CELEX: 31975R0516
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 516/75 of the Commission of 28 February 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as aid for the Republic of Rwanda

1 . 3 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 55 / 59
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 516/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 28 February 1975
                opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as
                                              aid for the Republic of Rwanda
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                    Article 1
 Economic Community ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                      1.    An invitation to tender shall be issued in respect
67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­            of the supply of 993 metric tons of common wheat
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­          flour to the Republic of Rwanda by way of Commu­
lation (EEC) No 85/75 (2) ;                                      nity food-aid action .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 establishing the criteria         2 . The tendering procedure shall take place in the
for the mobilization of cereals to be used as food aid,          Kingdom of Belgium and shall be in respect of two
                                                                 lots .
and in particular Article 6 thereof ;
Whereas on 21 March 1974, the Council of the Euro­               3.     The goods shall be mobilized on the Commu­
pean Communities declared by way of Community                    nity market .
action it proposed to grant to the Republic of Rwanda
the equivalent of 1 500 metric tons of common wheat,             4.     Shipment shall be from any Community port .
in the form of flour, i.e. 993 metric tons of common
wheat flour, under its 1973/74 food-aid programme ;               5.    The invitation to tender provided for in para­
Whereas pursuant to Article 3(3) of Council Regula­              graph 1 is for supply of products delivered unloaded
tion (EEC) No 1693/72 the goods may be purchased                 to Ruhengeri in new cotton sacks of a net capacity of
anywhere on the Community market ;                                50 kilogrammes .
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be               6.    The following shall be printed on the sacks :
for supply of the products delivered unloaded to
Ruhengeri ;                                                      ' Farine de froment — Don de la Communauté écono­
Whereas      the  contract   should     be   awarded  to  the     mique européenne .'
tenderer who makes the best offer ;
Whereas it must be made clear who is to bear any                                          Article 2
costs which arise in the event that for reasons of force
 majeure the operation in question is not completed               1 . The decision on tenders received in response to
within the time stipulated ;                                     the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken
                                                                 on 14 March 1975 .
Whereas provision should be made for security to be
given to guarantee fulfilment of obligations arising by
virtue of participation in the invitation to tender for           2.    The closing date for submission of tenders shall
the supply of goods to the Republic of Rwanda ;                  be 14 March 1975 at 12 noon .
Whereas the Belgian intervention agency should be                3.     The  notice   of  invitation to  tender shall   be
made responsible for organizing the invitation to                 published in the Official Journal of the European
tender ;
                                                                  Communities not less than nine days before the
Whereas it is important that the Commission be                   closing date for submission of tenders .
informed without delay of the tenders submitted in
response to the invitation and of those accepted by
the intervention agency ;                                                                 Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                makes the most favourable offer .
ment Committee for Cereals,
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67 .                      However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to
(2) OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .                            reflect normal prices and costs, the intervention
(3 ) OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3 .                           agency may cancel the invitation to tender.
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                       Article 4                                                      Article 6
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security in an        1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall be respon­
amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of             sible for operations relating to the invitation to tender
goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee        provided for by this Regulation .
performance of the operations specified in Articles 1       2.      It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
and 5. The security shall be forfeit if those operations    sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
are not carried out within the time stipulated, save as     tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
regards quantities not delivered for reasons of force        together with the name and business name of the
majeure.                                                     successful tenderer.
2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be            3.     On the other hand, if the successful tenderer is
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee        established in a Member State other than the one
issued by a credit institution which satisfies the           collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched
criteria laid down by each Member State .                    through a frontier post of the Member State where the
                                                             successful tenderer is established , the intervention
                       Article 5                             agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible
                                                             for the operations relating to the tendering.
1 . The goods referred to in Article 1 which are to
be supplied to the Republic of Rwanda must meet the          In this case, the intervention agency choosing the
following requirements :                                     successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­
                                                             vention agency of the Member State concerned and
common wheat flour :                                         shall supply it with all the information which it may
— moisture content : 15% maximum ,                           require .
— acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­            4. The intervention agency shall request the
     lated on the dry matter),                               successful tenderer to supply the following informa­
                                                             tion :
— ash content : 0-52 % maximum on the dry matter.
                                                             (a) after each shipment a certificate showing the quan­
If the goods referred to in Article 1 do not meet the            tities dispatched and the quality of the products ;
foregoing requirements they shall be rejected and the        (b) the date of departure of the vessels ;
successful tenderer shall be owner thereof .
                                                             (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
2. Tenders for supply to the Republic of Rwanda of               during transportation of the products .
the goods referred to in Article 1 must relate to            The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
products with the following characteristics :                tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
common wheat flour :                                         received .
— moisture content : 1 5 % maximum ,                                                   Article 7
— acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     lated on the dry matter),                                publication in the Official Journal of the European
— ash content : 0-52 % maximum on the dry matter.             Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 February 1 975 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission