CELEX: 31974R0349
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 349/74 of the Commission of 11 February 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid

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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 349/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 11 February 1974
                opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                                           powder as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          The said agency shall procure that the packing is
COMMUNITIES,                                                            marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                   ' Lait ecreme en poudre / Don de la Communauté
                                                                        économique européenne à l'Éthiopie — à distribuer
 Having regard to Council Reguation (EEC) No                           gratuitement'.
 804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                        2.       Loading shall take place on 5 April 1974 at the
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of                     latest.
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in
 particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of
                                                                                                  Article 3
 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the
 supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the
 Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for 14 000 metric tons of                  1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
 skimmed-milk powder to be supplied to those coun­                      incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
 tries ;                                                                vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
 Whereas Ethiopia has requested the supply, as emer­                     presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
gency aid, of 1 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                          port of unloading is verified. The country of destina­
 powder which can be made available to it by the                        tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
 German intervention agency ; whereas the costs of                       including unloading costs (for example shifting,
 delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as                  hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs.
 provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1 92/74 (4) of 24 January 1974 on the supply of skim­                   2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
 med-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the                     port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
 Sahel and Ethiopia ;                                                    may be) by the country of destination . The rates of
 Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                    and rules governing such costs and dispatch money
 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, such as the time                         shall be specified in the contract between the
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                    successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­
 delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;                                   nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in
                                                                         advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                      tion agent in the country of destination .
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                                     Article 4
                                Article 1                               The time limit for the submission of tenders is 12
.Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation                      March 1974 at 12 noon .
 (EEC) No 192/74 for the delivery cif of 1 000 metric
 tons of skimmed-milk powder to Ethiopia to the
 following destinations :                                                                          Article 5
 — Djibouti — 250 metric tons,
 — Assab — 500 metric tons,
 — Massawa — 250 metric tons .                                           The German Government shall :
                                Article 2                                 1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :
  1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed                                (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as
 from the premises of the German intervention agency.                             possible after the goods have been loaded on
                                                                                  board ship, of details of the ship, the loading
 (') OJ   No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                                    date, the quantity and quality of the goods as
 (2) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3) OJ   No  L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p . 50 .                                      recorded on shipment and the port of
 (<) OJ   No  L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p . 33 .                                      unloading ;
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  (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the         2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
      country of destination of the expected date of            information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
      arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;
  (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party                                Article 6
      a provision stipulating that the ship's captain
      shall, at least seventy-two hours in advance,         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      notify the country of destination of the ship's       following its publication in the Official Journal of
      probable date of arrival in port ;                    the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 11 February 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI