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No L 285/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 10. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2772/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 October 1973 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1885 / COMMUNITIES, 73 (4) of 12 July 1973 concerning invitations to tender for the cost of delivery, as food aid, of skim­ med-milk powder held by the intervention agencies ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas certain details of Regulation (EEC) No 1885/73 must, however, be clarified, in particular Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/ as regards the time limit for submitting tenders and 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization the terms of delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2) on the Conditions of Acces­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation sion and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in par­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ticular Articles 7 (5 ) thereof ; ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2721 /72 (3) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed­ milk powder as food aid provides for the delivery Article 1 of certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder ; whereas the World Food Programme has requested Tenders shall be invited in conformity with Regu­ delivery of 11 446-8 metric tons of skimmed-milk lation ( EEC ) No 1885 /73 to determine the costs of powder, which can be supplied by the Belgian, delivery fob to the WFP of 11 446-8 metric tons of German, French, Irish and Dutch intervention skimmed-milk powder, divided as follows and beat­ agencies ; whereas the delivery costs for these ing the inscription specified in the second paragraph supplies must be determined for each of the relevant of Article 2 on the packing in the language specified intervention agencies by inviting tenders in accord­ below :

( a ) to be taken over from the Belgian intervention agency 3 092-8 metric tons for the following destinations, to be delivered fob Antwerp :

Abidjan / Ivory Coast 20 t inscription in French Basrah / Iraq 370 t inscription in English Akaba / Jordan 150 t inscription in English Beirut / Lebanon 501 1 inscription in French Alexandria / Arab Republic of Egypt 1 280 t inscription in English Lattakia / Syria 430 t inscription in English Tartous / Syria 319-8 t Aden / People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen 22 t inscription in English

( b ) To be taken over from the German intervention agency : 3 425 metric tons, for the following destinations, to be delivered fob Bremen and/or Hamburg :

Algiers / Algeria 2 536 t — inscription in French Georgetown / Guyana 10 t ' — inscription in Spanish Vera Cruz / Mexico 300 t — inscription in Spanish Asuncion / Paraguay 79 t — inscription in Spanish Port Sudan / Sudan 500 t — inscription in English

(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . H OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14. ( 3) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p . 28 . («) OJ No L 192, 13 . 7. 1973 , p . 31 .

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(c) To be taken over from the French intervention agency : 1 999 metric tons for the following destinations, to be delivered fob Dunkirk and/or Le Havre :

Skidda / Algeria 800 t Oran / Algeria 450 1 inscription in French Algiers / Algeria 430 t Dar es Salaam / in transit to Burundi 20 t inscription in French Durban / in transit to Lesotho 125 t East London / in transit to Lesotho 125 t inscription in English Mogadiscio / Somalia 29 t Berbera / Somalia 20 t inscription in English

( d) To be taken over from the Irish intervention agency : 1 253 metric tons for the following destinations, to be delivered fob Dublin :

Port Sudan / Sudan 1 180 1 — inscription dn English Kingston / Jamaica 15 t — inscription in Spanish Alexandria / Arab Republic of Egypt 58 t — inscription in English

(e) To be taken over from the Dutch intervention agency : 1 677 metric tons, for the following destinations, to be delivered fob Rotterdam

400 t inscription in French Skidda / Algeria Port Elizabeth / in transit to Botswana 30 t inscription in English Bathurst / Gambia 60 t inscription in English 200 t Djakarta ! Indonesia Surabaja / Indonesia 180 t inscription in English 90 t Singapore / in transit to Indonesia Durban / in transit to Lesotho 30 t 37 t inscription in English East London / in transit to Lesotho Manila / Philippines 25 t inscription in English Mogadiscio / Somalia 12 t Berbera / Somalia 13 t inscription in English Tunis Tunisia 600 t inscription in French

Article 2 — 'Leche desnatada en polvo, Acción del Programa alimentario mundial — Donación de la Comu­ The Belgian , German , French , Irish and Dutch Inter­ nidad económica europea '. vention Agencies shall invite tenders to determine the In addition they shall supply 2 % of the number of costs of delivery fob of the quantities that concern bags, empty, identical to those containing the goods them respectively . and to be delivered with the goods .

They shall ensure that the country of destination , Article 3 and the port of unloading as well as the following inscription are made on the packing in the language specified in Article 1 in letters at least 1 cm high : Delivery fob shall be made on a date determined by the relevant intervention agency as follows : — ' Lait écrémé en poudre , Action Programme ali­ mentaire mondial — Don de la Communauté éco­ — after 10 November but before 26 November 1973 nomique européenne' ; for the quantities specified in Article 1 ( a ) ( e ) ; — 'Skimmed-milk powder, World Food Programme — after 25 November but before 11 December 1973 Action — Gift of the European Economic Com­ for the quantities specified in Article 1 ( b ), (c) munity ' ; and ( d )..

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Article 4 of 80 US dollars per metric ton of skimmed-milk powder delivered, to cover transport and distribution The closing date for submission of tenders shall be costs . 23 October 1973 , at 12 noon . / Article 5 Article 6 The intervention agencies shall, within 60 days This Regulation shall enter into force on the third following taking over of the relevant quantity by the day following its publication in the Official Journal WFP, pay to the WFP a standard-rate contribution of the European Communities .

This Regulation s>hall be binding in its entirety anid directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 11 October 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOL1