31976R0671

No L 81 / 12 27 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 671 /76

of 26 March 1976

opening an invitation to tender (or the mobilization of common wheat flour as food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas provision should be made for security to be COMMUNITIES, given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­ tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion to tender for supplies to UNRWA will be Economic Community, fulfilled ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ made responsible for the tendering procedure ; tion of the market in cereals (*), as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3058/75 (2), Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No and of those accepted by the intervention agency ; 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­ tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and Whereas the Monetary Committee will be consulted ; in particular Article 6 thereof, whereas, in view of the urgency, the measures envis­ Whereas on 3 March 1975 the Council of the Euro­ aged should be adopted in accordance with the condi­ tions laid down in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way No 129 on the value of the unit of account and the of Community action, to grant the equivalent of 3 700 exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the metric tons of common wheat (in other words 2 450 common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by metric tons of common wheat flour) to UNRWA Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular under its 1974/75 food-aid programme ; Article 3 thereof ;

Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2750/75 the goods may be purchased Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation anywhere on the Community market ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Cereals, Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be for supply of the products delivered Ashdod, that is at the moment when the goods are actually placed on the dock or in the lighter where applicable ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas tenders may be submitted by tenderers esta­ blished in any Member State of the Community and Article 1 may relate to products mobilized anywhere within those Member States ; whereas, in view of the currency situation in the Member States and in order to ensure 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to that the tenders are as comparable as possible, account UNRWA, by way of Community food-aid action, of should be taken of the effect on each tender of the 2 450 metric tons of common wheat flour. currency situation in the Member State in which the customs export formalities will be completed ; 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the Whereas the award under the invitation to tender Community market. The product shall be loaded for must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ; departure from any Community port.

Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to complete the operation in question within the time 3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­ limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear graph 1 is for supply of products delivered Ashdod, the liability for any resulting costs ; that is at the moment when the goods are actually placed on the dock or in the lighter where applicable. (0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p. 3 . (4) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62. (J) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (5) OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .

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4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product during a period from the Wednesday of one week in new cotton sacks of a net capacity of 50 kg. to the Tuesday of the following week being the period immediately preceding the closing date for The following shall be printed on the sacks : submission of tenders .

'Wheat flour — Gift of the European Economic Community to UNRWA — For Palestine refugees.' Article 4

The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering Article 2 the best terms, taking into consideration the adjust­ ment referred to in Article 3 (3). 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to on 12 April 1976. reflect normal prices and costs, the intervention agency may cancel the invitation to tender. 2. The closing date for submission of tenders shall be 12 April 1976 at 12 noon . Article 5 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be 1 . The tenderer shall give security in an amount of published in the Official Journal of the European 10 units of account per metric ton of goods. Communities not less than nine days before the closing date for submission of tenders. It shall be released :

— in the case of all tenderers whose tenders are Article 3 unsuccessful or are not accepted,

1 . The prices offered must be expressed in the — in the case of the successful tenderer, when the currency of the Member State in which the invitation operations concerned have been carried out within to tender was issued . the prescribed time limit and on submission of the original export licence, duly granted and 2. Tenders must in particular mention the Member endorsed by the competent authorities of the State in which the tenderer, in the event of his being Member State mentioned in the tender pursuant declared successful, expects to complete the customs to Article 3 (2), export formalities for the products concerned. — in the case of the successful tenderer for quantities not supplied by reason of force majeure. 3 . For the purpose of rendering the tenders compar­ able, the prices shall, where appropriate, be corrected 2. The security required under paragraph 1 may be by the monetary compensatory amount and the acces­ provided in the form of a cash deposit or of a sion compensatory amount applicable on the closing guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to date for submission of tenders to exports from the criteria laid down by each Member State. Member State mentioned in the tender pursuant to paragraph 2. Article 6 Such correction shall be made by : 1 . The common wheat flour referred to in Article 1 — increasing prices which mention a Member State to be supplied to UNRWA must meet the following whose currency has depreciated or a new Member requirements : State, — moisture : 14 % maximum , — reducing prices which mention a Member State — protein content : 10-5 % minimum (N x 6-25 on whose currency has been revalued. dry matter), — ash content : 0-55 % referred to dry matter. The monetary compensatory amount shall, where appropriate, be converted into the currency of the Flour not meeting these requirements shall be Member State in which the invitation to tender is refused . issued using : — in the case when the currencies concerned are 2. Tenders for supply to UNRWA of the common wheat flour referred to in Article 1 must relate to a kept at any given moment within a band of product with the following characteristics : 2-25 % , a conversion rate resulting from their central rate, — moisture : 14 % maximum , — in other cases, the average of the spot rates of the — protein content : 10-5% minimum (N x 6-25 on currencies concerned recorded in the Member dry matter), State in which the invitation to tender is issued — ash content : 0*55 % referred to dry matter.

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Article 7 4. The intervention agency shall request the successful tenderer to supply the following informa­ 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ tion : sible for the operations relating to the invitation to tender provided for by this Regulation . (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of the quantities loaded, the quality of the products 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ and the type of packing ; sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the esti­ together with the name and business name of the mated date of arrival of the products at their desti­ successful tenderer. nation ;

(c) all possible contingencies which might occur 3. Where the customs export formalities for the during transportation of the products. mobilized product are completed in a Member State other than that in which the invitation to tender is The information indicated above shall be forwarded issued, the intervention agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible for the operations following by the intervention agency to the Commission imme­ tendering, including payment to the successful diately upon receipt. tenderer. 5. When the intervention agency responsible for In such case, the intervention agency choosing the the operations relating to tendering is not the interven­ successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­ tion agency which appoints the successful tenderer, it vention agency of the Member State concerned and shall send as soon as possible to the latter the informa­ shall supply it with all the information which it may tion necessary for releasing the security. require.

Furthermore, the amount of the successful tender Article 8 shall be paid after it has been converted using the average of the spot rates referred to in Article 3 (3) to the tenderer in the currency of the Member State in This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its which the operations relating to the tendering are publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. completed.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission