31976R2074

No L 233/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 8 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2074/76 of 20 August 1976 concerning an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Mauritius

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN manufacture and delivery of a lot of 200 metric tons COMMUNITIES, of butteroil to Mauritius .

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 apply by analogy to the tendering proce­ 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization dure 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 1976 food-aid programme to certain developing coun­ 1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into tries and to certain international organizations (3), butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the provides inter alia for the supply to Mauritius of 200 French intervention agency. metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by the intervention agencies ; whereas this country has 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall requested the supply of the quantity abovementioned ; satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­ sively in 5 kg canisters . 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats under the 1976 food-aid programme to certain developing countries and to 3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as certain international organizations (4), requires tenders provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned to be invited for such supplies ; Annex, shall be the following : Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following Butteroil / Don de la Communauté économique euro­ the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No péenne / À l'île Maurice / Pour distribution gratuite.' 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of 4 . The time limit for the submission of tenders butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries shall be 7 September 1976 . 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 regards the time limit for the submission of tenders Article 3 and the terms of supply ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1 . Delivery shall be effected from a French port, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ indicated in the tender, accessible for ocean-going ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, ships having a regular service with the recipient country .

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. Delivery to the port of loading shall take place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency Article 1 concerned and which must be later than 30 September and earlier than 16 October 1976 . 1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­ tions ( EEC) No 694/76 and ( EEC) No 695/76, for the

Article 4 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (2 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (4) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 4 . (5 ) OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (6) OJ No L 69, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission