31976R1221

No L 137/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 5 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1221 / 76 of 24 May 1976 on the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid to the Arab Repu­ blic of Egypt

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, in accordance with the provisions of Regulations ( EEC) No 694/76 and (EEC) No 695/76 for the manufacture and delivery to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2 000 metric tons of 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization butteroil divided into the following lots : of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in — Lot A 1 : 500 metric tons, particular Article 6 (7) thereof, — Lot A 2 : 500 metric tons, — Lot B 1 : 500 metric tons, — Lot B 2 : 500 metric tons . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25 March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ loping countries and international organizations under 2. Subject to the special provisions contained hereinafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia 2247/75 shall apply by analogy to the tendering proce­ for the supply to the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2 000 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by dure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of the butteroil . intervention agencies ; whereas this country has requested the supply of the abovementioned quantity ;

Article 2 Whereas Article 5 of Council Regullation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules 1 . The butter to be used in manufacturing the for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­ butteroil shall be taken over from the German inter­ tries and international organizations under the 1976 vention agency. food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited for such supplies ; 2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up in Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following containers of 5 kg. the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of 3 . The marking to be applied on the containers, as butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries prescribed in Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex and to the World Food Programme (5 ), as amended by mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as follows : Regulation ( EEC) No 578 /76 (6) ; whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details, particularly as regards the time limit for the submission of tenders ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­ jnd the terms of supply ; nity to the Arab Republic of Egypt — For free distri­ bution .'

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ire in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Article 3 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . 1 . Delivery shall be effected from a port indicated (2 ) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 . in the tender, chosen from among Community ports (3) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 . accessible for ocean-going ships having a regular line (4) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4. (5) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p . 60 . to Alexandria ( Egypt). A tender may only stipulate one (o) OJ No L 69 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 16 . port .

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2. Delivery to the port of loading shall take place The maximum amount to be fixed in accordance with on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall be, concerned and which must be : should it so happen , a global amount for several lots . — for Lots A 1 and A 2 : after 10 but not later than Article 5 30 July 1976, — for Lots B 1 and B 2 : after 5 but not later than 20 The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be August 1976. 8 June 1976 at 12 noon .

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The successful tenderer shall make precise in his This Regulation shall be enter into force on the day tender submitted to the intervention agency for how following its publication in the Official Journal of many and for which lots his tender is valid. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 May 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission