CELEX: 31978R2359
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2359/78 of 6 October 1978 on the delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid

11 . 10 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 285/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2359/78
                                                       of 6 October 1978
                                on the delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     milk powder and butteroil as food aid (5) ; whereas in
COMMUNITIES,                                                       particular the periods and terms for delivery and the
                                                                   procedure to be followed by the intervention agencies
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              to establish the costs arising therefrom should be laid
Economic Community,                                                down ; whereas, in view of the special provisions for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       distribution laid down by the beneficiary country, it is
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  therefore necessary to stipulate, in exceptional circum­
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last               stances, a special packaging ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761 /78 (2) and in                 Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,                                  Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       time limit set by its chairman,
1298/76 of 1 June 1976, laying down general rules for
the supply of skimmed-milk powder under the 1976                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
food-aid programme to certain developing countries
and certain international organizations (3), as amended
                                                                                           Article 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 2017/76 (4), and in particular
Article 6 thereof,
                                                                    In accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, under the food-aid programme adopted by                    No 303/77 the intervention agency as specified in the
the Council Regulations specified in the Annex,                    Annex shall deliver skimmed-milk powder as food aid
Bangladesh has requested the delivery of the quantites             on the special terms set out therein.
of skimmed-milk powder set out therein ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, therefore, delivery should be effected in
accordance with the rules laid down in Commission                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Regulation (EEC) No 303/77 of 14 February 1977                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed­                the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 October 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(•) OJ  No   L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ  No   L 204, 28 . 7. 1978 , p. 6.
(3) OJ  No   L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 3.
(«) OJ  No   L 224, 16. 8 . 1976, p. 1 .                            (5) OJ No L 43, 15. 2. 1977, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                   Consignment                                                                                t
 1 . Application of Council Regulations :
     (a) legal basis                                     (EEC) No 1298/76 — (EEC) No 2018/76 (1976 programme)
     (b) affectation                                                (EEC) No 1299/76 — (EEC) No 2019/76
 2. Beneficiary
 3. Country of destination                       |                                Bangladesh
 4. Total quantity of the consignment                                             200 tonnes
 5. Intervention agency responsible for              Will result from application of the procedure referred to in point 13
     delivery
 6. Origin of the skimmed-milk powder                                  Bought on the Community market
 7. Characteristics      of    skimmed-milk                { Vitamin A content : 5 000 i.u. per 100 g minimum
     powder                                                \ Vitamin D content : 500 i.u. per 100 g minimum
                                                           \ Date of manufacture clearly indicated on the bags
 8 . Particular packaging                                                         See note (2)
 9. Markings on the packaging                  'Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift of the European
                                                                      Economic Community to Bangladesh'
10. Delivery period                                  Loading as soon as possible and by 30 November 1978 at the latest
11 . Stage and place of delivery                                   Port of unloading Chittagong (ship's hold)
12. Representative of the beneficiary               Controller of Movement Storage, Ministry of Food, Agrabad, Chittagong
     responsible for reception (3)
13. Procedure to be applied to determine                                            Tender
     the costs of supply
14. Expiry of the time limit for submis­                                  12 noon on 23 October 1978
     sion of tenders
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             Notes :
            (') This Annex, together with the notice published in Official Journal of the European Communi­
                 ties No C 95 of 19 April 1977, page 7, takes the place of an invitation to tender from the interven­
                 tion agencies concerned.
            (2) The special packaging specifications are the following :
                 1 . Polyethylene bags which are new, clean, dry and intact, of a net weight content of 1 kg and
                      made in accordance with the following :
                      Dimensions : 180 x 325 mm ;
                      Specifications :
                      high pressure polyethylene, thickness : 0 08 mm, uncoloured, printed in one colour only,
                      density : 0.925 to 0-930,
                      fluidity index : 2 to 4,
                      limit of elastic capacity : DIN standard 53455 : 125135 kgf/cm2,
                      modulus of shearing : DIN standard 53445 : 3000 kgf/cm2,
                      elongation : 130 %,
                      horizontally welded.
                      The bags shall be sealed at the top by two welds of not less than 1.5 mm each, spaced 2 to 3
                      cm apart.
                      The bags shall be fitted with a device whereby they can be closed after having been opened.
                      This device shall consist of a strip of not less than 1 mm fitting into a 2 mm strip.
                      Food quality.
                2. Cartons containing 20 bags as specified above and meeting the following requirements :
                      printed in one colour only,
                      dimensions : 540 x 350 x 225 mm,
                      kraft 125 g,
                      corrugated 4 mm — 120 g,
                      schrenz 1 1 0 g,
                      corrugated 3 mm — 120 g,
                      kraft 125 g.
                      The cartons shall be divided widthwise by three partitions.
                      Specifications :
                      duplex brown 140 g,
                      corrugated 4 mm — 120 g,
                      duplex brown 140 g.
                      The cartons shall be securely closed by :
                      — clipping the bottom flags,
                      — adhesive tape not less than 4 cm wide at the top and bottom.
                3. The cartons shall be delivered on non-returnable pallets, 42 cartons per palette.
                      Dimensions of the pallets : 125 x 110 cm.
                      Binding : minimum four strips per pallet at least 12 mm wide with eight plastic protection
                      corners .
            (3) Only in case of delivery to 'the port of unloading' and 'free at destination' ; see Articles 5 and 13
                ( 1 ), last indent, of Regulation (EEC) No 303/77.