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19 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 70 /7

REGULATION ( EEC) No 708 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 March 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Gambia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES, 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency. Economic Community ; 2. It shall be packed according to the Annex to Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 597/75. The intervention agency 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ shall procure that the packing is marked in letters at tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last least one centimetre high : 'Skimmed-milk powder — amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 465/75 ( 2), and in Gift of the European Economic Community to the particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ; Republic of Gambia — to distribute free of charge .'

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3234/74 ( 3 ) of 3 . The intervention agency shall supply a further 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk 2 % empty bags identical to those containing the powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethi­ goods. The successful tenderer undertakes to have opia and Somalia under Regulation (EEC) No these bags mentioned on the bill of lading. 1826/74, provides more particularly for the supply to Gambia of 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ; 4. Loading shall take place as soon as possible and whereas this country has requested the supply of the not later than 10 May 1975 . abovementioned quantity which can be made avail­ able to it by the Belgian intervention agency ; whereas Article 3 the costs of delivering this supply must be put out to tender as provided in Commission Regulation ( EEC) 1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs No 597/75 (4) of 6 March 1975 opening invitations to incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­ tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk vention agency's storage depot and the time when the powder in public storage as food aid to the countries presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at the of the Sahel and Ethiopia ; port of unloading is verified . The country of destina­ tion shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance including unloading costs (for example shifting, of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75, such as the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs . delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may 2 . Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk may be) by the country of destination . The rates of powder to another port ; whereas provision should and rules governing such costs and dispatch money therefore be made for amending, should the need shall be specified in the contract between the arise, the costs already agreed on ; successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­ nity, and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation advance between the successful tenderer and the recep­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tion agent in the country of destination . ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Article 4 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The time limit for the submission of tenders is 8 April 1975 at 12 noon . Article 1

Article 5 lenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 for the delivery cif Banjul of a lot of 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to Gambia . The Belgian Government shall :

1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall : (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 8 . (J ) OJ No L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 2. (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as (4 ) OJ No L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975, p. 7. possible after the goods have been loaded on

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board ship, of details of the ship, the loading Belgian intervention agency may in agreement with date, the quantity and quality of the goods as the successful tenderer have the skimmed-milk recorded on shipment and the port of powder delivered to the new nominated port. unloading ; (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the 2. In such case the Belgian intervention agency is country of destination of the expected date of to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­ arrival at the port of ship's unloading ; tion or increase against the costs originally agreed . (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's captain 3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­ shall, at least 72 hours in advance, notify the nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of country of destination of the ship's probable costs . date of arrival in port ;

2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b). Article 7

Article 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 1 . On the request of the Commission nominating a following its publication in the Official Journal of port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 18 March 1975 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission