31975R0918

No L 89 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 4 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 918 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 April 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Niger

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof ; Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 597/ 75 , for the delivery cif Cotonou of a lot of 1 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3 ) of Niger made up of 750 metric tons pursuant to Regula­ 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk tion ( EEC ) No - 3234/74 and 750 metric tons pursuant powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethi­ to Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/ 74 . opia and Somalia under Regulation ( EEC) No 1826/ 74 provides more particularly for the supply to Niger of 750 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ; Article 2

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the from the premises of the French intervention agency. supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia provides, inter 2. It shall be packed according to the Annex to alia, that 1 250 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 . shall be made available to Niger ; The intervention agency shall procure that the packing is marked in letters at least 1 cm high : ' Lait Whereas Niger has requested the supply, as emer­ écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté écono­ gency aid , of 1 500 metric tons of skimmed-milk mique européenne à la République du Niger — A powder which can be made available to it by the distribuer gratuitement'. French intervention agency ; whereas the costs of delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as 3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No not laier than 19 May 1975 . 597/75 (5 ) of 6 March 1 975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder in public storage as food aid to the countries Article J of the Sahel and Ethiopia ; 1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­ of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75, such as the time vention agency's storage depot and the time when the limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of presence of the goods is effectively deposed on the delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may quay at the port of unloading. prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk 2 . The time limit for the submission of tenders is powder to another ; whereas provision should there­ 22 April 1975 at 12 noon . fore be made for amending, should the need arise , the costs already agreed on ; Article 4 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 . In respect of the supplies for which its intervention (3 ) OJ No L 346, 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 2. agencv is responsible , the French Government shall (4 ) OJ No L 346 , 24 . 12 . 1974, p. 4. ensure that : 5 ) OJ No L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975, p. 7 .

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— as soon as possible after the goods have been 3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­ loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the nicate to the Commission the agreed new amount of costs . loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded on shipment and the port of unloading, Article 7 — at least 10 clear days before arrival at the port of unloading, of the expected date of arrival, 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all — at least 72 hours before the ship's arrival in port, measures necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk of the date of arrival . powder for which a contract is awarded is transported rapidly from the port of unloading to the destination Article 5 points mentioned by the authorities of the recipient countries and communicated by the Commission to When the delivery provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) has the intervention agency concerned . been completed the representative of the intervention agency shall issue the successful tenderer with a certifi­ 2 . Private contracts shall be negotiated on the L>est cate to the effect that delivery has been taken of the terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost quantity of goods taken over from the intervention of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being agency . taken of prevailing transport* terms and of the urgency of delivery. Article 6 3 . The intervention agency shall communicate 1 . On request of the Commission nominating a immediately to the Commission a copy of the private port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the contract . French intervention agency may in agreement with the successful tenderer have the skimmed-milk Article 8 powder delivered to the new nominated port. 2. In such case the French intervention agency is This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the Euroheun Communities. tion or increase against the costs originally agreed .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 1975 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS /Member of the Commission