31974R3039

3 . 12 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 323 / 9

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3039/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 December 1974 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil for shipments to India as food aid to the World Food Programme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Lot C : 500 metric tons , COMMUNITIES , Lot D : 400 metric tons , Lot E : 400 metric tons . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; 2 . Delivery shall take place on a date to be speci­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No fied by the intervention agency concerned : 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk pioducts , as last — after 23 January and before 10 February 197.5 in the case of lots A and B , amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 662/ 74 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; — after 5 and before 21 March 1975 in the case of lots C , D and E. Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 530 /74 (3) of 4 March 1974 laving down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries Articlc 2 and certain international organizations, provides inter alia that 1 5 000 metric tons of butteroil , taken from The butter to be used for the manufacture of the butter stocks held by the intervention agencies , are butteroil shall be collected : placed at the disposal of the World Food Programme ; — from the French intervention agency as regards whereas the latter has requested a consignment of the lots A and B , 2 300 metric tons of butteroil for shipment to India ; — from the German intervention agency as regards whereas this consignment , which shall be considered the lots C , D and F. as having been completed when the butteroil has been deposited in the port of embarkation at the place Articlc 3 designated by the WFP or its agent, must be the object of a tender procedure in accordance with 1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 / 74 (4 ) of 9 with the conditions laid down in Title 1 of the Annex August 1974 concerning the supply of butteroil as to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2121 / 74 . However, the food aid for the World Food Programme , as amended maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at 0-3 % by Regulation ( EEC) No 2393 / 74 (5 ) ; (expressed in oleic acids ) and the index of peroxide is Whereas to apply Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 / 74 fixed at 0-5 unit maximum ( in milliequivalent of certain detailed information is however required , in active oxygen per kg). particular as regards the time limit for the submission of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the butter­ 2. The butteroil shall be packed in 20 kg oil ; containers , according to the indications appearing in Title II , paragraphs I 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 ,

A ) tick 4 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The port of embarkation indicated in the tender shall be chosen from among the ports of the Community Articlc 1 accessible to ocean-going ships and used for interna­ tional freighters . 1 . Tenders shall be invited , subject to the terms and conditions laid down in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2121 / 74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of /1 rticli 5 2 300 metric tons of butteroil to India , divided into the following lots : The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be Lot A : 500 metric tons , 17 December 1974 at 12 noon . Lot B : 500 metric tons , /1 i t idi (■> (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 . p. 13 . (-) O ) No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974 , p. 51 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 0 O'j No L 65, T . 3 . 1974, p. 1 . (•») O J No L 222 , 12 . 8 . 1974, p. 10 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (') O'l No L 255 , 20 . 9 . 1974, p. ? 4 . the linrobcan (ionimnnit ii .\.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 December 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI