31975R2684

No L 272/ 16 23 . 10 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2684/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 October 1975 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to UNICEF for India

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 hereby invited, pursuant to Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 1541 /75 , for the manufacture and delivery of a lot of 150 metric tons of butteroil to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No UNICEF for India, to be delivered cif Bombay, in 804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ accordance with Article 2 . tion of the market in milk and milk products , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740 / 75 (2 ), and in 2 . Subject to the special provisions contained here­ particular Article 6 ( 7) thereof ; inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering procedure and to the terms for manufacture and Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 542/75 (3 ) of delivery of the butteroil . 16 June 1975 for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­ tries and to certain international organizations , Article 2 provides inter alia for the supply to UNICEF of 2 000 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter 1 . Tenders are invited to determine costs incurred held by the intervention agencies ; whereas UNICEF in the manufacture , packaging and delivery of the has requested the supply of 150 metric tons ; butteroil between removal of the butter from the inter­ vention agency's storage depots and the time when the butteroil is actually placed on the quay or on Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No board a lighter at the port of unloading . 1541 / 75 (4 ) of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats under the 1975 food-aid 2 . Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading programme to certain developing countries and to due to delays attributable to the recipient organization certain international organizations , requires tenders to shall be borne by it. The rates of and rules governing be invited for such supplies ; such costs shall be laid down in the contract between the successful tenderer and the shipper and shall be agreed upon in advance between the successful Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following tenderer acting as agent for the Community and the the provisions of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No reception agent of the recipient organization . 2247 / 75 ( 5 ) of the 29 August 1975 , concerning invita­ tions to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing Article 3 countries and to the World Food Programme ; whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details , particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­ 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into sion of tenders and the terms of supply ; butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the Dutch intervention agency .

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2 . The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products , Regulation ( EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put up exclusively in 5 kg canisters . ') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13. : ) OJ No L 74 , 22 . 1975 , p. 1 . The wording referred to in Chapter II (2) (b) of the ■') OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p. 6 . 4 ) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p. 4 . said Annex, to be marked on the packaging shall be 5 ) OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975 , p. 60 the following :

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' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­ quality of the goods as recorded at time of loading nity — Action of the United Nations Children's Fund and the port of unloading. (UNICEF)'. 2 . The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­ 3 . Loading shall take place as soon as possible and ient at least 10 clear days in advance of the expected not later than 30 December 1975 . date of arrival of the ship in the port of unloading. The successful tenderer shall have included in the Article 4 terms of the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's captain shall inform the recipient at least 72 The time limit for the submission of tenders is 18 hours in advance of the ship's probable date of arrival November 1975 at 12 noon . in port.

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1 . The intervention agency concerned shall as soon This Regulation shall enter into force on the day as possible notify the recipient body of the name of following its publication in the Official Journal of the vessel , the date of loading, the quantity and the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 October 1975 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission