CELEX: 31977R0254
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 254/77 of 4 February 1977 concerning the issue of an invitation to tender to the World Food Programme, for use as food aid, of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on the Community market for certain third countries

No L 34/44                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                5. 2. 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 254/77
                                                      of 4 February 1977
             concerning the issue of an invitation to tender to the World Food Programme,
              for use as food aid, of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on
                                   the Community market for certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the market in milk and milk products ( ! ), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1298 /76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules for              1.    Tenders shall be invited in accordance with the
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                   provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 1298/76 and
certain developing countries and international organi­            (EEC) No 2018 /76, for the costs of supplying to the
zations under the 1976 programme ^), as amended by                WFP      646    tonnes    of  vitaminized   skimmed-milk
Regulation (EEC) No 2017/76 (4), and in particular                 powder to be purchased on the Community market,
Article 6 thereof,                                                 divided into lots and for the destinations listed in
                                                                  Annex I to this Regulation .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/76 of 27
July 1976 on the additional supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid to certain developing countries,                2.    The skimmed-milk powder shall meet :
international organizations and non-governmental
organizations under the 1976 programme ^) provides,               — as to quality, the requirements set out in Annex II
inter alia, that       10 000 tonnes of skimmed-milk                   to this Regulation,
powder should be made available to the WFP ;                      — as to packing, the requirements set out in Annex I
                                                                       to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/68 of
Whereas the WFP has requested the delivery of 646                      27 July 1968 on detailed rules of application for
tonnes of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder for                          intervention for public storage of skimmed-milk
certain third countries ;                                              powder (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       No 1 457/76 (7).
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1298 /76
provides that if there is not enough skimmed-milk
powder available in public stocks with the characteris­            3 . The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall
tics necessary for the particular destination where this           bear in letters at least 1 cm high, the relevant marking
                                                                   as listed in Annex I.
requires, in particular, the addition of vitamins,
supplies shall be obtained by purchase on the Commu­
nity market ;                                                      4. In addition the successful tenderer shall supply
                                                                   5 % empty bags identical to those containing the
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1298/76                  goods.
provides that for the purposes of the supply and ship­
ment of skimmed-milk powder, invitations to tender
are to be issued ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the procedure to be adopted for this
tendering should in the main be the procedure used                 1 . The port of embarkation to be specified in the
hitherto in similar cases ;
                                                                   tender shall be chosen from among Community ports
                                                                   accessible for ocean-going ships having regular lines
(') OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                         to the country of destination.
(2) OJ No  L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
0   OJ No  L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 3 .
(4) OJ No  L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p. 1 .                           (o) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 34.
(*) OJ No  L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p. 2.                            O OJ No L 145, 6. 6. 1975, p. 17.
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A tender may only indicate one port.                          2.     It shall take the form , at the discretion of the
                                                             Member State concerned, either of a cheque made out
2. The delivery at the port of embarkation shall              in favour of the intervention agency, or of a bank
take place on a date fixed by the intervention agency        guarantee which satisfies the criteria fixed by the
concerned, .which shall be after 15 and before 31             Member State .
March 1977.
3.     The time limit for the submission of tenders
                                                                                        Article 5
shall be 22 February 1977 at 12 noon .
                                                              In the light of the tenders received and in accordance
                         Article 3                            with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regula­
                                                              tion (EEC) No 804/68 a maximum amount, expressed
1 . The intervention agencies shall frame a notice of         in units of account, shall be fixed or alternatively a
invitation to tender which shall be published in the          decision shall be taken to make no award .
 Official Journal of the European Communities not
less than 10 days before the closing date for the
submission of tenders .
                                                                                        Article 6
2. Tenders, which shall be in writing, shall be
submitted either by delivery by hand to an interven­           1.    A tender shall be refused if the price proposed,
tion agency against acknowledgement of receipt or by          converted into units of account, is more than the
registered letter addressed to an intervention agency.        maximum price fixed for the lot in question .
Intervention agencies may also authorize the use of
telex .
                                                              2.     Subject    as  provided     in paragraph   1,  the
                                                              successful tenderer shall be the one whose offer,
3. The tender may only be submitted to the inter­
                                                              converted into units of account, is the lowest. Where
vention agency of the Member State on whose terri­
tory the manufacture of the vitaminized skimmed­              two or more valid offers specifying identical amounts,
milk powder and its packaging, in accordance with             as converted into units of account, are received by a
Article 1 (2), take place .                                   given intervention agency, the award shall be made by
                                                              drawing lots. Where such offers are made to different
4. A tender shall only be valid if it relates to the          intervention agencies, the award shall be made by the
whole of a lot put up to tender.                              intervention agency selected in accordance with the
                                                              procedure referred to in Article 5 .
 5.     A tender shall indicate in particular :
                                                               3.    The    intervention    agency shall    immediately
(a) the name and address of the tenderer ;                    inform each tenderer whether he has been awarded
(b) the port of embarkation , chosen from among ports          the contract .
     specified in Article 2 ( 1 );
(c) the price, exclusive of taxes, expressed in the           4.     Rights and obligations arising in connection
     currency of the Member State in which the                with the invitation to tender shall not be transferable .
     tenderer undertakes to supply, in accordance with
     the specification laid down in the Annex, the             5.    The intervention agencies shall immediately
     entire quantity subject to the tender.                    communicate       to  the   Commission    the  tenderers'
                                                               names and addresses .
     Such price shall be inclusive of transport insur­
     ance costs to the stage referred to in Article 7 for
     delivery.
                                                                                         Article 7
 6 . A tender shall be valid only if proof is given
 before expiry of the period set for the submission of
 tenders that the security referred to in Article 4 has
                                                               1 . The tenderer shall, on the date fixed by the
                                                               WFP, deliver at the port specified in the tender a
 been provided .
                                                               quantity of skimmed-milk powder equal to the quan­
                                                               tity there specified. Any schedule for instalment deliv­
 7.     No tender may be withdrawn .
                                                               eries shall be agreed between the successful tenderer
                                                               and the agent of the WFP.
                         Article 4
                                                               2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
 1 . The tendering and delivery security shall be 20           they are deposited at the place of exportation at the
 units of account per tonne of skimmed-milk powder.            point designated by the WFP or its agent.
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                           Article 8                              — Levering van magere-melkpoeder als voedselhulp
                                                                       (Verordening (EEG) nr. 254/77) bestemd om te
 1.     The competent agency of the Member State in                    worden verscheept in de haven van . .
which the contract is awarded shall check that the
                                                                  — ' Levering af skummetmælkspulver som fødeva­
skimmed-milk powder in question satisfies the                          rehjælp (forordning (E0F) nr. 254/77) bestemt til
requirements as to quality and packaging laid down in                  lastning i havnen i . . .'
Article 1 (2).
2. If the goods are found to satisfy those require­                                       Article 10
 ments, as mentioned in Article 1 (2), the agency shall
provide the successful tenderer with a certificate to              1 . Except in cases of force majeure, the tendering
 that effect.                                                     and delivery security shall be released only if :
3 . Upon delivery of the goods at the port of embar­              (a) the tender has not been accepted ;
kation, the WFP agent shall hand to the successful                (b) the tenderer :
 tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, a letter                 — has     not  withdrawn   his tender   before      the
of acceptance. This letter of acceptance shall state that                  contract is awarded,
the quantity of skimmed-milk powder in question as
well as the empty bags specified in Article 1 (4), have                — has furnished the certificates provided for in
been taken at the stage specified in Article 7 .                           Article 8 (2) and (3).
                                                                  2. Release of the security shall take place immedi­
                           Article 9                              ately.
 If the port of loading specified in the tender is situ­                                  Article 11
ated in a Member State other than that in which the
tender was submitted, the goods shall , on completion             In cases of force majeure, the intervention agency
of the control specified in Article 8 ( 1 ), be placed            shall decide on the measures to be taken having
under customs control with the object of ensuring                 regard to the circumstances invoked.
that they are delivered at the port specified in the
tender.
                                                                                          Article 12
Proof of loading can be furnished only by production
of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Commis­           The amount referred to in Article 3 (5) (c) shall be
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 of 19 November                   paid only on production of the certificate provided for
 1969 on the use of Community transit documents for               in Article 8 (2) and (3).
the purpose of applying Community measures for veri­
fying the use and/or destination of goods ('), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 690/73 (2).                                                Article 13
Sections 101 , 103 and 104 of the control copy shall be           Except in cases of force majeure, the successful
completed. Section 104 shall be completed by dele­                tenderer shall accept all financial liability devolving
ting as necessary and entering against the second                 upon the Community by reason of failure to load the
indent one of the following endorsements :                        skimmed-milk powder at the place and in due time,
                                                                  the WFP having facilitated the delivery at the place
— ' Delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid                   and by the time appointed .
      (Regulation (EEC) No 254/77) to be shipped from
      the port of . . .'                                          Costs incurred by reason of failure to deliver the skim­
— ' Livraison de lait écrémé en poudre a titre d'aide             med-milk powder as a result of force majeure shall be
      alimentaire (règlement (CEE) n° 254/77) destinée a          borne by the competent agency of the Member State
                                                                  concerned .
      être embarquée au port de . . .',
— 'Lieferung von Magermilchpulver als Nahrungsmit­
      telhilfe (Verordnung (EWG) Nr . 254/77) zur Vers­                                   Article 14
      chiffung im Hafen von . . . bestimmt',
— ' Forhitura di latte scremato in polvere a titolo di            The intervention agency concerned shall pay to the
      ainto alimentare (regolamento (CEE) n . 254/77)             WFP within 30 days after acceptance of each delivery
      destinata ad essere imbarcata nel porto di . .              of skimmed-milk powder, a flat-rate contribution of
                                                                  80 units of account per tonne of skimmed-milk
(') OJ No L 295, 24. 11 . 1969 , p . 14 .                         powder delivered towards the costs of transporting and
(2 ) OJ No L 66, 13 . 3 . 1973, p. 23 .                           distributing such skimmed-milk powder.
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                     Article 15                                                  Article 16
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be applicable in respect of       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
skimmed-milk powder supplied under this Regula­            following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion .                                                     the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 4 February 1977.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX I
           Total quntity     Partial
    Lot         of lot     quantities       Recipient country                     Marking on the packaging
            ( in tonnes) ( in tonnes)
    A            282           15         Mali                 Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Abidjan pour Mopti
                               45         Mali                 Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Dakar pour Bamako
                               40         Congo                Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Pointe-Noire
                               50         Niger                Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Cotonou pour Niamey
                               30         Upper Volta          Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Abidjan pour Ouagadougou
                               30         Rwanda               Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Kigali
                               72         Senegal              Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de
                                                               la Communauté économique européenne / Action du
                                                               programme alimentaire mondial / Dakar
    B            364           99         Somalia              Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift
                                                               of the European Economic Community / World Food
                                                               Programme action / Mogadishu
                               65         Somalia              Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift
                                                               of the European Economic Community / World Food
                                                               Programme action / Berbera
                             200          Bolivia              Leche desnatada en polvo con vitaminas A y vitaminas D /
                                                               Donación de la Comunidad Económica Europea / Acción
                                                               programa mundial de alimentos / Arica por La Paz
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                                                     ANNEX II
                                         Skimmed-milk powder requirements
         (a) fat content :                                 1-5% maximum
         (b) water content :                               4-0 % maximum
         (c) total acidity in lactic acid :                0-15% maximum ( 18° Dornic)
         (d) test for neutralization agents                negative
         (e) authorized additives :                        none
         (f) phosphatase test :                            negative
         (g) solubility :                                  0-5 ml maximum (99 % minimum )
         (h) degree of purity :                            disc B ( 15 0 mg minimum )
         (i) germ content :                                50 000 per g maximum
         (k) colon bacillus titer :                        negative in 01 g
         (1) taste and smell :                             clean
         (m) appearance :                                  white or slightly yellowish colour, free from
                                                           impurities or coloured particles
         (n) vitamin enrichment :
             (aa) vitamin A :                              5 000 i.u . per 100 g minimum
             (bb) vitamin D :                              500 i.u . per 100 g minimum