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REGULATION ( EEC) No 349/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 February 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of 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 ' Lait ecreme en poudre / Don de la Communauté Economic Community ; économique européenne à l'Éthiopie — à distribuer Having regard to Council Reguation (EEC) No gratuitement'. 804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last 2. Loading shall take place on 5 April 1974 at the amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of latest . Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of Article 3 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for 14 000 metric tons of 1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs skimmed-milk powder to be supplied to those coun­ incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­ tries ; vention agency's storage depot and the time when the Whereas Ethiopia has requested the supply, as emer­ presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the port of unloading is verified. The country of destina­ gency aid, of 1 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, powder which can be made available to it by the including unloading costs (for example shifting, German intervention agency ; whereas the costs of delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs. provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/74 (4) of 24 January 1974 on the supply of skim­ 2 . Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the med-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case Sahel and Ethiopia ; may be) by the country of destination . The rates of Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance and rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall be specified in the contract between the of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, such as the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­ nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision tion agent in the country of destination . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4

Article 1 The time limit for the submission of tenders is 12 .Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation March 1974 at 12 noon . ( EEC) No 192/74 for the delivery cif of 1 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to Ethiopia to the following destinations : Article 5 — Djibouti — 250 metric tons, — Assab — 500 metric tons, — Massawa — 250 metric tons . The German Government shall :

Article 2 1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall : 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as from the premises of the German intervention agency. possible after the goods have been loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the loading (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . date, the quantity and quality of the goods as (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p . 50 . recorded on shipment and the port of (<) OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p . 33 . unloading ;

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(b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the 2 . send to the Commission as soon as possible the country of destination of the expected date of information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b). arrival at the port of ship's unloading ; (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 , This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day notify the country of destination of the ship's following its publication in the Official Journal of probable date of arrival in port ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 11 February 1974 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI