31973R2679

No L 275/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 10 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2679/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 October 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 without delay of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation and of those accepted by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the intervention agency ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ ment Committee for Cereals, tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 establishing the criteria for the mobilization of cereals to be used as food aid, and in particular Article 6 thereof ; Article 1 Whereas on 14 May 1973 the Council of the Euro­ pean Communities declared that by way of Commu­ 1 . An invitation to tender shall be issued in respect nity action it proposed to grant to the Hashemite of the supply of 3 311 metric tons of common wheat Kingdom of Jordan the equivalent of 5 000 metric flour to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by way of tons of common wheat, in the form of flour, ie 3 311 Community food-aid action . metric tons of common wheat flour, under its 1972/ 73 food-aid programme ; 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and shall be in respect Whereas examination of the state of the cereals of a single lot. market in the Community indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3 . The goods shall be mobilized on the Commu­ 1693/72 should be applied, and in particular that the nity market. 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 at supplied fob (that , is to say the successful tenderer which they are placed in the hold of the ship at the shall place them in the hold of the ship at the port of port of shipment ; shipment) in new cotton sacks of a maximum net Whereas the contract should be awarded to the capacity of 50 kilogrammes . 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 costs which arise in the event that for reasons of force 'Wheat flour — gift of the European Community'. majeure the operation in question is not completed within the time stipulated ;

Whereas provision should be made for security to be Article 2 given to guarantee fulfilment of obligations arising by virtue of participation in the invitation to tender for 1 . The award of the contract shall take place on 12 the supply of goods to the Hashemite Kingdom of October 1973 . Jordan ; 2. The closing date for submission of tenders shall Whereas the Dutch intervention agency should in any be 12 October 1973 at 12 noon . event be made responsible for organizing the invita­ tion to tender ; 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European (') OJ 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 closing (3 ) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 . date for submission of tenders .

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Article 3 Common wheat flour : The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who — moisture content : 1 5 % maximum , offers the most favourabe terms. If it appears, however, — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­ that the tenders submitted do not reflect normal lated on the dry matter), market prices and rates, the intervention agency may — ash content : 0.7 % maximum on the dry matter. cancel the invitation to tender. If the goods referred to in Article 1 do not meet the Article 4 foregoing requirements they shall be rejected and the successful tenderer shall be owner thereof. If, because of delay in the provision of ships for 2. Tenders for supply to the Hashemite Kingdom effecting transport by sea, the successful tenderer is of Jordan of the goods referred to in Article 1 must unable to deliver the goods fob on the date fixed in relate to products with the following characteristics : the notice of invitation to tender, the costs resulting from such delay shall be borne by the intervention Common wheat flour : agency. — moisture content : 1 5 % maximum , — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­ / Article 5 lated on the dry matter), 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security in an — ash content : 0.7 % maximum on the dry matter. amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee Article 7 performance of the operations specified in Articles 1 and 6. The security shall be forfeit if those operations 1 . The intervention agency of the Kingdom of the are not carried out within the time stipulated, save as Netherlands shall be responsible for organizing the regards quantities not delivered for reasons of force invitation to tender provided for by this Regulation . majeure. 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ 2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee tations to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, issued by a credit institution which satisfies the together with the name and business name of the successful tenderer. criteria laid down by each Member State.

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1 . The goods referred to in Article 1 which are to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its be supplied to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan publication in the Official Journal of the European must meet the following requirements : Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

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

1 Community ports Customs of the port 3 311