CELEX: 31977R0732
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 732/77 of 5 April 1977 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Republic of Afghanistan

7 . 4. 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 89 / 17
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 732/77
                                                       of 5 April 1977
              on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Republic
                                                       of Afghanistan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  1 . Tenders are hereby invited, in accordance with
                                                                 the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 694/76 and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     (EEC) No 695/76, for the manufacture and delivery to
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                the Republic of Afghanistan of a lot of 250 tonnes of
of the market in milk and milk products (J ), as last            butteroil .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                 2. Subject to the special provisions contained herein­
                                                                 after, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75
                                                                 shall apply to the tendering procedure and to the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25                  terms for manufacture and delivery of the
March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­           butteroil .
loping countries and international organizations under
the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia
for the supply to the Republic of Afghanistan of 250
tonnes of butteroil obtained from butter held by inter­                                   Article 2
vention agencies ; whereas this country has requested
the supply of the abovementioned quantity ;
                                                                  1.    The butter to be used in manufacturing the
                                                                  butteroil shall be taken over from the French interven­
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  tion agency.
694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules
for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­           2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements
tries and international organizations under the 1976              as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited            Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up exclu­
for such supplies ;                                               sively in containers of five kilograms, coated internally
                                                                 with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment
                                                                 giving equivalent guarantees.
Whereas the invitation to tender shall be effected in
accordance with the provisions of Commission Regula­              3 . The marking to be applied on the container, as
tion (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning                prescribed in Chapter II (2) (b) of the Annex
invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and
                                                                  mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as
delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing           follows :
countries and to the World Food Programme (5), as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2402/76 (6) ;                'Butteroil/Gift of the European Economic Community
whereas, it is still necessary to add a number of details,        to Afghanistan'.
particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­
sion of tenders and the terms of supply ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                        1.    Delivery shall be effected from the port of Le
                                                                  Havre .
0)  OJ  No L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ  No L  67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                            2. Delivery at the port of loading shall take place
(3) OJ  No L  83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No L  83, 30 . 3. 1976, p. 4.                             on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency
(») OJ  No L  229, 30. 8 . 1975, p. 60.                           concerned, which must be after 15 but not later than
(6) OJ  No L  270, 2. 10 . 1976, p. 23.                           31 May 1977.
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                      Article 4                                                   Article 5
                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be      following its publication in the Official Journal of
19 April 1977 at 12 noon .                                 the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 5 April 1977.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President