31976R2520
No L 285/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 10 . 76
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2520/76 of 15 October 1976 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of durum wheat as food aid for the Democratic Republic of Somalia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita COMMUNITIES, tion to tender for supplies to the Democratic Republic of Somalia will be fulfilled ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be made responsible for the tendering procedure ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly tion of the market in cereals (1 ), as amended by Regula of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation tion (EEC) No 1143/76 (2), and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage ment Committee for Cereals, tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the Euro pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of Community action, to grant 15 000 metric tons of durum wheat to the Democratic Republic of Somalia under its 1975/76 food-aid programme ; Article 1 Whereas an analysis of the state of the cereals market with reference to cereals intervention in Italy indicates 1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply to the that the criteria of Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation Democratic Republic of Somalia, by way of Commu (EEC) No 2750/75 should be applied and that the nity food-aid action , of 15 000 metric tons of durum intervention agency of the Member State as specified wheat . should mobilize the cereals from those stocked in its own stores and should also determine the conditions 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy of mobilization ; in one lot .
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be 3 . The product shall be mobilized by the Italian for supply of the products to the dock or in the intervention agency from the stores specified in the lighter where applicable at the port of unloading ; Annex .
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender 4. Shipment shall be from a Community port. must be made in favour of the tenderer offering the best terms ; ■ 5 . The invitation to tender provided for in para graph 1 is for supply of products to the dock, or in Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to the lighter where applicable in the port of Mogadishu . complete the operation in question within the time limits specified, it must be made clear who is to bear 6. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product the liability for any resulting costs ; specified in paragraph 1 in new jute sacks lined with cotton sacks of a net capacity of 50 kilogrammes. Whereas provision should be made for security to be given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga The following shall be printed on the sacks : (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 . (: ) OJ No L 130 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 1 . ' Durum wheat — gift of the European Community — (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 . for free distribution '.
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Article 2 2 . It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to the tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken on together with the name and business name of the 29 October 1976 . successful tenderer. 2. The closing date for the receipt of tenders shall be 29 October 1976 at 12 noon . 3 . On the other hand, if the successful tenderer is established in a Member State other than the one 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be collecting the tenders, and if the product is dispatched published in the Official Journal of the European through a frontier post of the Member State where the Communities not less than nine days before the successful tenderer is established, the intervention closing date for submission of tenders. agency of the latter Member State shall be responsible for the operations relating to the tendering. Article J The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer who In this case the intervention agency choosing the makes the most favourable offer. successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter vention agency of the Member State concerned and However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to shall supply it with all the information which it may reflect normal market prices and costs, the interven require. tion agency may cancel the invitation to tender. 4. The intervention agency shall request the Article 4 successful tenderer to supply the following informa tion : 1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a value of five units of account per metric ton of the (a) after each shipment a certificate showing the quan product ; the security is intended to guarantee that the tities dispatched and the quality of the products ; operations specified in Article 1 are duly completed . The security shall be forfeited if those operations are (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the not carried out within the prescribed time limit, save expected date of arrival of the products at their as regards quantities not delivered owing , to force destination ; majeure. (c) all possible contingencies which might occur 2. The security required under' paragraph 1 may be during transportation of the products. provided in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to The intervention agency shall transmit the informa criteria laid down by each Member State. tion provided to the Commission as soon as it is received . Article 5 5. When the intervention agency responsible for The product referred to in Article 1 which is to be the operations relating to tendering is not the interven supplied for human consumption to the Democratic tion agency which appoints the successful tenderer, it Republic of Somalia must be of fair and sound shall send as soon as possible to the latter the informa merchantable quality, be free from odour, and corres tion necessary for releasing the security. pond at least to the standard quality for which the intervention price is fixed. Article 7 Article 6 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its sible for organizing the invitation to tender provided publication in the Official Journal of the European for by this Regulation . Communities.-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 15 October 1976 . i For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
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ANNEXE — ANHANG — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — BILAG — ANNEX
Numéro du lot Port d'embarquement Tonnage à mettre en fob Nom et adresse du stockeur Lieu de stockage Nummer der Lose Verschiffungshafen Nach fob zu bringende Menge Name und Adresse des Lagerhalters Ort der Lagerhaltung Numero della partita Porto d'imbarco Tonnellaggio da mettere in fob Nome e indirizzo del detentore Luogo di accantonamento Nummer van de partij Haven van inlading Fob aan te leveren hoeveelheid Naam en adres van de entrepothouder Adres van de opslagplaats Partiets nummer Indskibningshavn Mængde til levering fob Lagerindehaverens navn og adresse Lagerplads Number of lot Port of shipment Tonnage fob Address of store Town at which stored
1 Ports 15 000 t communautaires dont : Gemeinschafts-häfen davon : Porti comunitari di cui : Havens van de Gemeenschap waarvan : Fællesskabshavne deraf : Community ports whereof : 231 t Via Regina Margherita Altamura 918 t Via Spinazzola Gravina 301 t Stazione ferroviaria Minervino 500 t Scalo ferroviario Ascoli Satriano 500 t Scalo ferroviario i Bovino 5 000 t Strada per Manfredonia Cerignola 2 000 t Strada statale n. 17 km 319,600 Lucera 2 000 t Strada statale n. 16 Provinciale Cerignola Stornara 3 550 t Viale Fortore Silos Foggia Foggia