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30 . 5 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139/ 25

REGULATION (EEC) No 1374/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 May 1975 concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the International Committee of the Red Cross

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,

Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; 1 . Tenders are invited in accordance with the provi­ sions of Regulation (EEC) No 1826/74 for the costs of delivery to the ICRC of a lot of 140 metric tons of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No skimmed-milk powder for Gaza Sinai and the West 804/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ Bank of the Jordan . 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 ; 2. Subject to the special provisions specified here­ inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 597/75 shall apply by analogy to the tendering procedure and to the terms of transport of the skimmed-milk Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of powder. 11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­ tional organizations, provides inter alia for 3 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made avail­ Article 2 able to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected of 140 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ; from the Belgian intervention agency.

2. It shall be packed according to the Annex of Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 597/75. The intervention agency 1 826/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general concerned shall procure that the packing is marked rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food with : aid to certain developing countries and international organizations, provides that for the purposes of this — a red cross 10 x 10 cm ; supply an invitation to tender is normally to be issued ; — the following wording in letters at least 1 cm high :

Whereas the procedure to be adopted for this (a) as regards 81 metric tons for Gaza Sinai : tendering should in the main be the procedure fixed 'GS — Gift of the European Economic in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 597/75 (5) of 6 Community — Action of the International March 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the Committee of the Red Cross' ; costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder in public (b) as regards 59 metric tons for the West Bank of storage as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and the Jordan : Ethiopia ; whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details particularly as regards the time limit for the 'WB — Gift of the European Economic submission of tenders and the terms of supply of the Community — Action of the International skimmed-milk powder ; Committee of the Red Cross.'

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 3 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, 1 . Delivery shall be cif Ashdod (Israel). (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p . 13 . I2) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p . 1 . Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods are (}) OJ No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 22. (4) OJ No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 20. actually deposited on the quayside or on board a (5) OJ No L 63, 8 . 3 . 1975, p. 7. lighter as the case may be.

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2. The recipient country shall bear all costs 3 . Embarkation shall take place as sbon as possible incurred after delivery including the costs of taking and not later than 10 July 1975. delivery of the goods. Article 4 Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­ The time limit for the submission of tenders is 10 table to the recipient agency shall be borne by it. The June 1975 at 12 noon . rates and other details concerning such costs shall be Article 5 laid down in the contract between the Community agent and the carrier and must have been previously This Regulation shall enter into force on the day agreed upon by that agent and the recipient's delivery following its publication in the Official Journal of agent. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission