CELEX: 31975R0600
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 600/75 of the Commission of 7 March 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice as food aid for the Republic of Gambia

8 . 3 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 63/ 15
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 600/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 7 March 1975
               opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice as
                                         food aid for the Republic of Gambia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
COMMUNITIES,                                                    of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation
                                                                and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion (EEC) No 476/75 (2) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                            Article 1
 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and           1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the
in particular Article 6 thereof ;                               Republic of Gambia by way of Community action , of
                                                                690 metric tons of milled long grain rice .
Whereas on 21 March 1974 the Council of the Euro­
                                                                2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way              in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the
of Community action , to grant the equivalent of 1 000          Community market. The products shall be loaded for
metric tons of husked rice (in other words, 690 metric          departure from any Community port.
tons of milled long grain rice) to the Republic of
Gambia under its 1973/74 food-aid programme ;                   3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
                                                                graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is
Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­            at the moment when the goods ai ? actually removed
tion ( EEC) No 1693/72 the goods may be purchased                from the ship's hold at the port of unloading.
anywhere on the Community market ;
                                                                4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be             specified in paragraph 1 cif to the port of Banjul in
                                                                 new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilogrammes .
for supply of the products delivered cif, that is at the
moment, when the goods are actually removed from                The following shall be printed on the sacks :
the ship's hold at the port of unloading ;
                                                                'Milled rice — gift of the European Community — to
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender                 distribute free of charge .'
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 24 March 1975 .
                                                                 2.    The closing date for the submission of tenders
Whereas provision should be made for security to be              shall be 24 March 1975 at 12 noon .
given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­
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            published in the Official Journal of the European
will be fulfilled ;
                                                                 Communities not less than nine days before the
                                                                 closing date for the submission of tenders .
Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be
made responsible for the tendering procedure ;
                                                                                         Article 3
(«) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 .                           The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering
C) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 .                            the best terms .
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However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to            — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum ;
correspond to normal market prices and costs, the             — amber grains : 0-125% maximum .
intervention agency may cancel the invitation to
tender.                                                                                Article 6
                                                              1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­
                         Article 4
                                                              sible for the operations relating to the invitations to
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a          tender provided for by this Regulation .
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 tenderers .
tities not delivered owing to force majeure.                  3.     On the other hand , if the successful tenderer is
2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be            established in a Member State other than the one
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee         collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched
issued by a credit institution conforming to the              through a frontier post of the Member State where the
criteria laid down by the Member State .                      successful tenderer is established , the intervention
                                                              agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible
                         Article 5                            for the operations relating to tendering.
                                                              In this case, the intervention agency choosing the
1 . The milled long grain rice referred to in Article         successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­
1 to be supplied to the Republic Gambia must meet             vention agency of the Member State concerned and
the following requirements :                                  shall supply it with all the information which it may
— moisture : 1 5 % ;                                          require .
— broken rice : 5 % maximum ;                                 4. The intervention agency shall request the
—    chalky grains : 3 % maximum ;                            successful tenderer to supply the following informa­
—    grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ;                 tion :
—    spotted grains : 1 % maximum ;                           (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
—    stained grains : 0-50 % maximum ;                             the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
                                                                   and their packaging ;
—    yellow grains : 0-050 % ;
—    amber grains : 0-125 % maximum .                         (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
                                                                   expected date of arrival of the products at their
Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused .             destination ;
2. Tenders for supply to the Republic of Gambia of            (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
the milled long grain rice referred to in Article 1 must           during transportation of the products .
relate to a product with the following characteristics :      The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
— moisture : 1 5 % ;                                          tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
                                                              received .
— broken rice : 5 % maximum ;
—    chalky grains : 3 % maximum ;                                                     Article 7
—    grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ;                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
—    spotted grains : 1 % maximum ;                           publication in the Official Journal of the European
—    stained grains : 0-50 % maximum ;                        Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 March 1975 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission