31974R1888

20 . 7 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 198 /25

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1888 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 July 1974 on the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Chad

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 3 COMMUNITIES, The tenders shall be for the cost of manufacturing the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European butteroil and delivering it to the place of destination Economic Community ; specified in Article 1 , including unloading costs . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Delivery shall be completed when the goods actually tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last arrive at the place of destination . amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; Article 4 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 (3) of 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the The closing date for the submission of tenders shall supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the be 13 August 1974 at 12 noon . Sahel and Ethiopia provides for 6 000 metric tons of butteroil processed from 7 320 metric tons of butter to be put at the disposal of those countries ; whereas the Article 5 Chad has requested the supply of 150 metric tons of butteroil ; whereas supply must be put out to tender as The French Government : provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 567/74 (4) of 8 March 1974 concerning the supply of 1 . shall ensure that the successful tenderer notifies the butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and country of destination and the representative of the Ethiopia ; intervention agency at the place of destination : Whereas, however, the application of Regulation — 10 days before the goods' expected date of ( EEC) No 567/74 requires that certains points be arrival, of the means of transport to be used to specified in greater detail, particularly the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of carry the goods to the place of destination , the port of unloading, the means of shipment to be delivery of the butteroil ; used during the intermediary phases, the date Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of loading and the quantity and quality of the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ goods as recorded on shipment from the ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , Community ; — at least two days in advance of the date of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arrival of the goods at the place of destination ;

Article 1 2 . shall transmit as soon as possible to the Commis­ sion the information provided for in paragraph 1 . Tenders shall be invited in accordance with Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 567/ 74 for the costs of manufacture and delivery of one lot of 150 metric tons of butteroil Article 6 for the Chad and to be delivered to N'Djamena. 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all Article 2 measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil for 1 . The butter for the manufacture of butteroil shall which a contract is awarded is transported rapidly be removed from the premises of the French interven­ from the place of destination to the distribution tion agency . points .

2 . Loading of the butteroil shall take place as soon It shall negotiate private contracts for the costs of as possible and be completed on 10 September 1974 such transport on the best terms possible, account at the latest . being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency of delivery. (>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3 ) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 51 2 . The ^distribution points provided for in para­ (4) OJ No L 69, 12. 3 . 1974, p. 3 . graph 1 shall be designated by the authorities of the

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recipient countries and shall be communicated by the succesful tenderer with a certificate to the effect that Commission to the intervention agency concerned . delivery has been taken of the quantity of butteroil for which the contract was awarded . Article 7 Article 8 When the delivery provided for in Article 3 has been This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day completed the representative of the intervention following its publication in the Official Journal of agency at the place of destination shall issue the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 July 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI