31976R1057

No L 120/ 18 7 . 5 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1057/76 of 6 May 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN manufacture and delivery of 350 metric tons of COMMUNITIES, butteroil to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­ Economic Community, inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall supply by analogy to the tendering 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization procedure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of the butteroil . of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Article 2 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25 March 1976, on the supply of milk fats under the 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into 1976 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­ butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the tries and to certain international organizations (3), French intervention agency. provides inter alia for the supply to the Islamic Repu­ blic of Mauritania of 350 metric tons of butteroil 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall obtained from butter held by the intervention agen­ satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to cies ; whereas this country has requested the supply of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­ the quantity abovementioned ; sively in 5 kg canisters.

Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned for the supply of milk fats under the 1976 food-aid Annex, shall be the following : programme to certain developing countries and to certain international organizations (4), requires tenders Butteroil / Don de la Communauté Economique Euro­ to be invited for such supplies ; péenne / A distribuer gratuitement'. Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following 4 . The time limit for the submission of tenders the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No shall be 18 May 1976 . 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries Article J and to the World Food Programme (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 578 / 76 ( 6) ; whereas it is still 1 . Delivery shall be cif Nouakchott. necessary to add a number of details, particularly as regards the time limit for the. submission of tenders 2. Shipment shall take place as soon as possible and the terms of supply ; and not later than 30 June 1976 . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ 3 . Delivery cif shall be regarded as completed when ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, the goods are effectively removed from the hold of the ship at the port of unloading.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The country of destination shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery including unloading costs Article 1 (such as shifting, hoisting or reception costs) and any lighterage costs. 1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­ tions (EEC) No 694/76 and ( EEC) No 695/76, for the Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of unloading shall be paid or received by the country of (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . destination . The rates of and rules governing such (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . costs and dispatch money shall be specified in the (3) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 . contract between the successful tenderer and the (4) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4 . (5 ) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 . shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between (6) OJ No L 69 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16. the successful tenderer acting as agent of the Commu­

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nity and the reception agent in the country of destina­ The successful tenderer shall include in the terms of tion . the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's captain shall , at least 72 hours in advance notify the 4. On cif delivery under the terms set out in para­ country of destination of the ship's probable date of graph 3 the country of destination shall hand over to arrival in port . the agent for the Community a certificate of taking over . Article 5 Article 4 No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­ 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify tary or accession) shall be applied to the butteroil the country of destination as soon as possible after the delivered pursuant to this Regulation . goods have been boaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the loading date, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded on shipment and the port of Article 6 unloading.

2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day after ient country at least 10 clear days in advance of the its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ expected date of arrival at the port of ship's unloading. pean Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 May 1976 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission