CELEX: 31974R0573
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 573/74 of the Commission of 8 March 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid

13 . 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 70/ 17
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 573/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 8 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 :
COMMUNITIES,                                                             1 450 metric tons for Niger, to be delivered as
                                                                                 follows :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        390 metric tons to Tahoua via Cotonou,
Economic Community ;                                                         390 metric tons to Niamey via Cotonou,
                                                                              60 metric tons to Dosso via Cotonou,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                 210 metric tons to Zinder via Apapa,
804/68 0 of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                             200 metric tons to Maradi via Apapa,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                        200 metric tons to Diffa via Apapa ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in                    — Lot B :
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                                1 800 metric tons for Upper Volta, to be delivered
                                                                                 as follows :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 (3) of                           270 metric tons to Bobo-Dioulasso via Abidjan,
28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the                        1 530 metric tons to Ouagadougou via Abidjan .
supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the
Sahel and Ethiopia provides for 6 000 metric tons of                                          Article 2
butteroil processed from 7 320 metric tons of butter to              The butter for the manufacture of butteroil shall be
be put at the disposal of those countries ; whereas                  removed from the premises of the French interven­
Niger and Upper Volta have requested the supply of                   tion agency in the case of lot A and from the prem­
1 450 and 1 800 metric tons of butteroil respectively ;              ises of the German intervention agency in the case of
whereas those supplies must be put out to tender as                  lot B.
provided in , Commission Regulation (EEC) No
567/74 (4) of 8 March 1974 concerning the supply of                                           Article 3
butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and
Ethiopia ;                                                           1.      The tenders shall be for the cost of manufac­
                                                                     turing the butteroil and delivering it to the places of
                                                                     destination specified in Article 1 , including unloading
Whereas, however, the application of Regulation                      costs .
(EEC) No 567/74 requires that certain points be speci­
 fied in greater detail, particularly the time limit for             2. Loading shall take place as soon as possible and
the submission of tenders and the terms of delivery of               be completed, at the latest, on
 the butteroil ;                                                     — 15 May 1974 in the case of lot A,
                                                                     — 25 May 1974 in the case of the 270 t for Bobo­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                      Dioulasso and the 400 t for Ouagadougou,
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                   — 5 June 1974 in the case of the 400 t for Ouaga­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                               dougou,
                                                                     — 15 June 1974 in the case of the 400 t for Ouaga­
                                                                          dougou,
                                                                     — 25 June 1974 in the case of the 330 t for Ouaga­
                                                                          dougou.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     3 . Delivery shall be completed when the goods
                                                                      actually arrive at the place of destination .
                                                                                              Article 4
                             Article 1
                                                                      1.     The closing date for the submission of tenders
                                                                      shall be 26 March 1974 at 12 noon .
 Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 567/74 for the manufacture and                         2. The intervention agency concerned shall be
 delivery of 3 250 metric tons of butteroil, divided up               responsible for operations relating to the invitations to
 into the following lots :                                            tender provided for in the previous Articles.
 (!) OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                                                 Article 5
  2  OJ  No L 49, 21 . 2. 1974, p . 2.
 (}) OJ  No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 51 .                            The Government concerned shall notify the country
 (4) OJ  No L 69, 12. 3 . 1974, p . 3 .                               of destination, the representative of the intervention
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agency at the place of destination and the Commis­           being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the
sion                                                         urgency of delivery.
— 10 days before the goods' expected date of arrival,        2. The distribution points provided for in para­
    of the means of transport to be used to carry the        graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the
    goods to the place of destination, the means of          recipient countries and shall be communicated by the
    shipment to be used during the intermediary              Commission to the intervention agency concerned.
    phases, the date of loading and the quantity and
    quality of the goods as recorded on shipment from
                                                                                     Article 7
    the Community ;
— at least two days in advance of the date of arrival        When the delivery provided for in Article 3 (3) has
    of the goods at the place of destination.                been completed the representative of the intervention
                                                             agency at the place of destination shall issue the
                       Article 6                             successful tenderer with a certificate to the effect that
                                                             delivery has been taken of the quantity of butteroil for
1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all         which the contract was awarded .
measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil for
which a contract is awarded is transported rapidly
from the place of destination to the distribution                                    Article 8
points.
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of        following its publication in the Official Journal of
such transport on the best terms possible, account           the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 March 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI