CELEX: 31974R0644
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 644/74 of the Commission of 20 March 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid

23 . 3 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 78 / 17
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 644/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 20 March 1974
                on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF, THE EUROPEAN                                       — Lot A :         650 metric tons to Ethiopia, of which
COMMUNITIES,                                                                                              325  metric tons  CIF
                                                                                                          Assab,
                                                                                                          325  metric tons  CIF
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                                                      Massawa ;
                                                                      — Lot B : 1 000 metric tons to          Mauritania,   CIF
                                                                                                          Nouakchott.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                                                Article 2
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in                      The butter for the manufacture of butteroil shall be
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                             removed from the premises of the German interven­
                                                                       tion agency.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 (3) of
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the                                              Article 3
supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the
                                                                       1.      Tenders are invited to determine the costs of
Sahel and Ethiopia provides for 6 000 metric tons of
butteroil processed from 7 320 metric tons of butter to                manufacture and delivery of the butteroil incurred
be put at the disposal of those countries ; whereas Ethi­              until the time when the presence of the goods in the
opia and Mauritania have requested the supply of 650                   hold of the ship at the port of unloading is verified .
and 1 000 metric tons of butteroil respectively ;                      The country of destination shall bear all costs
whereas these supplies must be put out to tender as                    subsequent to delivery, including unloading costs (for
provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                             example shifting, hoisting or reception costs) and any
567/74 (4) of 8 March 1974 concerning the supply of                    lighterage costs.
butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and
                                                                       2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
Ethiopia ;                                                             port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case
                                                                       may be) by the country of destination . The rates of
Whereas, however, the application of Regulation                        and rules governing such costs and dispatch money
(EEC) No 567/74 requires that certain points be speci­                 shall be specified in the contract between the
fied in greater detail , particularly the time limit for               successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­
the submission of tenders and the terms of delivery of                 nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in
the butteroil ;                                                        advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­
                                                                       tion agent in the country of destination .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                                                 Article 4
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                        1 . The closing date for the submission of tenders
                                                                       shall be 9 April 1974 at 12 noon .
                                                                       2. The German intervention agency shall be respon­
                                                                       sible for operations relating to the invitations to
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       tender provided for in the previous Articles .
                                                                       3.      Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
                                                                       not later than 25 May 1974.
                               Article 1
                                                                                                 Article 5
Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­
                                                                       The German Government shall :
tion ( EEC) No 567/74 for the manufacture and
delivery cif of 1 650 metric tons of butteroil to the                   1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall :
following destinations divided into the lots given                          (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as
below :
                                                                                possible after the goods have been loaded on
                                                                                board ship, of details of the ship, the loading
(i)  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
 2   OJ  No  L 49 , 21 . 2 . 1974, p . 2 .                                      date, the quantity and quality of the goods as
(3 ) OJ  No  L .359 , 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 51 .                                  recorded on shipment and the port of
(4 ) OJ  No  L 69 , 12 . 3 . 1974, p . 3 .                                      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 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, 20 March 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI