CELEX: 31974R0299
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 299/74 of the Commission of 1 February 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid

6 . 2. 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 33/5
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 299/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 1 February 1974
               opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering 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                'Skimmed-Milk        Powder -      Gift of the European
Economic Community ;                                                 Community to Mauritania            to be distributed free of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     charge'.
804/68 ( J) 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 29 March 1974 at
                                                                     the latest.
amended by the Act concerning the Conditions of
Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties (2), and
in particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the                    1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the              incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for 14 000 metric tons of               vention agency's storage depot and the time when the
skimmed-milk powder to be supplied to those coun­                    presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the
tries ;                                                              port of unloading is verified. The country of destina­
Whereas Mauritania has requested the supply, as emer­                tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
gency aid, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                      including unloading costs (for example shifting,
powder which can be made available to it , by the                    hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs.
German intervention agency ; whereas the costs of
delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as               2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                           port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
192/74 (4) of 18 January 1974 on the supply of                       may be) by the country of destination . The rates of
skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of                  and rules governing such costs and dispatch money
the Sahel and Ethiopia ;                                             shall be specified in the contract between the
                                                                     successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                 nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in
of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, such as the time                      advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­
limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                 tion agent in the country of destination .
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                           Article 4
are in accordance with the Management Committee
for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                     The time limit for the submission of tenders is 26
                                                                      February 1974 at 12 noon .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                              Article I                                                         Article 5
Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation                   The German Government shall :
(EEC) No 192/74 for the delivery cif to Nouakchott,
Mauritania, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                       1 . Ensure that the successful tenderer shall :
powder.
                                                                           (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as
                              Article 2                                        possible after the goods have been loaded on
                                                                               board ship, of details of the ship, the loading
 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed                                  date, the quantity and quality of the goods as
from the premises of the German intervention agency.                           recorded on shipment and the port of un­
                                                                               loading ;
(!)  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                               (b) at least ten clear days in advance, inform the
(2 ) OJ No  L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ No  L  359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 50 .                                    country of destination of the expected date of
(4)  OJ No  L  21 , 25. 1 . 1974, p. 33 .                                      arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;
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   (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,
       notify the country of destination of the ship's
       probable date of arrival in port ;
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
2. Send to the Commission as soon as possible the            following its publication in the Official Journal of
   information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 1 February 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI