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19 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 283 / 31

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2649/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 October 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipment to India as food aid to the World Food Programme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Lot D : 500 metric tons ; COMMUNITIES, Lot E : 800 metric tons . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2. Delivery shall take place on a date to be speci­ Economic Community ; fied by the intervention agency concerned : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — after 5 and before 21 January 1975 in the case of 804/ 68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ lots A to D ; tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last — after 21 January and before 6 February 1975 in amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in the case of lot E. 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 to be used for the manufacture of the and certain international organizations, provides inter butteroil shall be collected : alia that 15 000 metric tons of butteroil , taken from butter stocks held by the intervention agencies , are — from the French intervention agency as regards placed at the disposal of the World Food Programme ; the lots A, B and C , whereas the latter has requested a consignment of — from the German intervention agency as regards 2 800 metric tons of butteroil for shipment to India ; the lots D and E. whereas this consignment, which shall be considered as having been completed when the butteroil has Article 3 been deposited in the port of embarkation at the place designated by the WFP or its agent, must be the 1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply object of a tender procedure in accordance with with the conditions laid down in Title I of the Annex Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 (4) of 9 to Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74. However, the August 1974 concerning the supply of butteroil as maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at 0-3 % food aid for the World Food Programme ; (expressed in oleic acids) and the index of peroxide is Whereas to apply Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 fixed at 0-5 maximum (in milliequivalent of active certain detailed information is however required, in oxygen per kg). particular as regards the time limit for the submission of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the 2. The butteroil shall be packed in 20 kg butteroil ; containers, according to the indications appearing in Title II, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex to Regula­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion ( EEC) No 2121 /74. are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Article 4 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The port of embarkation indicated in the tender shall be chosen from among the ports in the Community Article 1 accessible for ocean-going ships and used for interna­ 1 . Tenders shall be invited , subject to the terms and tional freighters. conditions laid down in Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 /74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of Article 5 2 800 metric tons of butteroil to India, divided into the following lots : The closing date for the receipt of tenders shall be 5 Lot A : 500 metric tons ; November 1974 at 12 noon . Lot B : 500 metric tons ; Lot C : 500 metric tons ; Article 6 (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13. * This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (2 ) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3 ) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (4) OJ No L 222, 12 . 8 . 1974, p. 10 . 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, 15 October 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI