CELEX: 31976R2970
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2970/76 of 6 December 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the World Food Programme for Sri Lanka

8 . 12 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 339/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2970/76
                                                        of 6 December 1976
               concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the
                                             World Food Programme for Sri Lanka
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,                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                                            Article 1
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof,                                    Tenders are invited, as provided in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 2247/75, for the costs of manufacture and delivery
                                                                     to the WFP of 1 037 metric tons of butteroil for Sri
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16                    Lanka and divided into the following lots :
June 1975 on the supply of milk fats under the 1975
food-aid programme to certain developing countries                   — Lot A : 500 metric tons,
and to certain international organizations (3), provides             — Lot B : 537 metric tons .
inter    alia  that     1 6 000    metric     tons   of butteroil
obtained from butter held by the intervention agen­
cies shall be made available to the World                   Food
Programme (WFP) ;                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the WFP has requested the supply of 1 037                     1.    The butter to be used in manufacturing the butte­
metric tons of butteroil for Sri Lanka ; whereas this                roil shall be taken over from the German intervention
delivery shall be considered as completed when the
                                                                     agency .
butteroil is deposited at the port of embarkation at the
point designated by the WFP or its appointed agent ;
                                                                     2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements
                                                                     as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up only in
1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules                   containers of 5 kg.
for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid
programme to certain developing countries and to
certain international organizations (4), requires tenders            3 . The marking to be indicated on the containers
to be invited for such supplies ;                                     in accordance with Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex
                                                                     mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be the
                                                                     following :
Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­
2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to                  nity — World Food Programme action — Colombo.'
tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of
butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries
and to the World Food Programme (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 221 2/76 (6) ;                                                 Article 3
whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details
particularly as regards the time limit for submission of
tenders and the terms of supply ;                                     1 . The port of embarkation indicated in the tender
                                                                     shall be chosen from among ports in the Community
 •) OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                          accessible for ocean-going ships having a regular
 2) OJ   No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
 3) OJ   No L 157 , 19 . 6 . 1975 , p. 6 .                           service with the recipient country.
 4) OJ   No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p. 4 .
 5) OJ   No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .
 6  OJ   No L 249 , 11.9 . 1 976, p. 5 .                             Only one port may be indicated in the tender.
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2. Delivery at the port of embarkation shall take                                  Article 5
place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency
concerned and which shall be after 28 February and
not later than 10 March 1977.
                       Article 4
                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The time limit for the submission of tenders is 11          following its publication in the Official Journal of
January 1977 at 12 noon .                                   the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 6 December 1976.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission