CELEX: 31973R1535
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1535/73 of the Commission of 8 June 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as aid for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

No L 154/ 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           9 . 6 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 1535/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 8 June 1973
                opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as aid for
                                                   the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas it is important that the Commission be
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           informed within delay of the tenders submitted in
                                                                        response to the invitation and of those accepted by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                      the intervention agency ;
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                        tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the
zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by                     Management Committee for Cereals ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;
Having regard to Council Regijlation ( EEC) No                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 establishing the
criteria for the mobilization of cereals to be used an
                                                                                                 Article 1
food aid, and in particular Article 6 thereof ;
Whereas on 23 May 1972 the Council of the Euro­                         1.    An invitation to tender shall be issued in
pean Communities declared that by way of Commu­                         respect of the supply of 3 311 metric tons of
nity action it proposed to grant to the Hashemite                      common wheat flour to the Hashemite Kingdom
Kingdom of Jordan the equivalent of 5 000 metric                        of Jordan by way of Community food aid action .
tons of common wheat, in the form of flour, ie
3 311 metric tons of common wheat flour, under its                      2.    The tendering procedure shall take place in
1971 /72 food aid programme ;                                           the Kingdom of the Netherlands and shall be in
Whereas examination of the state of the cereals
                                                                        respect of a single lot.
market in the Community indicates that the criteria
of Article 3 (3 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       3.    The goods shall be mobilized on the Commu­
1693/72 should be applied, and in particular that                       nity market.
the goods should be purchased on the Community
market ;                                                                4.    Shipment shall be from a Community port.
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should                        5 . The goods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
relate to supply of the goods fob, ie up to the point                   supplied fob (that is to say the successful tenderer
at which they are placed in the hold of the ship at                     shall place them in the hold of the ship at the port
the port of shipment ;                                                  of shipment) in new cotton sacks of a maximum net
Whereas the contract should be awarded to the
                                                                        capacity of 50 kilogrammes .
tenderer who makes the best offer ;
                                                                        6 . The following shall be printed on the sacks :
Whereas it must be made clear who is to bear any                        ' Wheat flour — Gift of the European Community'.
costs which arise in the event that for reasons of
force majeure the operation in question is not
completed within the time stipulated ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas provision should be made for security to
be given to guarantee fulfilment of obligations
arising by virtue of participation in the invitation to                 1.    The award of the contract shall take place on
tender for the supply of goods to the Hashemite                         25 June 1973 .
 Kingdom of Jordan ;
                                                                        2.    The closing date for submission of tenders
Whereas the Dutch intervention agency should in                         shall be 25 June 1973 at 12 noon .
any event be made responsible for organizing the
invitation to tender ;                                                  3.    The notice of invitation to tender shall be
                                                                        published in the Official Journal of the European
(*) O } No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 .
 ( 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . .5 . 1973 , p . 8 .                            Communities not less than 10 days before the
 ( 3) OJ No L 178, 5 . 8 . 1972, p . 3 .                                closing date for submission of tenders .
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                           Article 3                                — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g
                                                                         ( calculated on the dry matter),
The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who
offers the most favourable terms. If it appears,                    — ash content : 0-7"°/o maximum on the dry matter.
however, that the tenders submitted do not reflect
normal market prices and rates, the intervention                    If the goods referred to in Article 1 do not meet the
 agency may cancel the invitation to tender.                        foregoing requirements it shall be rejected and the
                                                                    successful tenderer shall be owner thereof.
                           Article 4                                2. Tenders for supply to the Hashemite Kingdom
If, because of delay in the provision of ships for                  of Jordan of the goods referred to in Article 1 must
effecting transport by sea, the successful tenderer is              relate to products with the following characteris­
                                                                    tics :
unable to deliver the goods fob on the date fixed in
the notice of invitation to tender, the costs resulting             Common wheat flour :
from such delay shall be borne by the intervention
agency .                                                            — moisture content : 15 °/o maximum,
                           Article 5                                — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g
1.     The successful tenderer shall give security in                    ( calculated on the dry matter),
an amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of                  — ash content : 0-7 °/o maximum on the dry matter.
goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee
performance of the operations specified in Articles 1                                          Article 7
and 6 . The security shall be forfeit if those opera­
tions are not carried out within the time stipulated,               1 . The intervention agency of the Kingdom of
save as regards quantities not delivered for reasons                the Netherlands shall be responsible for organizing
of force majeure.                                                   the invitation to tender provided for by this Regula­
2.     The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be               tion .
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a                         2.      It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
guarantee issued by a credit institution which satis­
fies the criteria laid down by each Member State .                   sion the list of firms which have responded to the
                                                                    invitations to tender, specifying the terms of each
                                                                    tender, together with the name and business name
                           Article 6                                of the successful tenderer.
1.     The goods referred to in Article 1 which are to
be supplied to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan                                                  Article 8
must meet the following requirements :
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
Common wheat flour :
                                                                    its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
— moisture content : 15 °/o maximum,                                pean Communities.
                This regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 8 June 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                              ANNEX
       Number of lot
                         i        Port from which consigned         Minimum rate of loading per day       Tonnage fob
            1            J Community ports
                         I
                                                                     Customs of the port                    3 311 t