31975R0600

8 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 63/ 15

REGULATION ( EEC) No 600 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 March 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice as food aid for the Republic of Gambia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly COMMUNITIES, of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Economic Community ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Cereals , Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion ( EEC) No 476/75 (2) ;

Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­ tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid , and 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the in particular Article 6 thereof ; Republic of Gambia by way of Community action , of 690 metric tons of milled long grain rice . Whereas on 21 March 1974 the Council of the Euro­ 2 . The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the of Community action , to grant the equivalent of 1 000 Community market . The products shall be loaded for metric tons of husked rice (in other words, 690 metric departure from any Community port. tons of milled long grain rice) to the Republic of Gambia under its 1973 /74 food-aid programme ; 3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­ at the moment when the goods ai ? actually removed tion ( EEC) No 1693/72 the goods may be purchased from the ship's hold at the port of unloading. anywhere on the Community market ; 4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product specified in paragraph 1 cif to the port of Banjul in Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilogrammes . for supply of the products delivered cif, that is at the moment, when the goods are actually removed from The following shall be printed on the sacks : the ship's hold at the port of unloading ; 'Milled rice — gift of the European Community — to Whereas the award under the invitation to tender distribute free of charge .' must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ; Article 2 Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to complete the operation in question within the time 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken on 24 March 1975 . the liability for any resulting costs ;

2 . The closing date for the submission of tenders Whereas provision should be made for security to be shall be 24 March 1975 at 12 noon . given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­ tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­ 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be tion to tender for supplies to the Republic of Gambia published in the Official Journal of the European will be fulfilled ; Communities not less than nine days before the closing date for the submission of tenders . Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be made responsible for the tendering procedure ; Article 3 («) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 . The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering C) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 . the best terms .

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However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to — yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum ; correspond to normal market prices and costs, the — amber grains : 0-125% maximum . intervention agency may cancel the invitation to tender . Article 6 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ Article 4 sible for the operations relating to the invitations to tender provided for by this Regulation . 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secu­ 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ rity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­ sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ fied in Article 1 are duly completed . The security tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out together with the name and business name of the within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­ successful tenderers . tities not delivered owing to force majeure. 3 . On the other hand , if the successful tenderer is established in a Member State other than the one 2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to the through a frontier post of the Member State where the successful tenderer is established , the intervention criteria laid down by the Member State . agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible Article 5 for the operations relating to tendering. In this case , the intervention agency choosing the 1 . The milled long grain rice referred to in Article successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­ 1 to be supplied to the Republic Gambia must meet vention agency of the Member State concerned and the following requirements : shall supply it with all the information which it may — moisture : 1 5 % ; require . — broken rice : 5 % maximum ; 4. The intervention agency shall request the — chalky grains : 3 % maximum ; successful tenderer to supply the following informa­ tion : — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ; — spotted grains : 1 % maximum ; (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of the quantities loaded, the quality of the products — stained grains : 0-50 % maximum ; and their packaging ; — yellow grains : 0-050 % ; (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the — amber grains : 0-125 % maximum . expected date of arrival of the products at their Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused . destination ; (c) all possible contingencies which might occur 2. Tenders for supply to the Republic of Gambia of during transportation of the products . the milled long grain rice referred to in Article 1 must relate to a product with the following characteristics : The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­ tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is — moisture : 1 5 % ; received . — broken rice : 5 % maximum ; — chalky grains : 3 % maximum ; Article 7 — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its — spotted grains : 1 % maximum ; publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. — stained grains : 0-50 % maximum ;

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

Done at Brussels, 7 March 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission