31976R0170

No L 19/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 1 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 170/ 76 of 26 January 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil bought on the Community market to UNICEF as food aid for Bangladesh

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

Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1 . Tenders are invited in accordance with the provi­ Economic Community, sions of Regulations ( EEC) No 1541 /75 and ( EEC) No 1542/75 for the supply to UNICEF of 600 metric tons Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No of butteroil for Bangladesh, manufactured from butter­ 804/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization fats which are of Community origin and not taken of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last from public stocks, of which : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in — 450 metric tons to be taken from the 2 000 metric particular Article 6 (7) thereof, tons set aside for UNICEF . — 1 50 metric tons to be taken from the 4 550 metric tons reserve stock . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16 June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to This delivery is divided up into the following lots : certain developing countries and international organi­ zations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3), — Lot A : 200 metric tons of which 100 metric provides inter alia for the supply of 2 000 metric tons tons cif Chittagong, of butteroil to UNICEF delivered destination as well 100 metric tons cif as for a 4 550 metric tons reserve stock ; whereas Chalna, UNICEF has made a request for delivery of 600 metric tons of butteroil for Bangladesh ; the shipping having to take place before 31 March 1976 ;

Whereas on account of the market situation for butter — Lot B : 200 metric tons of which 100 metric in the Community, the supply of the abovementioned tons cif Chittagong, quantity should be ensured by means of butterfat avail­ 100 metric tons cif able on the Community market in accordance with Chalna, Article 2(2) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules for the the shipping having to take place after 20 and supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing before 31 May 1976 ; countries and international organizations under the 1975 food-aid programme ^); — Lot C : 200 metric tons of which 100 metric tons cif Chittagong, 100 metric tons cif Whereas an invitation to tender should therefore be issued for which detailed rules should in the main be Chalna, those of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2660/75 of 20 October 1975 on invitations to tender for the the shipping having to take place after 20 and before 31 August 1976. supply of butteroil bought on the Community market as food aid to certain developing countries and to the 2. As regards the tendering procedure and the World Food Programme (5), except for the provisions conditions governing the manufacture of the butteroil, concerning the way of delivery ; the provisions of Regulation ( EEC) No 2660/75 shall apply by analogy, without prejudice to the special provisions below . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; A rticle 2

( ! ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . 1 . The butteroil shall comply, as regards quality 2 OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975 , p. 1 . and packaging, with the conditions laid down in the (3 ) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p . 6 . (•>) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975 , p . 4 . Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2660/75 and shall be (5 ) OJ No L 270, 21 . 10 . 1975 , p . 1 1 put up in 5 kg canisters only.

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2. The words to be printed on the packaging, as and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community Annex, shall be the following : and the receiving agent of the recipient organization . ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­ Article 4 nity — Action of the United Nations Children 's Fund (UNICEF)'. 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify to the recipient organization the date of loading, the Article 3 quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the 1 . Delivery cif shall be deemed to take place when time of loading, the port of unloading. the goods are actually set down on the quayside at the 2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­ port of unloading or on lighters where the latter ient organization at least 10 days before the antici­ method is used . pated date . The successful tenderer has a clause 2. The recipient organization shall remit at the inserted in the charter-party obliging the captain to delivery cif, to the successful tenderer, a certificate give the country of destination at least 72 hours notice of the probable date of arrival of the vessel in port. proving the taking of the goods as referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2660/75 . Article 5 3. The recipient organization shall be responsible for all expenditure incurred after delivery, including The closing date for the submission of tenders shall acceptance costs . be 24 February 1976 at 12 noon . Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to Article 6 delays for which the recipient organization is respon­ sible shall be borne by that country. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid following its publication in the Official Journal of down in the contract between the successful tenderer the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1976.

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