31975R1220

14. 5 . 75 No L 121 / 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1220/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 May 1975 concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to Ethiopia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 2. Delivery is to be effected as follows : COMMUNITIES, — Lot A : cif Assab for 400 metric tons, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cif Djibouti for 200 metric tons ; Economic Community ; — Lot B : cif Massawa . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last Article 2 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 (3) of butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the 17 December 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food French intervention agency. aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethiopia and Somalia under Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 provides more particularly for the supply to Ethiopia of 1 000 metric 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall tons of butteroil ; whereas this country has requested satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to the delivery of the abovementioned quantity ; whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 750/75. the costs of delivering this supply must be put out to tender as provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) It shall only be put up in 20 kg canisters. No 750/75 (4) of 21 March 1975 concerning invita­ tions to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to the countries of the The wording referred to in Chapter 11(2) of the said Sahel and Ethiopia, as amended by Regulation (EEC) Annex shall be , in letters at least one centimetre No 1154/75(5 ); high : 'Gift of the European Economic Community to Ethiopia — to be distributed free of charge'. Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 750/75, such as the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of 3 . > Loading shall take place as soon as possible and delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may prove neces­ not later than 30 June 1975 . sary owing to congestion at the proposed port of desti­ nation , to divert the butteroil to another port ; whereas provision should therefore be made for amending, should the need arise, the costs already agreed on ; Article 3

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1 . Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­ vention agency's storage depots and the time when HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the presence of the butteroil in the hold of the ship at the port of unloading is verified . The country of desti­ Article 1 nation shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, including unloading costs (for example shifting, 1 . Tenders are hereby invited , pursuant to Regula­ hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs . tion ( EEC) No 750 /75 ," for the costs of manufacture of 1 000 metric tons of butteroil , divided into the following lots : 2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case — Lot A : 600 metric tons ; may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and — Lot B : 400 metric tons . rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall be specified in the contract between the successful (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the (2 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 . shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between (3) OJ No L 65, 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 30 . the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the (5 ) Of No L 1 14, 3 . 5 . 1975, p. 1 . country of destination .

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Article 4 2. send to the Commission as soon as possible the information specified .in paragraph 1 (a) and (b). The time limit for the submission of tenders is 27 May 1975 at 12 noon . Article 6 Article 5 1 . On request of the Commission nominating a The French Government shall : port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the French intervention agency may in agreement with 1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall : the successful tenderer have the butteroil delivered to (a) notify the country of destination, as soon as the new nominated port. possible, after the goods have been loaded on 2. In such case the French intervention agency is board ship, of details of the ship, the loading to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­ date, the quantity and quality of the goods as tion or increase against the costs originally agreed. recorded on shipment and the port of unloading ; 3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­ (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of country of destination of the expected date of costs . arrival at the port of ship's unloading ; (c) have included in the terms of the charter party Article 7 a provision stipulating that the ship's captain shall , at least 72 hours in advance, notify the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day country of destination of the ship's probable following its publication in the Official Journal of date of arrival in port ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 May 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission