31975R0516

1 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 55 / 59

REGULATION ( EEC) No 516/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 February 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of common wheat flour as aid for the Republic of Rwanda

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 1 . An invitation to tender shall be issued in respect 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ of the supply of 993 metric tons of common wheat tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ flour to the Republic of Rwanda by way of Commu­ lation ( EEC) No 85/75 (2 ) ; nity food-aid action .

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2 . The tendering procedure shall take place in the 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 establishing the criteria Kingdom of Belgium and shall be in respect of two for the mobilization of cereals to be used as food aid, lots . and in particular Article 6 thereof ;

Whereas on 21 March 1974, the Council of the Euro­ 3 . The goods shall be mobilized on the Commu­ pean Communities declared by way of Community nity market . action it proposed to grant to the Republic of Rwanda the equivalent of 1 500 metric tons of common wheat, 4 . Shipment shall be from any Community port . in the form of flour, i.e. 993 metric tons of common wheat flour, under its 1973/74 food-aid programme ; 5 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ Whereas pursuant to Article 3(3) of Council Regula­ graph 1 is for supply of products delivered unloaded tion (EEC) No 1693 /72 the goods may be purchased to Ruhengeri in new cotton sacks of a net capacity of anywhere on the Community market ; 50 kilogrammes .

Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be 6 . The following shall be printed on the sacks : for supply of the products delivered unloaded to Ruhengeri ; ' Farine de froment — Don de la Communauté écono­ mique européenne .' Whereas the contract should be awarded to the tenderer who makes the best offer ;

Whereas it must be made clear who is to bear any Article 2 costs which arise in the event that for reasons of force majeure the operation in question is not completed 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to within the time stipulated ; the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken on 14 March 1975 . Whereas provision should be made for security to be given to guarantee fulfilment of obligations arising by virtue of participation in the invitation to tender for 2 . The closing date for submission of tenders shall be 14 March 1975 at 12 noon . the supply of goods to the Republic of Rwanda ;

Whereas the Belgian intervention agency should be 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be made responsible for organizing the invitation to published in the Official Journal of the European tender ; Communities not less than nine days before the Whereas it is important that the Commission be closing date for submission of tenders . informed without delay of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; Article 3

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ makes the most favourable offer . ment Committee for Cereals,

However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67 . (2 ) OJ No L 11 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . reflect normal prices and costs, the intervention (3 ) OJ No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3 . agency may cancel the invitation to tender.

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Article 4 Article 6 1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall be respon­ 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security in an sible for operations relating to the invitation to tender amount of 10 units of account per metric ton of provided for by this Regulation . goods ; the purpose of such security is to guarantee performance of the operations specified in Articles 1 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ and 5. The security shall be forfeit if those operations sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ are not carried out within the time stipulated, save as tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, regards quantities not delivered for reasons of force together with the name and business name of the majeure. successful tenderer . 2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be 3 . On the other hand, if the successful tenderer is given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee established in a Member State other than the one issued by a credit institution which satisfies the collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched criteria laid down by each Member State . through a frontier post of the Member State where the successful tenderer is established , the intervention Article 5 agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible for the operations relating to the tendering. 1 . The goods referred to in Article 1 which are to In this case, the intervention agency choosing the be supplied to the Republic of Rwanda must meet the successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­ following requirements : vention agency of the Member State concerned and common wheat flour : shall supply it with all the information which it may — moisture content : 15% maximum , require . — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­ 4. The intervention agency shall request the lated on the dry matter), successful tenderer to supply the following informa­ tion : — ash content : 0-52 % maximum on the dry matter. (a) after each shipment a certificate showing the quan­ If the goods referred to in Article 1 do not meet the tities dispatched and the quality of the products ; foregoing requirements they shall be rejected and the (b) the date of departure of the vessels ; successful tenderer shall be owner thereof . (c) all possible contingencies which might occur 2. Tenders for supply to the Republic of Rwanda of during transportation of the products . the goods referred to in Article 1 must relate to The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­ products with the following characteristics : tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is received . common wheat flour : — moisture content : 1 5 % maximum , Article 7 — acidity : 4 ml NaOH/n maximum per 100 g (calcu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its lated on the dry matter), publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. — ash content : 0-52 % maximum on the dry matter.

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

Done at Brussels , 28 February 1 975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission