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REGULATION (EEC) No 575/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 March 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the costs of delivering skimmed-milk powder as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN skimmed-milk powder, it appears that the abovemen­ COMMUNITIES, tioned quantities of skimmed-milk powder could be supplied by the German and French intervention Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European agencies ; whereas, furthermore, in view of the small Economic Community ; quantity to be delivered to the ICRC and of the fact that it is intended for Sahel countries, a single invita­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tion to tender should be issued for the costs of de­ 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ livering to the ICRC and to the Sahel countries ; tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in Whereas the terms of delivery and of taking over the particular Articles 7 (5) and Article 28 thereof ; skimmed-milk powder should, however, be specified ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3) of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides for 14 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be supplied to those countries ;

Whereas, Niger and Upper Volta have requested the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : supply, as emergency aid, of 330 and 1 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder respectively ; whereas the costs of delivering these supplies must be put out Article 1 to tender as provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/74 (4) of 18 January 1974 on the supply Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­ of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries tion (EEC) No 192/74 for the cost of delivering 1 470 of the Sahel and Ethiopia ; metric tons of skimmed-milk powder, divided up as specified below, to the following destinations : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (5) of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk — Lot A : powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2700/73 (6), provides inter alia for 6 000 metric 350 metric tons for Niger, to be delivered as follows : tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made available to the International Committee of the Red Cross 350 metric tons to Zinder via Apapa, including 20 (ICRC) ; metric tons for the ICRC :

Whereas the ICRC has requested the supply, as emer­ — Lot B : gency aid, of 40 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder 1 120 metric tons for Upper Volta, to be delivered comprising 20 metric tons for Niger and 20 metric as follows : tons for Upper Volta ; whereas the corresponding costs of delivery must be put out to tender in accor­ 440 metric tons to Ouagadougou via Abidjan dance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 680 metric tons to Bobo-Dioulasso via Abidjan, 1885/73 (7) of 12 July 1973 concerning invitations to including 20 metric tons for the ICRC . tender for the costs of delivery, as food aid, of skimmed-milk powder held by the intervention agen­ cies ; Article 2

Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­ The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed from the vention agencies and to the situation of the market in premises of the intervention agencies as follows :

(») OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . — Lot A from the French intervention agency ; (2) OJ No L 49 , 21 . 2. 1974, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 50 . — Lot B from the German intervention agency. («) OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p. 33 . (s) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28, (6) OJ No L 279, 5. 10 . 1973, p. 1 . The intervention agencies shall procure that the (7) OJ No L 192, 12. 7 . 1973 , p . 31 packing is marked in letters at least 2 cm high :

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— in the case of lot A : — notifies the Commission, the country of destina­ on 330 metric tons : tion, the representative of the intervention agency at the place of destination and the ICRC represen­ ' Lait écreme en poudre tative, as regards the respective quantities with Don de la Communauté économique européenne which they are concerned : au Niger A distribuer gratuitement' ; — 10 days before the goods' expected date of arrival, of the means of transport to be used to on 20 metric tons for the ICRC : carry the goods to the place of destination, the a red cross 1 5 cm by 1 5 cm and the words : means of shipment to be used during the inter­ mediary phases, the date of loading and the 'Lait écreme en poudre quantity and quality of the goods as recorded Don de la Communauté économique européenne on shipment from the Community ; Action du Comité International delà Croix­ Rouge' ; — at least two days in advance, of the date of arrival of the goods at the place of destination ; — in the case of lot B : — has separate bill of loading made out for ICRC on 1 100 metric tons : supplies and for Sahel country supplies. ' Lait écrémé en poudre Don de la Communauté économique européenne à la Haute-Volta Article 7 A distribuer gratuitement' ;

on 20 metric tons for the ICRC : 1 . The intervention agency shall take all measures a red cross 1 5 cm by 1 5 cm and the words : necessary to ensure that the 330 metric tons for Niger 'Lait écrémé en poudre and the 1 100 metric tons for Upper Volta for which Don de la Communauté économique européenne contracts are awarded, are transported rapidly from the Action du Comité International de la Croix­ place of destination to the distribution points . Rouge'. It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of such transport on the best terms possible , account Article 3 being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency of delivery. The tenders shall be for the delivery costs incurred between removal of the goods from the storage depots of the relevant interventions agencies and their 2'. The distribution points provided for in para­ delivery at the places of destination specified in graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the Article 1 , including unloading costs. recipient countries and shall be communicated by the Commission to the intervention agency concerned . Delivery shall be completed when the goods actually arrive at the place of destination . Article 8 Article 4

The intervention agencies supplying the skimmed­ When the delivery provided for in Article 3 has been milk powder be responsible for the invitation to completed, the certificate to the effect that delivery tender provided for in the previous Articles. has been taken of the quantity of goods taken over from the intervention agency shall be issued :

Article 5 — in the case of ICRC supplies by the ICRC recep­ tion agent ; 1 . The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be 26 March 1974 at 12 noon . — in the case of the other supplies : by the repre­ sentative of the intervention agency at the place of destination . 2. Loading shall take place as soon as possible and be completed on 20 April 1974 at the latest.

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In respect of the supplies for which its intervention This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day agency is responsible, the Government concerned following its publication in the Official Journal of shall ensure that the successful tenderer : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1974. For the Commission The President

. Francois-Xavier ORTOLI