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REGULATION ( EEC) No 59/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 January 1975 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 2121 /74, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of COMMUNITIES , a 500 metric ton lot of butteroil to India .

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, after 5 and before 21 March 1975 . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last Article 2 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof ; The butter to be used for the manufacture of the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4 butteroil shall be collected from the French interven­ March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply tion agency. of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries and certain international organizations, provides inter alia that 15 000 metric tons of butteroil , taken from Article 3 butter stocks held by the intervention agencies, are placed at the disposal of the World Food Programme ; whereas the latter has requested a consignment of 500 1 . With regard to quality the butteroil shall comply metric tons of butteroil for shipment to India ; with the conditions laid down in Title I of the Annex whereas this consignment, which shall be considered to Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74. However, the as having been completed when the butteroil has maximum content of free fatty acids is fixed at 0-3 % been deposited in the port of embarkation at the place (expressed in oleic acids) and the index of peroxide is designated by the WFP or its agent, must be the fixed at 0-5 maximum (in milliequivalent of active object of a tender procedure in accordance with oxygen per kg). Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2121 /74 (4) of 9 August 1974 concerning the supply of butteroil as 2. The butteroil shall be packed in 20 kg food aid for the World Food Programme, as amended containers, according to the indications appearing in by Regulation (EEC) No 2393/74 (5) ; Title II, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex to Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2121 /74. Whereas to apply Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /74 certain detailed information is however, required, in particular as regards the time limit for the submission Article 4 of tenders and the conditions of delivery of the butteroil ; The port of embarkation indicated in the tender shall Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation be chosen from among the ports of the Community are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ accessible to ocean-going ships, used for international ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, freighters and having regular lines to India .

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 5

The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be Article 1 28 January 1975 at 12 noon . 1 . Tenders shall be invited, subject to the terms and conditions laid down in Regulation ( EEC) No Article 6 (<) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (3 ) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 222, 12. 8 . 1974, p. 10 . following its publication in the Official Journal of - (5 ) OJ No L 255, 20 . 9 . 1974, p. 34. 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 , 9 January 1975 . For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI