CELEX: 31976R2704
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2704/76 of 8 November 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the World Food Programme for Cuba

9 . 11 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 307/ 5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2704/76
                                                       of 8 November 1976
              concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk
                             powder as food aid to the World Food Programme for Cuba
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                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                                            Article 1
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
                                                                     1.     In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76 of 1                     (EEC) No 1298 /76 and (EEC) No 1299/76, tenders
June 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                    shall be invited for the costs of delivery to the World
food aid to certain developing countries and interna­                Food Programme of 5 000 metric tons of skimmed­
tional organizations under the 1976 programme (3),                   milk powder divided into five lots of 1 000 metric
provides inter alia for 20 000 metric tons of skim­                  tons each for Cuba .
med-milk powder to be made available to the World
Food Programme (WFP) ; whereas the WFP has
requested the delivery of 5 000 metric tons of skim­                 2. As regards the tendering procedure as well as the
med-milk powder for Cuba ; whereas this delivery                     terms for delivery of the skimmed-milk powder, the
shall be considered as completed when the skimmed­                   provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1221 /75 shall
milk powder is deposited at the point of exportation                 apply.
at the place designated by the WFP or its appointed
agent ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas according to Article 5 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1298 /76 of 1 June 1976 laying down
general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder                  1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
                                                                     from the Irish intervention agency and shall be accom­
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
                                                                     panied by various certificates to be furnished by the
tional organizations under the 1976 programme ^), as
                                                                     intervention agency according the data of the Commis­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 201 7/76 (5), the                     sion .
delivery costs for this quantity shall be the subject of a
tendering procedure ;
                                                                     2. The intervention agency in question shall supply
                                                                     2 % extra empty bags identical to those containing
Whereas, as regards the tendering procedure, the provi­              the goods.                                        /
sions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1221 /75 of
6 May 1975 concerning the conditions for invitations
to tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid, of skim­           3 . The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall
med-milk powder to the World Food Programme (6),                     bear, in letters at least 1 cm high, the following
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2061 /75 (7),                      inscription :
should be applied ; whereas it is however necessary to
specify certain points, in particular the time limit for              Leche desnatado en polvo / Donacion de la Comu­
the     submission     of     tenders     and   the   conditions     nidad europea / Acción del PMA / Cuba 760'
governing the delivery of skimmed-milk powder ;
                                                                     4. This marking shall be followed by the origin , the
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                         net and gross weight in kilogrammes as well as the
(2 ) OJ  No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .
(J ) OJ  No L 146, 4. 6 . 1976, p . 5 .                              port of unloading which shall be as follows :
(4 ) OJ  No L 146, 4. 6 . 1976, p . 3 .
(5)  OJ  No L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p . 1 .                            — for 2 500 metric tons : ' la Habana'
(6)  OJ  No L 121 , 14. 5 . 1975, p . 17 .
( 7) OJ  No L 209, 7 . 8 . 1975, p . 19 .                            — for 2 500 metric tons : 'Santiago de Cuba .
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                       Article 3                            2.    By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) of Regu­
                                                            lation (EEC) No 1221 /75, the tenderer shall specify in
1 . The delivery shall be effected from a port to be        his tender for how many lots his tender is valid. Only
designated in the tender, chosen from among ports in        one port of embarkation may be indicated in the
the Community accessible for ocean-going ships              tender.
having a regular service with the recipient country.
2.    Delivery at the port of embarkation shall take
place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency
concerned and which shall be after 1 and before 15
                                                                                   Article 5
January 1977 .
                       Article 4
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
1.   The time limit for the submission of tenders           following its publication in the Official Journal of
expires on 23 November 1976 at 12 noon .                    the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 November 1976 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission