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REGULATION ( EEC) No 644/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 March 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF, THE EUROPEAN — Lot A : 650 metric tons to Ethiopia, of which COMMUNITIES , 325 metric tons CIF Assab, 325 metric tons CIF Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Massawa ; Economic Community ; — Lot B : 1 000 metric tons to Mauritania, CIF Nouakchott . Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Article 2 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2), and in The butter for the manufacture of butteroil shall be particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; removed from the premises of the German interven­ tion agency. Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 (3) of 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the Article 3 supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the 1 . Tenders are invited to determine the costs of Sahel and Ethiopia provides for 6 000 metric tons of manufacture and delivery of the butteroil incurred butteroil processed from 7 320 metric tons of butter to until the time when the presence of the goods in the be put at the disposal of those countries ; whereas Ethi­ hold of the ship at the port of unloading is verified . opia and Mauritania have requested the supply of 650 The country of destination shall bear all costs and 1 000 metric tons of butteroil respectively ; subsequent to delivery, including unloading costs (for whereas these supplies must be put out to tender as example shifting, hoisting or reception costs) and any provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No lighterage costs. 567/74 (4) of 8 March 1974 concerning the supply of butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and 2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the Ethiopia ; port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case may be) by the country of destination . The rates of Whereas, however, the application of Regulation and rules governing such costs and dispatch money (EEC) No 567/74 requires that certain points be speci­ shall be specified in the contract between the fied in greater detail , particularly the time limit for successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­ the submission of tenders and the terms of delivery of nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in the butteroil ; advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­ tion agent in the country of destination . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 4 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , 1 . The closing date for the submission of tenders shall be 9 April 1974 at 12 noon . 2. The German intervention agency shall be respon­ sible for operations relating to the invitations to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tender provided for in the previous Articles .

3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and not later than 25 May 1974 . Article 1 Article 5 Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­ The German Government shall : tion ( EEC) No 567/ 74 for the manufacture and delivery cif of 1 650 metric tons of butteroil to the 1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall : following destinations divided into the lots given (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as below : possible after the goods have been loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the loading ( i ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . date, the quantity and quality of the goods as 2 OJ No L 49 , 21 . 2 . 1974, p . 2 . (3 ) OJ No L .359 , 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 51 . recorded on shipment and the port of (4 ) OJ No L 69 , 12 . 3 . 1974, p . 3 . 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 72 hours in advance, notify the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day country of destination of the ship's probable following its publication in the Official Journal of 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, 20 March 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI