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20 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 351 / 13

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3421 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 December 1973 on invitations to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fied in the second paragraph of Article 2 on the COMMUNITIES , packing in the language specified below and to take over from the French intervention agency to Having regard to Treaty establishing the European supply fob Dunkerque, Le Havre and/or Marseille Economic Community ; to the following destinations : Skikda/Algeria 380 tons \ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Oran/Algeria 230 tons j 804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­ Algiers/Algeria 210 tons ( . . . . „ , zation of the market in milk and milk products, as p j / / inscription in French Dar es balam/ [ r last amended by the Act (2) concerning the Con­ in transit to \ ditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Burundi 50 tons / Treaties, and in particular Article 7 <(5 ) thereof ; Abidjan/ \ Ivory/Coast 10 tons / Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) Djibouti/ / inscription in English of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed­ Ethiopia 15 tons \ milk powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation Banjul/Gambia 50 tons / ( EEC) No 2700/73 (4), provides for the delivery of Port Louis/ ) certain quantities af skimmed-milk powder ; whereas Mauritius 460 tons > inscription in French the World Food Programme has requested delivery Tartous/Syria 500 tons ) of 2 005 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, which Alexandria/ can be supplied by the French intervention agency ; whereas the delivery costs 'for these supplies must Arab Republic be determined for the relevant intervention agency of Egypt 100 tons inscription in English by inviting tenders in accordance with Commission Article 2 Regulation ( EEC) No 1885/73 (5) of 12 July 1973 on invitations to tender for the cost of delivery, as The French intervention agency shall invite tenders food aid, of skimmed-milk powder held by the in­ to determine the costs of delivery fob. tervention agencies ; It shall ensure that the country of destination and Whereas certain details of Regulation (EEC) No the port of unloading as well as the following in­ 1885/73 must, however, be clarified, in particular scription are made on the packing in the language as regards the time limit (for submitting tenders and specified in Article 1 in letters at least 1 cm high, the terms of delivery of the skiimmed-milk powder ; as required : — 'Lait ecreme en poudre, Action Programme ali­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­ mentaire mondial — Don de la Communaute eco­ lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the nomique europeenne' ; Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, — 'Skimmed-milk powder, World Food Pro­ gramme Action — Gift of the European Econo­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : mic Community'. In addition it shall supply 2 °/o of the number of Article 1 bags, empty, identical to those containing the goods and to be delivered with the goods . Tenders shall be invited An conformity with Regula­ Article 3 tion (EEC) No 1885/73 , to determine the costs of delivery fob to the WFP of 2 005 metric tons of Delivery fob shall be made on a date determined skimmed-milk powder, bearing the inscription speci­ by the relevant intervention agency after 1 March 1974 but before 17 March 1974 .

(!) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3.;1972, p. 14 . Article 4 (3 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . *1972, p . 28 . The closing date for submission of tenders shall be (4) OJ No L 279, 5 . 10. 1973, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 192, 13 . 7. 1973 , ,p. 31 . 22 January 1974 at noon .

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Article 5 powder delivered, to cover transport and distribution costs .

Article 6 The French intervention agency shall, within sixty days following taking over of the relevant quantity This Regulation shall enter into force on the third by the WFP, pay to the WFP a standard-rate contri­ day following its publication in the Official Journal bution of $ 80 per metric ton of skimmed-milk of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI