journal of
 s ) O'l No L 56, 3 . 3 . 1975, p. 1 .                                the l:nrobean (jnnniitni/ iis.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 29 July 1975 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
            I. Quality requirements for butteroil
                Characteristics of the product : concentrated milk fat with a minimum pure fat content of
                99-8 % .
                Composition characteristics :
                moisture content and non-milk fat constituents : maximum 0-2 % ,
                fats : minimum 99-8 % ,
                free fatty acids : maximum 0 5 % (oleic acid),
                amount of peroxide/kg : maximum one unit (in milliequivalents of oxygen per kg),
                flavour : fresh ,
                smell : absence of smells unconnected with butteroil .
           II . Packaging of butteroil
                1 . The butteroil is to be packed in metal canisters fully filled and hermetically sealed in an atmos­
                    phere of nitrogen .
                    The metal canisters are packed in cartons containing :
                    — either four 5 kg canisters, or
                    — one 20 kg canister.
                    The complete packaging should be strong enough to withstand a long sea journey and trans­
                    portation by land in a tropical climate .
                    Closed cartons, as prepared for delivery, containing either one 20 kg metal canister or four 5
                    kg canisters 95 % full of water, must be able to resist :
                    (a) three falls from a height of one metre on three different edges relating to different axes ;
                        this test, for which five complete packagings are to be used , must be effected in accordance
                        with ISO standard No 2248 . After the tests :
                        — the metal canisters may be crushed out of shape but no leakage must occur after elimi­
                             nation of the vacuum ;
                        — the cartons may be damaged and show small tears in the seams and sealed flaps but
                             seams must not be completely torn and flaps must not have come unstuck or be torn
                             off ;
                        — the damage must not be such as to endanger the safe transport of the canisters) in the
                             carton ;
                    (b) a compression test in accordance with ISO standard Nos 2872 and 2874. For this test, each
                        complete packaging is placed separately, in the normal transportation position , between
                        the plates of the press .
                         During the test, the relative speed of the plates is 10 mm / minute.
                        The criteria of approval is that, after applying a pressure of 3 500 kg/ m 2 over the base area,
                        the entire packaging (metal canisters and carton ) may get slightly out of shape but must
                         keep its entirety. Five complete packagings must be tested .
                         Before the tests, the complete, filled packagings are subjected to the following treatment in
                        accordance with ISO standard No 2233 : storage for 48 hours at 25 °C with a relative
                         humidity of 90 % .
                        The conformity of the cardboard carton with the standards defined above must have been
                         verified by a packaging institute approved by the Member State concerned which shall
                         issue the appropriate certificate and test report together with the description of the tech­
                         nical characteristics of the packaging material .
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            2. Markings on the packaging :
               The metal canister shall have stamped upon it the following information in the language or
               languages specified in the Regulation of the individual invitation to tender :
               (a) the description : ' Butteroil' ;
               (b) the words : 'Gift of the European Economic Community'; with the addition of 'Supplied
                   by the World Food Programme' ;
               (c) the net weight ;
               (d) the month and year of manufacture ;
               (e) the name of the processing undertaking — in the form of a code number.
               In addition to the above , the following must be marked on the two sides of each carton : the
               manufacturer's lot number and the number of cartons making up the lot.