31973R2388

No L 245/ 66 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2388 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 August 1973 concerning the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply as food aid to certain third countries of skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on the Community market

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN giano Reggiano cheeses for the 1973/ 74 milk year, COMMUNITIES , prices of skimmed-milk powder vary within the Community ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Economic Community ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 / 72 (') of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid, and in particular Article 4 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 2721 /72 provides, inter alia, for the supply of 29 450 metric tons of skimmed­ Article 1 milk powder to the World Food Programme ; whereas that Regulation also provides that if there is not 1 . There shall be purchased on the Community enough skimmed-milk powder available in public market for supply to the World Food Programme stocks with the characteristics necessary for its parti­ 4 574 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, such cular destination , supplies may be obtained by purchase to be effected in accordance with the pro­ purchase on the Community market and that such cedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /73 . purchase is to be effected under a tendering pro­ cedure ; 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be delivered fob, in the following lots : Whereas the World Food Programme has asked for 4 574 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, for ship­ (a) 750 metric tons for shipment to Colombia , ment to various third countries ; whereas , in view of (b) 750 metric tons for shipment to Colombia, the distance of the recipient countries concerned, a stronger packing is required than that prescribed in (c) 530 metric tons for shipment to Colombia, the case of skimmed-milk powder bought in under (d) 900 metric tons for shipment to India, intervention arrangements ; whereas the powder must therefore be purchased on the Community market ; (e) 400 metric tons for shipment to India, ( f) 500 metric tons for shipment to India , Whereas supply of the powder, for delivery fob, must (g) 620 metric tons for shipment to India, be put out to tender, the tendering procedure being that set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No ( h) 124 metric tons for shipment to Nepal . 191 1 / 73 ( 2 ) of 13 July 1973 concerning invitations to tender for the supply as food aid of skimmed-milk 3 . Delivery of the above lots shall take place on a date between 25 October and 10 November 1973 to powder bought in the Community market ; whereas , however, in order to apply that Regulation certain be set bv the intervention agency concerned . additional particulars are required , in particular as regards the destination of the skimmed-milk powder, the time limit for the submission of tenders and the Article 2 terms of delivery ; whereas , account should also be taken of the fact that, as a result of the reduction of The skimmed-milk powder in question shall be pack­ the intervention price in certain Member States aged in 25 kg bags answering to the specifications set pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) out in the Annex hereto . No 1 188 / 763 ( 3 ) of 8 May 1973 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmi­ Article 3

(') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 28 . (-') OJ No L 196, 17 . 7 . 1973 , p . 12 . The Community port indicated in the tender must be h) OJ No L 122, 9 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 . a port accessible to seagoing vessels .

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Article 4 However, when the maximum amount referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /73 is being The time limit for the submission of tenders shall fixed, account shall be taken of the reduction pursuant expire on 25 September 1973 at 12 noon . to Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 188 /73 in the intervention price applicable in Germany and in the Article 5 Benelux States . Article 6 The corrective referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 1 188 /73 shall not be applied to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day skimmed-milk powder supplied under this Regula­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tion . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

I. Packing :

( a) net weight of contents 25 kg, (b) composition of packing :

1 Kraft paper bag of a strength of at least 90 g/m2, 3 Kraft paper bags of a strength of at least 70 g/m2

1 interposed tar-lined paper bag of a strength of at least 140 g/m2 (*), 1 separate inner bag of polyethylene of at least 0-10 mm thickness, closed by double binding.

II. Marking of packing :

The bag must bear, in the language specified by the relevant agency, the following particu­ lars : ( a) port of destination, ( b ) description 'skimmed-milk powder', (c) the words : 'Gift of the European Communities — World Food Programme Action'*

(d) net weight : '25 kg', (e) name and address of the successful tenderer,

(f) lot number and number of bags comprising the lot.

(') This bag may be replaced by a Kraft bag lined with polyethylene of total combined strength of at least 80 g + 15 g/m1 .