31975R2581

No L 263/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 10 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2581 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 October 1975

concerning an invitation to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to Upper Volta.

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES, 1 . Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in the manufacture, packaging and delivery of the Economic Community ; butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­ vention agency's storage depots and the time when Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the butteroil is actually placed on the quay at the port 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ of unloading. tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ; The country of destination shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery, including reception costs. Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 (3) of 17 December 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food 2. Any demurrage costs or disptach money at the aid to the countries of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Somalia port of unloading shall be paid or received (as the cose under Regulation (EEC) No 530/74, provides inter may be) by the recipient country. The rates of and alia for the supply of 800 metric tons of butteroil to rules governing such costs and dispatch money shall Upper Volta ; whereas that country has applied for be specified in the contract between the successful 400 metric tons to be delivered ; tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, and the Whereas the costs of this supply must form the shipper and shall be agreed upon in advance between subject of an invitation to tender in accordance with the successful tenderer and the reception agent in the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 750/75 (4) of 21 country of destination . March 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia as last Article 3 amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2390/75 (5) ; whereas however for the purpose of Regulation (EEC) 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into No 750 /75 certain items must be specified, such as butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the the time limit for the submission of tenders and the French intervention agency. terms of delivery of the butteroil ; whereas it may prove necessary, owing to congestion at the proposed ports of destination , to divert the butteroil to another 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shal port ; whereas provision should therefore be made for satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to amending, should the need arise, the costs already Regulation (EEC) No 750/75 . agreed on ; It shall be put up exclusively in 5 kg canisters. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, The wording referred to in point JI (3) of the said Annex shall be in letters not less than one centimetre high :

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ' Don de la Communauté économique europeenne a la république de Haute Volta — à distribuer gratuite­ Article 1 ment.'

Tenders are hereby invited,- pursuant to Regulation 3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and ( EEC) No 750 / 75 , for the costs of manufacture and not later than 8 December 1975 . delivery of a lot of 400 metric tons of butteroil to be delivered cif Abidjan , following Article 2.

Article 4 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13. (-') OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 1 . (J ) OJ No L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 3, The time limit for the submission of tenders is 28 (4 ) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 30 . (5 ) OJ No L 246, 20 . 9 . 1975, p. 5 . October 1975 at 12 noon .

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Article 5 2. Private contracts shall be negotiated on the best terms possible by the intervention agency for the cost The French Government shall : of transport mentioned in paragraph 1 , account being 1 . ensure that the successful tenderer shall : taken of prevailing transport terms and of the urgency of delivery. (a) notify the country of destination , as soon as possible after the goods have been loaded on 3 . The intervention agency shall communicate to board ship, of details of the ship, the loading the Commission a copy of the private contract. date, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded on shipment and the port of un­ Article 7 loading ; (b) at least 10 clear days in advance, inform the 1 . At the request of the Commission nominating a country of destination of the expected date of port other than those provided for in Article 1 , the arrival at the port of ship's unloading ; French intervention agency may, in agreement with (c) have included in the terms of the charter-party the successful tenderer, have the butteroil delivered to a provision stipulating that the ship's captain the new port nominated. shall , at least 72 hours in advance, notify the country of destination of the ship's probable 2. In such case the French intervention agency is date of arrival in port ; to agree with the successful tenderer any cost reduc­ tion or increase against the costs originally agreed. 2 . send to the Commission as soon as possible the information specified in paragraph 1 (a) and (b). 3 . The intervention agency shall forthwith commu­ nicate to the Commission the agreed new amounts of Article 6 costs .

1 . The intervention agency concerned shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the butteroil is trans­ Article 8 ported rapidly from the port of Abidjan to the places of destination designated by the authorities of the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day recipient country and communicated by the Commis­ following its publication in the Official Journal of sion to the intervention agency concerned . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission