31976R2572

No L 293 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 10 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2572 / 76 of 22 October 1976 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Arab Republic of Yemen

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Art idc 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 69.5 / 76, for the manufacture and delivery to Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No the Arab Republic of Yemen of 700 metric tons of 804/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization butteroil divided into two lots of 350 metric tons each . of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2 ), and in 2 . Subject to the special provisions contained here­ particular Article 6 (7) thereof, inafter, the provisions of Regulation ( EEC) No 2247 /75 shall apply to the tendering procedure and to the terms for manufacture and delivery of the butter­ Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 695/76 of 25 oil . March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ loping countries and international organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme (3 ), provides inter alia for the supply to the Arab Republic of Yemen of 700 Article 2 metric tons of butteroil obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ; whereas this country has 1 . The butter to be used in manufacturing the requested the supply of the abovementioned quantity ; butteroil shall be taken over from the German inter­ vention agency .

Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2 . The butteroil , which shall meet the requirements 694/ 76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­ Regulation ( EEC) No 2247/ 75 , shall be put up exclu­ tries and international organizations under the 1976 sively in containers of 5 kg . food-aid programme (4 ), requires tenders to be invited for such supplies ; 3 . The marking to be applied on the container, as prescribed in Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex Whereas the invitation to tender shall be effected in mentioned in the preceding paragraph , shall be as follows : ' Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic accordance with the provisions of Commission Regula­ Community / For free distribution '. tion ( EEC ) No 2247 / 75 of 29 August 1975 concerning invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing Article 3 countries and to the World Food Programme ( 5 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 22 1 2/ 76 ( b) ; whereas , it is still necessary to add a number of details , 1 . Delivery shall be effected from the port of particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­ Bremen . sion of tenders and the terms of supply ; 2 . Delivery at the port of loading shall take place on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency Whereas the measures provided tor in this Regulation concerned and which must be after 15 but not later are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ than 31 December 1976 . ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,

') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13. 2 ) OJ No L 67 , 15 . .5 . 1976 , p . 9 . Article 4 3 ) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976 , p . 6 . ■*) OJ No L 83 , 3 «. 3 . 1976 , p . 4 . 5 ) OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975 , p . 60. 1 . By way of derogation from Article 4 (2) of Regu­ o) OJ No L 249 , 11.9 . 1976 , p . 5 . lation ( EEC ) No 2247/ 75 , the tenderer shall specify in

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his tender whether it is valid for one or both lots put Article 5 up for tender. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of 2 . The time limit for the submission of tenders the European Communities. shall be 9 November 1976 at 12 noon .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 October 1976 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission