CELEX: 31979R2494
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2494/79 of 9 November 1979 on the delivery of various consignments of butteroil as food aid

14 . 11 . 79                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 287 / 1
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                                           COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2494/ 79
                                                          of 9 November 1979
                                   on the delivery of various consignments of butteroil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           certain third countries and beneficiary organizations
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                           have requested the delivery of the quantities of
                                                                         butteroil set out therein ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community,                                            Whereas , therefore , delivery should be effected in
                                                                         accordance with the rules laid down , in Commission
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            Regulation (EEC) No 303 / 77 of 14 February 1977
 804 /68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                      laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed­
 of the market in milk and milk products (] ), as last                   milk powder and butteroil as food aid (6), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761 /78 (2), and                        amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1488 / 79 (7) ;
 in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                    whereas in particular the periods and terms for
                                                                         delivery and the procedure to be followed by the
                                                                         intervention agences to establish the costs arising
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            therefrom should be laid down ;
 1768 / 77 of 25 July 1977 laying down general rules
 for the supply of milk fats to certain developing
 countries and specialized bodies under the 1977                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 food-aid programme (3), and in particular Article 7                     are in accordance with the opinion of the
 thereof,                                                                Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 830/ 78 of 25 April 1978 laying down general rules
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for the supply of milk fats to certain developing
countries and specialized bodies under the 1978
food-aid programme (4), and in particular Article 7
thereof,                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            In accordance with the provisions of Regulation
939/79 of 8 May 1979 laying down general rules for                      (EEC) No 303 /77 the intervention agencies specified
the supply of milk fats to certain developing countries                 in the Annex shall deliver butteroil as food aid on the
and specialized bodies under the . 1979 food-aid                        special terms set out therein .
programme (5), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
                                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas, under the food-aid programmes adopted by
the Council Regulations specified in the Annex,
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                        day following its publication in the Official Journal of
(')  OJ No L 148 ,   28 . 6. 1968 , p.  13,                              the European Communities.
O    OJ No L 204,    28 . 7. 1978 , p.  6.
O    OJ No L 192,    30.  7. 1977, p.   5.
(4)  OJ No L 115 ,   27.  4. 1978 , p . 6.                              (6) OJ No L 43 , 15 . 2 . 1977, p. 1 .
O    OJ No L 119 ,   15 . 5. 1979 , p.  5.                              O OJ No L 181 , 18 . 7 . 1979 , p. 20 .
                   /
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 9 November 1979 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX i1)
                  Consignment                         A                                 B                                   C
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
       (a) legal basis                                               (EEC) No 939/79 ( 1979 programme)
       (b) affectation
                                       I                                       (EEC) No 940 / 79
  2. Beneficiary                       I                           Egypt                                        >•      Lebanon
                                                                                                               J
  3. Country of destination            I
  4 . Total      quantity     of   the        2 500 tonnes (s)                    300 tonnes                           650 tonnes
      consignment
  5 . Intervention agency responsible                             German                                           United Kingdom
      for delivery
 6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                   To manufacture from intervention butter
  7. Special characteristics and / or  In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment giving
      packaging (3)                                                          equivalent guarantees
  8 . Markings on the packaging        'Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Community to                 'Butter  oil /  Don   de  la
                                                                   Egypt'                                     Communaute économique
                                                                                                              européenne a la Republique
                                                                                                              libanaise / A distribuer gra­
                                                                                                                         tuitement'
 9. Delivery period                                                        Delivery in January 1980
10. Stage and place of delivery                         Community port operating a regular service with recipient countries
11 . Representative         of     the
      beneficiary responsible      for
      reception (4)
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                                     Tender
      determine the costs or supply
13. Expiry of the time limit for                                        12 noon on 26 November 1979
      submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                           D                                    E                                 F
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
      (a) legal basis                                                   (EEC) No 939 / 79 ( 1979 programme)
      (b) affectation                                                              ( EEC) No 940 / 79
 2. Beneficiary
                                                 Mauritania                 V            Somalia                  >       Rwanda
 3 . Country of destination            I                                   J                                     J
 4 . Total quantity of the                       500 tonnes                            300 tonnes                        200 tonnes
      consignment
 5 . Intervention agency responsible                                                  Luxembourg
      for delivery
 6 . Origin of the butteroil (2)                                       To manufacture from intervention butter
 7. Special characteristics and / or   In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment giving
      packaging (3)                                                             equivalent guarantees
 8 . Markings on the packaging          'Butter   oil / Don    de   la      ' Butteroil / Gift    of    the      'Butter   oil / Don    de     la
                                       Communaute         économique        European             Economic        Communaute économique
                                       européenne a la république              Community to Somalia'            europeenne au Rwanda /
                                          islamique de Mauritanie'                                                     Destine a la vente '
 9. Delivery period                       Loading in January 1980                              Delivery in December 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery        Port        of       unloading         Community port of loading               Delivered to Kigali
                                       Nouakchott (deposited on
                                           the quay or on lighters)
11 . Representative         of     the Office     mauritanien     des                                                OPROVIA, BP 953 ,
      beneficiary responsible      for céréales    (OMC),     Nouak­                                                         Kigali
      reception (4)                                  chott
12 . Procedure to be applied to                     Tender                                           Mutual agreement
      determine the costs of supply
13. Expiry of the time limit for                 12 noon on 26                                                —
      submission of tenders                      November 1979
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                  Consignment                                     G                                             H
, 1 . Application of Council
       Regulations :
       (a) legal basis                                                 ( EEC) No 939/ 79 ( 1979 programme)
       (b) affectation                                                          (EEC) No 940 / 79
• 2 . Beneficiary                                              ICRC
                                                                                               L            Mozambique
   3 . Country of destination                                Philippines                     J
   4 . Total     quantity      of   the                      100 tonnes                                      250 tonnes
       consignment
   5 . Intervention agency responsible                                                French
       for delivery
  6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                      To manufacture from intervention butter
   7. Special characteristics and / or       In 2.270 kg boxes, coated internally            In 20 kg boxes , coated internally with
       packaging (3)                         with food-can varnish or having                 food-can varnish or having undergone
                                             undergone treatment giving equivalent            treatment giving equivalent guarantees
                                               guarantees — eight boxes per carton
   8 . Markings on the packaging             A red cross 10 x 10 cm and , in letters         ' Butteroil / Acção de ajuda alimentar
                                             at least 1 cm high, the following               da Comunidade económica europeia a
                                             marking : 'Butteroil / Gift of the                        favor de Mozambique'
                                             European Economic Community /
                                              Action of the International Committee
                                             of the Red Cross / For free distri­
                                                          bution / Manila '
  9 . Delivery period                                                       Loading in December 1979
 10 . Stage and place of delivery              Port of unloading Manila (deposited              Port of unloading Maputo (deposited
                                                    on the quay or on lighters)                      on the quay or on lighters)
 1 1 . Representative         of    the        Phillipines National Red Cross, 860           Enacomo, PO Box 698 , Maputo . Telex
       beneficiary responsible      for       United Nations Avenue, PO Box 280 ,                               6350
       reception (")                                        Manila 2801
 12 . Procedure to be applied to                                                Mutual agreement
       determine the costs of supply
 13 . Expiry of the time limit for
       submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                                  I                                              K
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
      (a) legal basis                     (EEC) No 830 / 78 ( 1978 programme)            (EEC) No 939 / 79 ( 1979 programme)
      (b) affectation                      (EEC) No 831 /78 (general reserve)                       ( EEC) No 940 /79
 2 . Beneficiary
                                         ^               Dominica
                                                                                                        UNHCR
 3 . Country of destination                                                                              Somalia
 4 . Total quantity of the consignment                   100 tonnes                                     100 tonnes
 5 . Intervention agency responsible                                              Belgian
      for delivery
 6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                  To manufacture from intervention butter
 7. Special characteristics and / or     In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment
      packaging (3)                                                    giving equivalent guarantees
 8 . Markings on the packaging           'Butteroil / Gift of the European                'Butteroil / Gift of the European
                                         Economic Community / For free distri­            Economic Community to the United
                                                    bution in Dominica '                  Nations High Commissioner for Re­
                                                                                          fugees / Somalia Programme / Moga­
                                                                                                            dishu '
 9. Delivery period                                  Delivery as soon as possible and at the latest 30 November 1979
10 . Stage and place of delivery         Port of unloading Port of Roseau                 Port     of    unloading    Mogadishu
                                          (deposited on the quay or on lighters)           (deposited on the quay or on lighters)
11 . Representative         of     the   Office of the Premier Minister, Sir              UNHCR Mogadishu, c/o UNDP, PO
      beneficiary responsible      for   Charles Savarin , Chairman of the Food               Box 24, Mogadishu, Somalia (6)
      reception (4)                      Task Force, Cabinet Secretariat,
                                         Government Headquarters, Roseau­
                                                  Dominica, West Indies
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                             Mutual agreement
      determine the costs or supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for
      submission of tenders
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                Consignment                                     L                                            M
 1 . Application of Council
     Regulations :
     (a) legal basis                                                 (EEC) No 939 / 79 ( 1979 programme)
     (b) affectation                                                           (EEC) No 940 / 79
 2. Beneficiary
                                                                                    Guyana
 3. Country of destination
 4. Total      quantity       of  the                       50 tonnes                                    50 tonnes
     consignment
 5 . Intervention agency responsible                                                Belgian
     for delivery
 6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                    To manufacture from intervention butter
 7. Special characteristics and / or       In bunged metal drums, coated inside with an alimentary varnish or having been
     packaging (J)                         subject to a procedure giving equivalent guarantees, of 190 or 200 kg (to be indicated
                                           in the tender) net weight, fully filled and hermetically sealed in an atmosphere of
                                           nitrogen. The drums should be strong enough to withstand a long sea journey. Their
                                           composition must not be such as to be harmful to human health or to cause a change
                                             in the colour, taste or odour of their contents . Each drum must be fully leakproof.
 8 . Markings on the packaging                       'Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Community to Guyana'
 9. Delivery period                        Delivery as soon as possible and at the                Delivery in December 1979
                                                   latest 30 November 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery                      Community port operating a regular service with recipient countries
11 . Representative         of    the
     beneficiary responsible      for
     reception (4)
12. Procedure to be applied to                                                 Mutual agreement
     determine the costs of supply
13. Expiry of the time limit for
     submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                           N                                      O                               P
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
      (a) legal basis                  (EEC) No 1768 / 77 ( 1977                                     (EEC) No 939 / 79
                                                 programme)
      (b) affectation                  (EEC) No 1769/77 (general                                     (EEC) No 940 / 79
                                                   reserve)
  2 . Beneficiary
  3 . Country of destination
                                                   UNHCR
                                                   Thailand                 j* Republic ofCapeVerde                        WFP
                                                                                                                           Nepal
  4. Total      quantity      of   the            300 tonnes                             250 tonnes                      30 tonnes
      consignment
  5 . Intervention agency responsible                            United Kingdom                                           German
      for delivery
  6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                        To manufacture from intervention butter
  7 . Special characteristics and / or      In 5 kg boxes+ coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment giving
      packaging 3)                                                                 equivalent guarantees
  8 . Markings on the packaging        'Butteroil / Gift     of    the        ' Butteroil / Dom da Comuni ­      'Nepal      2043 / Butteroil /
                                       European             Economic          dade económica europeia a          Calcutta     in   transit      to
                                       Community to the United                   república de Cabo Verde'        Nepal / Gift       of         the
                                       Nations High Commis­                                                      European            Economic
                                             sioner for Refugees'                                                Community / Action of the
                                                                                                                    World Food Programme'
  9. Delivery period                                          Loading in January 1980                             Delivery in December 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery        Port of unloading Bangkok              Port of unloading Praia            Community port operating a
                                       (deposited on the quay or              (deposited on the quay or          regular service with Calcutta
                                                 on lighters)                           on lighters)
1 1 . Representative        of     the M. Goodyear, Regional Re­              M.     le  Directeur   EMPA,
      beneficiary responsible      for presentative HCR, Bureau               Praia,      Cap-Vert,    pour
      reception (4)                    HCR, Bangkok, PO Box Q                 compte du ministère de la
                                       121 .   Telex   ES   CAP TH               coordination économique
                                                     2392
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                        Tender                                         Mutual agreement
      determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for                         12 noon on 26 November 1979                                        —
      submission of tenders
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                  Consignment                        Q                                    R                                     S
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
      (a) legal basis                                                   (EEC) No 939/ 79 ( 1979 programme)
      (b) affectation                                                            (EEC) No 940 / 79
 2. Beneficiary                                                       ICRC                                                    Licross
 3 . Country of destination                       Uruguay                              Jordan                                   Haiti
 4 . Total     . quantity      of  the           30 tonnes                            50 tonnes                              50 tonnes
      consignment
 5 . Intervention agency responsible                                                   French
      for delivery
 6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                       To manufacture from intervention butter
 7 . Special characteristics and / or  In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment giving
      packaging (J)                                                            equivalent guarantees
 8 . Markings on the packaging                   A red cross 10 X 10 cm and, in letters at least 1 cm high , the following markings :
                                       'Butteroil / Donación de la         'Butteroil / Gift    of    the         'Butter   oil / Don    de    la
                                       Comunidad          económica        European            Economic           Communauté économique
                                       europea / Acción           del      Community / Action of the              européenne / Pour       distri­
                                       Comité internaciónal de la          International Committee of             bution gratuite en Haïti /
                                       Cruz Roja / Destinado a la          the Red Cross / For free                       Port-au-Prince'
                                       distribución        gratuita /          distribution / Aqaba'
                                                Montevideo '
 9. Delivery period                                       Loading as soon as possible and at the latest 15 December 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery        Port       of       unloading       Port of unloading Aqaba                 Port of unloading Port-au-
                                       Montevideo (deposited on            (deposited on the quay or               Prince (deposited on the
                                          the quay or on lighters)                  on lighters)                        quay or on lighters)
11 . Representative          of    the Cruz Roja uruguaya, ave­            Jordan      National      Red           Société    nationale    de    la
      beneficiary responsible      for nida 8 de Octubre, 2990 ,           Crescent, PO Box 10001 ,                Croix-Rouge          haïtienne,
      reception (4)                        Montevideo, Uruguay                  Amman, Jordan (7)                  place des Nations unies,
                                                                                                                   BP     1337 , Port-au-Prince,
                                                                                                                               Haïti C)
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                                 Mutual agreement
      determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for
      submission of tenders
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                Consignment                                T                                             u
                                                                                      V
 1 . Application of Council
     Regulations :
     (a) legal basis                                             (EEC) No 939 / 79 ( 1979 programme)
     (b) affectation                                                      (EEC) No 940 / 79
 2. Beneficiary                                                                  ICRC
 3 . Country of destination                                                     Ethiopia
 4. Total      quantity      of   the                  25 tonnes                                       25 tonnes
     consignment
 5 . Intervention agency responsible                                            Belgian
     for delivery
 6. Origin of the butteroil (2)                                To manufacture from intervention butter
 7. Special characteristics and / or   In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment
     packaging (3)                                                   giving equivalent guarantees
 8 . Markings on the packaging           A red cross 10 x 10 cm and, in letters at least 1 cm high, the following markings :
                                                   'Lot number one'                 |              'Lot number two'
                                                                              followed by :
                                       'ER-59 / Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Community / Action of the Inter­
                                                     national Committee of tne Red Cross / For free distribution'
 9. Delivery period                                Loading as soon as possible and at the latest 30 November 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery                  Port of unloading Port Sudan (deposited on the quay or on lighters)
11 . Representative        of     the  Names and addresses of the beneficiaries will be sent to the intervention agency as
     beneficiary responsible      for                                      soon as possible
     reception (4)
12. Procedure to be applied to                                             Mutual agreement
     determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for
     submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                                       V                                             w
  1 . Application of Council
      Regulations :
      (a) legal basis                                                   (EEC) No 939 / 79 ( 1979 programme)
      (b) affectation                                                             (EEC) No 940 / 79
  2. Beneficiary
                                                                Sudan                      1                     Ghana
  3 . Country of destination                 -
                                               I                                               -
  4 . Total     quantity
      consignment
                               of  the                        500 tonnes
                                                                                           I                  200 tonnes
  5 . Intervention agency responsible
      for delivery
                                                                Belgian
                                                                                           I                    French
  6 . Origin of the butteroil (2)                                     To manufacture from intervention butter
  7. Special characteristics and / or         In 5 kg boxes, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment
      packaging (J)                                                          giving equivalent guarantees
  8 . Markings on the packaging               'Butteroil / Gift of the European                'Butteroil / Gift of the European
                                                 Economic Community to Sudan '                 Economic Community to the Republic
                                                                                                               of Ghana'
  9. Delivery period                                  Delivery in January 1980             I         Delivery in December 1979
10. Stage and place of delivery              Community port operating a regular                Port of unloading Tema (deposited on
                                                   service with recipient countries                    the quay or on lighters)
11 . Representative          of    the                                                         Principal     Secretary    (ACP-EEC­
      beneficiary responsible      for                                                         ECOWAS Secretariat), Ministry of
      reception (4)                                                                            Finance and Economic Planning, PO
                                                                                                      Box M 76, Accra, Ghana
1 ?. Procedure to be applied to
      determine the costs of supply
                                                               Tender
                                                                                           I               Mutual agreement
13 . Expiry of the time limit for                  12 noon on 26 November 1979                                     —
      submission of tenders
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              Notes :
             (') This Annex, together with the notice published in Official Journal No C 95 of 19 April 1977,
                  page 7, takes the place of an invitation to tender from the intervention agencies concerned in
                  cases where, under point 12, there must be a tendering procedure.
             (2) In cases where the goods come from intervention stocks, an additional notice stating the ware­
                  houses where the product is stored will be published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of
                  the European Communities. Butter originating in the United Kingdom is salted and at least 18
                  months old .
              (3) Other than those set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 303 /77 .
              (4) Only in the case of delivery 'to the port of unloading' and 'free at destination'; see Article 5 and
                  the last indent of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 303 /77 .
              (5) Each offer may cover only a part quantity of 500 tonnes as specified in the complementary
                  tender indicating the storage locations of the product published together with this Regulation in
                  the 'C' series of the Official Journal ofthe European Communities.
             (6) The bill of lading must contain the following information :
                  ' NOTIFY ADDRESS :
                  (a) représentant du bénéficiaire ;
                  (b) Mr Von Arnim, UNHCR, palais des Nations, CH-1211 Genève 10';
                  moreover, a copy of the dispatch documents should be sent by the successful tenderer as soon as
                  possible to the following addresses :
                  — Mr Von Arnim, UNHCR, palais des Nations, CH-1211 Genève 10 (two copies),
                  — Delegate of the Commission of the EEC in Somalia, PO Box 943 , Mogadishu, Somalia .
              (7) The bill of lading must contain the following information :
                  ' NOTIFY ADDRESS :
                  ICRC Delegation, Place Abdali, Jabal El-Weibdeh, PO Box 9058 , Amman , Jordan'.
              (8) The bill of lading must contain the following information :
                  ' NOTIFY ADDRESS :
                  (a) consignee ;
                  (b) League of the Red Cross Societies, BP 276, CH-1211 Geneve 19. Telex 22555 CH'.