31976R1222

No L 137/ 14 26 . 5 . 76 t Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1222/76 of 24 May 1976 on the invitation to tender for a supply of butteroil as food aid to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Economic Community,

Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization 1 . Tenders are hereby invited, in accordance with of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 694/76 and amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in (EEC) No 695/76, for the manufacture and delivery to particular Article 6 (7) thereof, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of 1 000 metric tons of butteroil divided into two lots of 500 metric tons each .

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 695/76 of 25 2. Subject to the special provisions contained March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ hereinafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No loping countries and international organizations under 2247/75 shall apply by analogy to the tendering proce­ the 1976 food-aid programme (3 ), provides inter alia dure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of the butteroil . for the supply to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of 1 000 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ; whereas this country Article 2 has requested the supply of the abovementioned quan­ tity ; 1 . The butter to be used in manufacturing the butteroil shall be taken over from the French interven­ tion agency. Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules 2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­ as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to tries and international organizations under the 1976 Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up exclu­ food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited sively in containers of 5 kg. for such supplies ; 3 . The marking to be applied on the containers, as prescribed in Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following follows : the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to ' Butteroil — Gift of the European Economic Commu­ tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of nity to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan — For free butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries distribution .' and to the World Food Programme (5), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 578 /76 (6) ; whereas it is still necessary to add a number of details, particularly as Article 3 regards the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of supply ; 1 . Delivery shall be effected from the port of Marseilles . (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . 2. Delivery to the port of loading shall take place Q ) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6. on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency (4 ) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4. concerned and which must be after 10 but not later (5 ) OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p . 60 . (o) OJ No L 69 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16. than 30 July 1976.

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Article 4 Article 5 The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be The successful tenderer shall make precise in his 8 June 1976 at 12 noon . tender submitted to the intervention agency for how many lots his tender is valid . Article 6

The maximum amount to be fixed in accordance with This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall be, following its publication in the Official Journal of should it so happen, a global amount for both lots. 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