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REGULATION ( EEC) No 299/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 February 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN The said agency shall procure that the packing is COMMUNITIES, marked in letters at least 2 cm high :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ' Skimmed-Milk Powder - Gift of the European Economic Community ; Community to Mauritania to be distributed free of charge'. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ 68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ 2. Loading shall take place on 29 March 1974 at tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last the latest. amended by the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties (2), and in particular Article 7 ( 5) thereof ; Article 3 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3 ) of 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the 1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­ Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for 14 000 metric tons of vention agency's storage depot and the time when the skimmed-milk powder to be supplied to those coun­ presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the tries ; port of unloading is verified. The country of destina­ tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, Whereas Mauritania has requested the supply, as emer­ including unloading costs (for example shifting, gency aid, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs. powder which can be made available to it , by the German intervention agency ; whereas the costs of 2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case may be) by the country of destination . The rates of 192/74 (4) of 18 January 1974 on the supply of and rules governing such costs and dispatch money skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of shall be specified in the contract between the the Sahel and Ethiopia ; successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­ Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, such as the time advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­ limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of tion agent in the country of destination . delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 4 are in accordance with the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products , The time limit for the submission of tenders is 26 February 1974 at 12 noon . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article I Article 5

Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation The German Government shall : (EEC) No 192/74 for the delivery cif to Nouakchott, Mauritania, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk 1 . Ensure that the successful tenderer shall : powder. (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as Article 2 possible after the goods have been loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the loading 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed date, the quantity and quality of the goods as from the premises of the German intervention agency. recorded on shipment and the port of un­ loading ; (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (b) at least ten clear days in advance, inform the (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 50 . country of destination of the expected date of (4) OJ No L 21 , 25. 1 . 1974, p. 33 . arrival at the port of ship's unloading ;

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(c) have included in the terms of the charter-party Article 6 a provision stipulating that the ship's captain shall, at least seventy-two hours in advance, notify the country of destination of the ship's probable date of arrival in port ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 2. Send to the Commission as soon as possible the following its publication in the Official Journal of information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b). the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 1974.

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI