31975R2393

20 . 9 . 75 No L 246/ 1 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2393/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 September 1975 concerning the invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil to Mali as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 2. Delivery shall be effected cif Abidjan according COMMUNITIES, to Article 2 .

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 1 . Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­ particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; vention agency's storage depots and the, time when Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 of 17 the presence of the butteroil in the hold of the ship at December 1 974 on the supply of butteroil as food aid the port of unloading is verified. The county of desti­ nation shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, to the countries of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Somalia including unloading costs (for example shifting, under Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3), provides more particularly for the supply to Mali of 150 metric tons hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage «>sts. of butteroil ; whereas this country has requested the delivery of the abovementioned quantity ; whereas the 2. Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the costs of delivering this supply must be put out to port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the case tender as provided in Commission Regulation (EEC) may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and No 750/75 (4) of 21 March 1975 concerning invita­ rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall tions to tender for the costs of manufacture and be specified in the contract between the successful delivery of butteroil as food aid to the countries of the tenderer and the shipper and shall be agreed upon in Sahel and Ethiopia, as last amended by Regulation advance between the successful tenderer acting as ( EEC) No 2390/75 (*) ; agent for the Community and the reception agent in the country of destination . 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 delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may prove neces­ A rticle 3 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, 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into should the need arise, the costs already agreed on ; butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the Belgian intervention agency. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 750/75.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : It shall be put up in 5 kg canisters.

Article 1 The wording referred to in Chapter II (2) of the said Annex shall be, in letters at least one centimetre 1 . Tenders are hereby invited, pursuant to Regula­ high : tion ( EEC) No 750/75, for the costs of manufacture and delivery of 150 metric tons of butteroil to Mali . ' Don de la Communauté économique européenne à la République du Mali — à distribuer gratuitement'. (') Oj No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 30 . 3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and (5 ) See p . 5 of this Official Journal . not later than 25 November 1975 .

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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 14 October 1975 at 12 noon . Article 6 Article 5 1 . On request of the Commission nominating a The Belgian Government shall : port other than that provided for in Article 1 , the Belgian 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 Belgian 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, 19 September 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission