CELEX: 31975R0061
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-11
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 61/75 of the Commission of 9 January 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to Somalia as food aid

11 . 1 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 7/23
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 61 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 9 January 1975
               opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                                                  powder to Somalia as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 ( l ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                                        Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Article 7 (5) thereof ;
                                                                     Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2557/74, for the delivery of a lot of 278
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3) of                   metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to Somalia cif
17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk                       Mogadishu .
powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethi­
opia and Somalia under Regulation (EEC) No 1826/74
makes provision inter alia for 350 metric tons of                                            Article 2
skimmed-milk powder to be made available to
Somalia and to be taken from the 6 000 metric tons to
                                                                      1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed
be kept in reserve pursuant to Council Regulation
                                                                     from the premises of the Luxembourg intervention
(EEC) No 1 827/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 concerning the
                                                                     agency.
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to certain
developing countries and certain international organi­
zations ; whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No                    The said agency shall procure that the packing is
3234/74 the goods are to be delivered to destination                 marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
points in the recipient countries ;                                       'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
                                                                          Economic Community to Somalia .'
Whereas Somalia has applied for the supply of 278
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder which may be                      2.     Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
made available to it by the Luxembourg intervention                  not later than 1 March 1975 .
agency ; whereas the costs of delivering these supplies
must form the subject of an invitation to tender in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 3
2557/74 (5 ) of 4 October 1974 concerning the invita­
tion to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid, of
                                                                      1.    Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs
skimmed-milk powder to certain developing coun­                      incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­
tries ;
                                                                     vention agency's storage depots and the time when
                                                                     the presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at
Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance                 the port of unloading is verified . The country of desti­
of Regulation ( EEC) No 2557/74, such as the time                    nation shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery,
 limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of                including unloading costs (for example shifting,
delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may                  hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs.
 prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed
 port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk                     2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
 powder to another port ; whereas provision should                    port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
 therefore be made for amending, should the need                      may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and
 arise, the costs already agreed on ;                                 rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall
                                                                      be specified in the contract between the successful
 (')  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                         tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the
 (2 ) OJ No  L  85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                            shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between
 (3 ) OJ No  L  346, 24. 12 . 1974, p. 2.
 (4 ) OJ No  L  190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 22 .                          the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the
 (5 ) OJ No  L  274, 9 . 10 . 1974, p. 7.                             country of destination .
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                         Article 4                            2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 28
                                                                  information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
January 1975 at 12 noon .
                                                                                        Article 6
                         Article 5                            1.      On the request of the Commission nominating
                                                              ports other than those provided for in Article 1 , the
The Luxembourg Government shall :                             Luxembourg intervention agency may in agreement
1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :               with the successful tenderer have the skimmed-milk
    (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as         powder delivered to the new nominated ports.
        possible after the goods have been loaded on          2.      In such case the Luxembourg intervention
        board ship, of details of the ship, the loading       agency is to agree with the successful tenderer any
        date, the quantity and quality of the goods as        cost reduction or increase against the costs originally
        recorded on shipment and the port of                  agreed .
        unloading ;
                                                              3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­
    (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the         nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of
        country of destination of the expected date of        costs .
        arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;
    (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party                                 Article 7
        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
        country of destination of the ship's probable         following its publication in the Official Journal of
        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, 9 January 1975.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI