CELEX: 31974R2312
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2312/74 of the Commission of 6 September 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of husked long grain rice as food aid for the Republic of Gambia

10 . 9 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 247/7
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2312/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 6 September 1974
              opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of husked long grain rice as
                                          food aid for the Republic of Gambia
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 Cereals ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act
                                                                                          Article 1
of Accession (2) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the
1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­             Republic of Gambia, by way of Community action, of
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and           1 500 metric tons of husked long grain rice.
in particular Article 6 thereof ;
                                                                 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy
Whereas on 6 April 1971 the Council of the Euro­                 in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way               Community market. The products shall be loaded for
of Community action, to grant 1 500 metric tons of               departure from a Community port.
husked long grain rice to the Republic of Gambia
under its 1970/71 food-aid programme ;                           3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
                                                                 graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is
Whereas analysis of the state of the Community rice              at the moment when the goods are actually removed
market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of           from the ship's hold at the port of unloading.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be
applied and that the products should be purchased on             4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
the Community market ;                                           specified in paragraph 1 cif to the port of Banjul in
                                                                 new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilogrammes.
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be
for supply of the products delivered cif, that is at the         The following shall be printed on the sacks :
moment when the goods are actually removed from
the ship's hold at the port of unloading ;                       ' Don de la Communaute economique europeenne —
                                                                  Distribution gratuite'.
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender
must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ;                                    Article 2
Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to
complete the operation in question within the time                1 . The decision on tenders received in response to
limits specified, it 'must be made clear who is to bear          the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken
the liability for any resulting costs ;                          on 17 September 1974.
Whereas provision should be made for security to be               2.    The closing date for the submission of tenders
given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­           shall be 17 September 1974 at 12 noon .
tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­          3.     The  notice   of  invitation to tender  shall be
 tion to tender for supplies to the Republic of Gambia
will be fulfilled ;                                               published in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                  Communities not less than seven days before the
Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be                 closing date for the submission of tenders.
 made responsible for the tendering procedure ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
 of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation
 and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;              The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering
                                                                  the best terms .
 (•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                            However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to
(3) OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3 .                             correspond to normal market prices and costs, the
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intervention agency may cancel the invitation to                                         Article 6
tender.
                                                               1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­
                        Article 4                              sible for the operations relating to the invitation to
                                                               tender provided for by this Regulation .
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a
value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu­        2.     It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­       sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security             tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out       together with the name and business name of the
within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­        successful tenderer.
tities not delivered owing to force majeure.
2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be             3 . The intervention agency shall ask that the
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee          tenderer specifies the following information :
issued by a credit institution conforming to the
criteria laid down by the Member State .                       (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
                                                                    the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
                         A rticle 5                                 and their packaging ;
 1 . The husked long grain rice referred to in Article         (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
 1 to be supplied to the Republic of Gambia must                    expected date of arrival of the products at their
meet the following requirements :                                   destination ;
— moisture content : maximum 15% ,                             (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
— broken grains : 5 % maximum,                                      during transportation of the products.
— green grains or grains having natural deformities :
     3 % maximum .
                                                               The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused.          tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
                                                               received .
2. Tenders for supply to Gambia of the husked
 long grain milled rice referred to in Article 1 must
 relate to a product with the following characteristics :                                Article 7
— moisture content : maximum 15% ,
— broken grains : 5 % maximum,                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
— green grains or grains having natural deformities :           publication in the Official Journal of the European
     3 % maximum .                                              Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 September 1974.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI