CELEX: 31976R2356
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2356/76 of 29 September 1976 concerning the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid for the Republic of Zambia

30 . 9 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 267/ 17
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2356/76
                                                        of 29 September 1976
                 concerning the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid for the
                                                         Republic of Zambia
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       zations under the 1975 food-aid programme (7) and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         Council Regulation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25 March
                                                                       1976 laying down general rules for the supply of milk
                                                                       fats to certain developing countries and international
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme ^),
 Economic Community,                                                  requires tenders to be invited for such supplies ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the .common organization                   the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                     tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
 particular Article 6 (7) therof,                                     butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries
                                                                      and to the World Food Programme (9), as last
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2212/76 ( 10) ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                     whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details,
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to                    particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­
 certain developing countries and certain international               sion of tenders and the terms of supply ;
 organizations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3),
 provides for a reserve of 4 550 metric tons of butteroil             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ;                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 whereas according to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 2020/76 of 27 July 1976 on the emergency supply of
 butteroil to the Republic of Zambia in favour of
 needy persons in that country as food aid pursuant to
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/75 (4), 279 metric tons
 from this reserve shall be allocated to the Republic of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Zambia ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25                                                 Article 1
 March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­
 loping countries and international organizations under                1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­
 the 1976 food-aid programme ^) provides for a reserve                tions ( EEC) No 1541 /75, (EEC) No 694/76, (EEC) No
 of 3 640 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter               2019/76 and (EEC) No 2020/76 for the manufacture
 held by intervention agencies ; whereas according to                 and delivery of a lot of 300 metric tons of butteroil to
 Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2019/76 of 27 July                      the Republic of Zambia.
 1976 on the emergency supply of butteroil to the
 Republic of Zambia in favour of needy persons in that
                                                                       2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­
 country as food aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      inafter the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
 695/76 (6), 21 metric tons from this reserve shall be
                                                                      2247/75 shall apply by analogy to the tendering proce­
 allocated to the Republic of Zambia ; whereas this
                                                                      dure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of
 country has requested the delivery of 300 metric tons                the butteroil .
 of butteroil ;
Whereas Article 5 of respectively Council Regulation                                              Article 2
(EEC) No 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down
general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to               1.    The butter which is to be manufactured into the
certain developing countries and international organi­
                                                                      butteroil shall be. removed from the premises of the
(■) OJ   No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                      Belgian intervention agency.
(2) OJ   No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p . 9 .
(3) OJ   No  L  157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p . 6.                            ( 7) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p. 4.
(4) OJ   No  L 244, 16. 8 . 1976, p. 5.                               ( s) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4.
(5) OJ   No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6.                              (") OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p . 60 .
(b) OJ   No  L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p . 4.                             ( I0) OJ No L 249 , 11.9 . 1976, p. 5.
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2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall            6. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the
satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to             port of unloading shall be borne by or for the benefit
Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­          of the recipient country. The rates and other details
sively in 5 kg canisters.                                     concerning such costs shall be laid down in the
                                                              contract between      the  successful tenderer and       the
3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as              carrier and must have been previously agreed upon by
provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned             the successful tenderer acting as agent for the Commu­
Annex, shall be the following :                                nity and the recipient agent in the country of destina­
'Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Commu­              tion .
nity to the Republic of Zambia / For free distribu­
tion '.
                                                                                        Article 4
4.      The time limit for the submission of tenders
shall be 12 October 1976 at 12 noon .                          1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify
                                                               the country of destination of the date of loading, the
                                                               quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the
                         Article 3
                                                               time of loading and the port of unloading.
 1.     Delivery shall be cif Dar-es-Salaam .
                                                               2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­
2.      Shipment shall take place as soon as possible          ient organization at least 10 clear days in advance of
and not later than 15 November 1976.                           the expected date of arrival at the port of ship's
                                                               unloading.
3 . Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods
are actually taken from the hold of the ship at the            The successful tenderer shall include in the terms of
port of unloading.                                             the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's
                                                               captain shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the
4. On cif delivery, the country of destination shall           country of destination of the ship's probable date of
issue to the successful tenderer a taking-over letter          arrival in port.
which replaces the certificate specified in Article 1 5 of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 .
                                                                                        Article 5
 5. The country of destination shall bear all costs
 incurred after delivery including the unloading costs         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(such as unstowing, hoisting, acceptance) and any              following its publication in the Official Journal of
 lighter costs.                                                 the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 29 September 1976.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission