31973R1535

No L 154/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 6 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1535 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 June 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as aid for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is important that the Commission be COMMUNITIES , informed within delay of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation and of those accepted by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the intervention agency ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the 67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­ Management Committee for Cereals ; zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1346/73 ( 2 ) ;

Having regard to Council Regijlation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1693/72 (3 ) of 3 August 1972 establishing the criteria for the mobilization of cereals to be used an Article 1 food aid, and in particular Article 6 thereof ;

Whereas on 23 May 1972 the Council of the Euro­ 1 . An invitation to tender shall be issued in pean Communities declared that by way of Commu­ respect of the supply of 3 311 metric tons of nity action it proposed to grant to the Hashemite common wheat flour to the Hashemite Kingdom Kingdom of Jordan the equivalent of 5 000 metric of Jordan by way of Community food aid action . tons of common wheat, in the form of flour, ie 3 311 metric tons of common wheat flour, under its 2 . The tendering procedure shall take place in 1971 /72 food aid programme ; the Kingdom of the Netherlands and shall be in respect of a single lot. Whereas examination of the state of the cereals market in the Community indicates that the criteria 3 . The goods shall be mobilized on the Commu­ of Article 3 (3 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No nity market. 1693/72 should be applied, and in particular that the goods should be purchased on the Community market ; 4. Shipment shall be from a Community port.

Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should 5 . The goods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be relate to supply of the goods fob, ie up to the point supplied fob (that is to say the successful tenderer at which they are placed in the hold of the ship at shall place them in the hold of the ship at the port the port of shipment ; of shipment) in new cotton sacks of a maximum net capacity of 50 kilogrammes . Whereas the contract should be awarded to the tenderer who makes the best offer ; 6 . The following shall be printed on the sacks : Whereas it must be made clear who is to bear any ' Wheat flour — Gift of the European Community'. costs which arise in the event that for reasons of force majeure the operation in question is not completed within the time stipulated ; Article 2 Whereas provision should be made for security to be given to guarantee fulfilment of obligations 1 . The award of the contract shall take place on arising by virtue of participation in the invitation to 25 June 1973 . tender for the supply of goods to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ; 2 . The closing date for submission of tenders Whereas the Dutch intervention agency should in shall be 25 June 1973 at 12 noon . any event be made responsible for organizing the invitation to tender ; 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European (*) O } No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269 / 67 . ( 2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . .5 . 1973 , p . 8 . Communities not less than 10 days before the ( 3) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972 , p . 3 . closing date for submission of tenders .

9 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 154/ 19

Article 3 — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g ( calculated on the dry matter), The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who offers the most favourable terms. If it appears, — ash content : 0-7"°/o maximum on the dry matter. however, that the tenders submitted do not reflect If the goods referred to in Article 1 do not meet the normal market prices and rates, the intervention foregoing requirements it shall be rejected and the agency may cancel the invitation to tender. successful tenderer shall be owner thereof.

Article 4 2. Tenders for supply to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of the goods referred to in Article 1 must If, because of delay in the provision of ships for relate to products with the following characteris­ effecting transport by sea, the successful tenderer is tics : unable to deliver the goods fob on the date fixed in the notice of invitation to tender, the costs resulting Common wheat flour : from such delay shall be borne by the intervention agency . — moisture content : 15 °/o maximum, Article 5 — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g ( calculated on the dry matter), 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security in an amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of — ash content : 0-7 °/o maximum on the dry matter. goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee performance of the operations specified in Articles 1 Article 7 and 6 . The security shall be forfeit if those opera­ tions are not carried out within the time stipulated, 1 . The intervention agency of the Kingdom of save as regards quantities not delivered for reasons the Netherlands shall be responsible for organizing of force majeure. the invitation to tender provided for by this Regula­ tion . 2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be given in the form of a cash deposit or of a 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ guarantee issued by a credit institution which satis­ sion the list of firms which have responded to the fies the criteria laid down by each Member State . invitations to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, together with the name and business name Article 6 of the successful tenderer. 1 . The goods referred to in Article 1 which are to be supplied to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Article 8 must meet the following requirements : This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of Common wheat flour : its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ — moisture content : 15 °/o maximum , pean Communities .

This regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 8 June 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Number of lot Minimum rate of loading per day Tonnage fob i Port from which consigned

1 Customs of the port 3 311 t J Community ports

I