CELEX: 31973R2600
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2600/73 of the Commission of 25 September 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled rice as food aid for the Republic of Dahomey

No L 269 / 16                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             26. 9 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2600/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 September 1973
               opening an invitation to tender (or the mobilization of milled rice as food aid
                                                     for the Republic of Dahomey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the Italian intervention agency should, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                           any event, be made responsible for the tendering
                                                                       procedure ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
                                                                       of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Acces­                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                     ment Committee for Cereals,
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1 693/72 (4) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid , and
in particular Article 6 thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas on 23 May 1972 the Council of the Euro­
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                     1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the
of Community action, to grant the equivalent of 2 000                  Republic of Dahomey by way of Community action
metric tons of husked rice (in other words, 1 380                      of 1 380 metric tons of long grained milled rice.
metric tons of long-grained milled rice to the Repu­
blic of Dahomey under its 1971 / 1972 food aid
                                                                       2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy
programme ;
                                                                       in one lot. The products shall be mobilized on the
                                                                       Community market. The products shall be loaded for
Whereas analysis of the state of the Community rice                    departure from the Community ports listed in Annex
market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of                 I.
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be
applied and that the products should be purchased on
 the Community market ;                                                3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
                                                                       graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif into
                                                                       one of the ports of unloading listed in Annex II .
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be
 for supply of the products cif ;
                                                                       4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender                       specified in paragraph 1 cif to one of the ports listed
 must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ;                 in Annex II in new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50
                                                                        kilogrammes.
 Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to
 complete the operation in question within the time                    The following shall be printed on the sacks :
 limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear
 the liability for any resulting costs ;                                'Riz blanchi — Don des Communautés Européennes'.
 Whereas provision should be made for security to be
 given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­                                        Article 2
 tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­
 tion to tender for supplies to the Republic of                          1.   The decision on tenders received in response to
 Dahomey will be fulfilled ;                                            the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken
                                                                        on 15 October 1973 .
 (') 0 | No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 1 .
 (-) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
 ( ; ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .                             2.    The closing date for the submission of tenders
 (->) OJ No L 178 , 5 . X. 1972, p. 3 .                                 shall be 15 October 1973 at 12 noon .
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3.     The  notice   of invitation  to  tender  shall be     —    Spotted grains : 1 % maximum
published in the Official Journal of the European            —    Stained grains : 0.50 % maximum
Communities not less than 10 days before the closing         —    Yellow grains : 0.050 % maximum
date for the submission of tenders .
                                                             —    Amber grains : 0.125 % maximum
                        Article 3                             Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused.
The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering        2. Tenders for supply to the Republic of Dahomey
the best terms.                                               of the long-grained milled rice referred to in Article 1
However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to            must relate to a product with the following characteris­
                                                              tics :
correspond to normal market prices and costs, the
intervention agency may cancel the invitation to              — Moisture : 15 %
tender.                                                       — Broken rice : 5 % maximum
                                                              — Chalky grains : 3 % maximum
                        Article 4
                                                              — Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a          —    Spotted grains : 1 % maximum
value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu­       —    Stained grains : 0-5 % maximum
rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­
fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security            —    Yellow grains : 0.050 % maximum
shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out      —    Amber grains : 0.125 % maximum .
within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­
tities not delivered owing to force majeure.                                            Article 6
2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be             1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee         sible for the operations relating to the invitations to
issued by a credit institution conforming to the              tender provided for by this Regulation.
criteria laid down by the Member State.
                                                              2.     It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
                         Article 5                            sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
                                                              tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
 1 . The long grained milled rice referred to in              together with the name and business name of the
Article 1 to be supplied to the Republic of Dahomey           successful tenderer.
must meet the following requirements :
— Moisture : 1 5 %                                                                      Article 7
— Broken rice : 5 % maximum
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
— Chalky grains : 3 % maximum                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
— Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum                       Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 September 1973 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The Président
                                                                        François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                ANNEX 1
            Number                                          Minimum rate of loading
             of lot      Port from which consigned                 per day           Tonnage fob
               1     Community ports                      Customs of the port          1380 t
                                                ANNEX 11
            Number
             of lot           Port of unloading            Minimum rate of unloading Tonnage cif
               1    Cotonou                              Customs of the port           1 380 t