31974R2558

No L 274/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 10 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2558 /74 OF THE COMMISSION

of 4 October 1974

concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Afghanistan , India and Lebanon

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — lot D : 500 metric tons for shipment to India, COMMUNITIES, — lot E : 590 metric tons for shipment to India,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — lot F : 500 metric tons for shipment to India, Economic Community ; — lot G : 250 metric tons for shipment to Lebanon .

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2. Delivery of the quantity corresponding to lot A 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ shall take place from Le Havre . As regards the other tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last lots the delivery shall take place from a Community amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 662/ 74 (2), and in port accessible for ocean-going ships . particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4 Article 2 March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries The butter for the manufacture of the butteroil shall and certain international organizations provides inter alia that butteroil obtained from butter held by inter­ be taken from stocks held by the following : vention agencies is to be made available to Afghan­ — as regards lots A, F and G , the French intervention istan , India and Lebanon ; whereas these countries agency ; have made a request for delivery of 600 metric tons, 2 590 metric tons and 250 metric tons respectively ; — as regards lot B, the Belgian intervention agency ; whereas the supply costs of that butteroil must be put — as regards lots C, D and E, the German interven­ out to tender under the terms and conditions laid tion agency . down in Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1 365/74 (4 ) of 31 May 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries ; Article 3

Whereas certain points in Regulation ( EEC) No 1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply 1365/74 must be specified in greater detail, in parti­ with the conditions laid down in title I of the Annex cular the time limit for the submission of tenders and to Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74 . However, as regards the terms of delivery of the butteroil ; the lots B to F the maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at 0-3 % (expressed in oleic acids) and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the index of peroxide is fixed at 0-5 maximum (in are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , milliequivalent of active oxygen per kg).

2 . The butteroil shall be put up in 20 kg metal canisters . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

3 . The words to be printed on the label as provided Article 1 under II 3 (b) of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 1365 /74 shall be the following : 1 . Tenders shall be invited under the terms and — in respect of lot A : conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1365/74 for the manufacture and delivery of 3 440 metric tons ' Gift of the European Economic Community to of butteroil divided up into the following lots : the Republic of Afghanistan for free distribution ' ;

— lot A : 600 metric tons for shipment to Afghan­ — in respect of lot B to F : istan , 'Gift of the European Economic Community to — lot B : 500 metric tons for shipment to India, the Republic of India ' ; * — lot C : 500 metric tons for shipment to India , — in respect of lot G :

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . ' Don de la Communaute economique europeenne (-') OJ No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3 ) OJ No L 65 , 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 . a la Republique du Liban a distribuer gratuite­ (*) OJ No L 147, 1 . 6 . 1974, p. 46 . ment '.

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Article 4 — after 30 November and before 16 December 1974 as regards the lots D, E and F. 1 . The closing date for the submission of tenders shall be 22 October 1974 at 12 noon . Article 5 2. Delivery shall be made on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency concerned as follows : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day — after 14 and before 30 November 1974 as regards following its publication in the Official Journal of the lots A, B, C and G ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 4 October 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI