31975R0782

No L 78 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 3 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 782/ 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 March 1975 laying down general rules for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN — Guinea Bissau : 350 metric tons, COMMUNITIES, — Cape Verde Islands : 100 metric tons. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ For the purposes referred to in Article 1 the Commu­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last nity will finance the cost of converting the butter to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and in butteroil , packaging, labelling and transportation costs particular Article 6 ( 6) thereof ; from the factory to the cif stage . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Whereas Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands Article 3 have indicated their requirements as regards milk fats ; Tenders shall be invited in respect of the operations Whereas it will not be possible to dispose of the quan­ referred to in Article 2, or, if the circumstances tities of butter held by intervention agencies on warrant it, by contracts by mutual agreement. normal terms during the current milk year ; whereas it is possible to supply food aid in the form of butteroil , Article 4 made from butter in public stocks ; Whereas to enable effective use to be made of the aid , The sums to be paid to the undertaking chosen shall provision should be made for the financing of trans­ be due only if : portation to the cif stage ; (a) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid down Whereas the amount to be paid to undertakings manu­ in the invitation to tender or the contract, facturing the bufteroil and certain transport costs for and the butter and butteroil should be determined by competition among interested undertakings esta­ (b) the quality and packing of the delivered product blished in the Community ; whereas the inviting of are found on inspection to comply with the rele­ tenders is a suitable means of achieving this aim, but vant Community provisions . whereas for the sake of speed it may be desirable to deal with exceptional cases by contracts by mutual Provision may be made for partial advance payment of agreement, such sums .

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 5 Article 1 450 metric tons of butteroil shall be made available to This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, made from following its publication in the Official Journal of butter held by the intervention agencies as follows : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 26 March 1 975 . For the Council The President R. RYAN

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p . 51 .