31975R2071

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2071 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 August 1975 opening an invitation to tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Upper Volta

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European A rticle 1 Economic Community ; Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No (EEC) No 597/75 for the delivery cif Abidjan, in the 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ sense of Article 2, of a lot of 2 000 metric tons of tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last skimmed-milk powder to Upper Volta made up of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in 700 metric tons pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No particular Article 7 (5) thereof and Article 28 thereof ; 3234/74 and 1 300 metric tons pursuant to Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/74 . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3) of 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethi­ Article 2 opia and Somalia under Regulation ( EEC) No 1826/74, provides more particularly for the supply to 1 . Tenders are invited to determine delivery costs Upper Volta of 700 metric tons of skimmed-milk incurred between removal of the goods from the inter­ powder ; \ vention agency's storage depot and the time when the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3236/74 (4) of presence of the goods is effectively deposed on the quay at the port of unloading. 17 December 1974 laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the 2 . The time limit for the submission of tenders is countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, provides, inter alia, that 1 300 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder 26 August 1975 at 12 noon. shall be made available to Upper Volta ;

Whereas Upper Volta has requested the supply, as Article 3 emergency aid, of 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder which can be made available to it by the 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be removed Belgian intervention agency ; whereas the costs of from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency. delivering these supplies must be put out to tender as provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2. It shall be packed following the requirements of 597/75 (5 ) of 6 March 1975 concerning invitations to the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75 . tender for the costs of delivery of skimmed-milk powder in public storage as food aid to the countries The intervention agency shall procure that the of the Sahel and Ethiopia ; packing is marked in letters at least 1 cm high : ' Lait écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté écono­ Whereas certain items must be specified in pursuance mique européenne à la République de Haute Volta — of Regulation ( EEC) No 597/75, such as the time A distribuer gratuitement'. limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of delivery of the skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it may 3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and prove necessary owing to congestion at the proposed not later than 30 September 1975 . port of destination , to divert the skimmed-milk powder to another ; whereas provision should there­ fore be made for amending, should the need arise, the A rticle 4 costs already agreed on ; In respect of the supplies for which its intervention Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation agency is responsible, the Belgian Government shall are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ensure that : ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , — as soon as possible after the goods have been (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the (-') OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p . 1 . loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods (') OJ No L 346, 24. 12 . 1974, p . 2 . (■*) OJ No L 346, 24 . 12. 1974, p. 4 . as recorded on shipment and the port of (5 ) OJ No L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975 , p. 7 . unloading ;

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— at least 10 clear days before arrival at the port of Article 7 unloading, of the expected date of arrival ; — at least 72 hours before the ship's arrival in port, 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all of the date of arrival . measures necessary to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder for which a contract is awarded is transported Article 5 rapidly from the port of unloading to the destination points mentioned by the authorities of the recipient When the delivery provided for in Article 2 ( 1 ) has countries and communicated by the Commission to been completed the representative of the intervention the intervention agency concerned. agency shall issue the successful tenderer with a certifi­ cate to the effect that delivery has been taken of the 2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best quantity of goods taken over from the intervention terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost agency . of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 account being taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency Article 6 of delivery. 1 . On request of the Commission nominating a 3 . The intervention agency shall communicate port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the immediately to the Commission a copy of the private Belgian intervention agency may in agreement with contract. the successful tenderer have the skimmed-milk powder delivered to the new nominated port.

2. In such case the Belgian intervention agency is Article 8 to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­ tion or increase against the costs originally agreed. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 3 . The intervention shall forthwith communicate to following its publication in the Official Journal of the Commission the agreed new amount of costs. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 August 1975 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission