31974R2365

No L 252/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 9 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2365/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 September 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to certain third countries as food aid to the World Food Programme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Lot A : 565 metric tons for India, ^ COMMUNITIES, Lot B : 500 metric tons for India, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Lot C : 353 metric tons for various third countries as Economic Community ; follows : — 13 metric tons for Upper Volta , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ( l ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ — 270 metric tons for India, tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last — 10 metric tons for Malaysia, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; — 20 metric tons for Pakistan , — 40 metric tons for Somalia, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4 March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply Lot D : 500 metric tons for India, of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries Lot E : 500 metric tons for India, and certain international organizations, provides among others that 1 5 000 metric tons of butteroil, Lot F : 500 metric torts for India . taken from butter stocks held by the intervention agencies, are placed at the disposal of the World Food 2. Delivery shall take place on a date _ to be speci­ Programme ; whereas the latter has requested a fied by the intervention agency concerned as follows : consignment of 2 918 metric tons of butteroil for ship­ ment to various third countries ; whereas this consign­ — Lots A, B and C : after 1 0 and before 27 ment, which shall be considered as having been November 1974, completed when the butteroil has been deposited in — Lots D, E and F : after 10 and before 27 December the port of embarkation at the place designated by the 1974 . WFP or its agent, must be the object of a tender proce­ dure in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 (4) of 9 August 1974 concerning Article 2 the supply of butteroil as food aid for the World Food Programme ; The butter to be used for the manufacture of the butteroil shall be collected : Whereas to apply Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 certain detailed information is however required, in — from the German intervention agency as regards particular as regards the time limit for the submission the lots A, B and C, of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the butter­ oil ; — from the French intervention agency as regards the Lots D, E and F. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Article 3

1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : with the conditions laid down in title I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74. However, the Article 1 maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at 0-3 % (expressed in oleic acids) and the index of peroxide is 1 . Tenders shall be invited, subject to the terms and fixed at 0-5 maximum (in milliequivalent of active conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No oxygen per kg). 2121 /74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of 2 918 metric tons of butteroil , divided into the 2 . The butteroil shall be packed as follows : following lots : — in 20 kg containers as regards the lots A, B, D, E, (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . F and the 270 metric tons from lot C for India, (2) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3 ) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 . — in 5 kg containers as regards the remaining quan­ (4 ) OJ No L 222, 12 . 8 . 1974, p. 10 . tity of lot C for other countries than India.

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according to the indications appearing in title II, para­ Article 5 graphs 1 and 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74. The closing date for the receipt of tenders shall be 8 October 1974, at 12 noon . Article 4 Article 6 The port of embarkation indicated in the tender shall be chosen from among the ports in the Community This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day accessible for ocean-going ships and used for interna­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tional freighters. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI