31976R2075

No L 233/ 12 24. 8 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2075 /76 of 20 August 1976 concerning the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid for the people of Vietnam

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulation (EEC) No 578 /76 (7) ; whereas it is still COMMUNITIES, necessary to add a number of details, particularly as regards the time limit for the submission of tenders and the terms of supply ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75 of 16 Article 1 June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries and international organi­ zations under the 1975 food-aid programme (3), 1 . Tenders are hereby invited pursuant to Regula­ provides for a reserve of 4 550 metric tons of butteroil tions (EEC) No 1541 /75, (EEC) No 1542/75 and obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ; (EEC) No 1527/76, for the manufacture and delivery whereas, according to Council Regulation (EEC) No of 600 metric tons of butteroil to UNHCR for 1527/76 of 21 June 1976 on the emergency supply of Vietnam and divided into two lots of 300 metric tons . butteroil to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations 2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­ Children's Fund as food aid for the people of Vietnam inafter, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No under Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/75 (4), 600 metric 2247/75 shall apply by analogy to the tendering proce­ tons to be set aside from this reserve shall be allocated dure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of to the Office of the United Nations High Commis­ the butteroil . sioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the benefit of the people of Vietnam ; whereas UNHCR has requested the delivery of the abovementioned quantity for this Article 2 destination ;

1 . The butter which is to be manufactured into Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No butteroil shall be removed from the premises of the 1541 /75 of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules German intervention agency. for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain deve­ loping countries and international organizations under 2. The quality and packaging of the butteroil shall the 1975 food-aid programme (5 ), requires tenders to satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex to be invited for such supplies ; Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 ; it shall be put exclu­ sively in 5 kg canisters. Whereas the tendering procedure is effected following the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3 . The words to be printed on the packaging, as 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to provided in Chapter II 2 (b) of the abovementioned tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of Annex, shall be the following : butteroil as food aid to certain developing countries ' Butteroil / Don de la Communauté économique euro­ and to the World Food Programme (6), as amended by péenne à l'UNHCR en faveur du peuple du Vietnam .' (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 . 4 . The time limit for the submission of tenders (3) OJ No L 157, 19. 6. 1975, p. 6. shall be 7 September 1976 . (4) OJ No L 170 , 29 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 4. (0) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975 , p. 60 . 7) OJ No L 69, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 16 .

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1 . Delivery shall be cif Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville . 1 . The intervention agency concerned shall notify the recipient organization of the date of loading, the 2. Shipment shall take place as soon as possible quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at the and not later than 10 October 1976 . time of loading and the port of unloading. 3 . Delivery cif shall be deemed to take place when 2. The successful tenderer shall inform the recip­ the goods are actually set down on the quayside at the ient organization at least 10 clear days in advance of port of unloading or on lighters where the latter the expected date of arrival at the port of ship's method is used . unloading. 4. On cif delivery, the destined organization shall The successful tenderer shall include in the terms of issue to the successful tenderer a taking over letter the charter-party a provision stipulating that the ship's which replaces the certificate specified in Article 15 of captain shall , at least 72 hours in advance, notify the Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 . country of destination of the ship's probable date of arrival in port . 5. The recipient organization shall be responsible for all expenditure incurred after delivery, including Article 5 acceptance costs . Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading due to By way of derogation from Article 4 (2) of Regulation delays for which the recipient organization is respon­ ( EEC) No 2247/ 75, the tenderer shall indicate if his sible shall be borne by that country . tender is valid for one or both lots put up for tender.

The rates and conditions of such demurrage to be laid Article 6 down in the contract between the successful tenderer and the carrier must be agreed in advance between the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day successful tenderer acting as agent for the Community following its publication in the Official Journal of and the receiving agent of the recipient organization . the European Communities.

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