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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 254/ 77 of 4 February 1977 concerning the issue of an invitation to tender to the World Food Programme, for use as food aid, of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on the Community market for certain third countries
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 Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of the market in milk and milk products ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1298 /76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules for 1 . Tenders shall be invited in accordance with the the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 1298/76 and certain developing countries and international organi (EEC) No 2018 /76, for the costs of supplying to the zations under the 1976 programme ^), as amended by WFP 646 tonnes of vitaminized skimmed-milk Regulation (EEC) No 2017/76 (4), and in particular powder to be purchased on the Community market, Article 6 thereof, divided into lots and for the destinations listed in Annex I to this Regulation . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/76 of 27 July 1976 on the additional supply of skimmed-milk 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall meet : powder as food aid to certain developing countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations under the 1976 programme ^) provides, — as to quality, the requirements set out in Annex II inter alia, that 10 000 tonnes of skimmed-milk to this Regulation, powder should be made available to the WFP ; — as to packing, the requirements set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/68 of Whereas the WFP has requested the delivery of 646 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of application for tonnes of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder for intervention for public storage of skimmed-milk certain third countries ; powder (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/ 76 ( 7). Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1298 /76 provides that if there is not enough skimmed-milk 3 . The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall powder available in public stocks with the characteris bear in letters at least 1 cm high, the relevant marking tics necessary for the particular destination where this as listed in Annex I. requires, in particular, the addition of vitamins, supplies shall be obtained by purchase on the Commu nity market ; 4. In addition the successful tenderer shall supply 5 % empty bags identical to those containing the Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1298/76 goods. provides that for the purposes of the supply and ship ment of skimmed-milk powder, invitations to tender are to be issued ; Article 2 Whereas the procedure to be adopted for this tendering should in the main be the procedure used 1 . The port of embarkation to be specified in the hitherto in similar cases ; tender shall be chosen from among Community ports accessible for ocean-going ships having regular lines (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . to the country of destination. (2) OJ No L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . 0 OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 3 . (4) OJ No L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p. 1 . (o) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 34. (*) OJ No L 224, 16 . 8 . 1976, p. 2. O OJ No L 145, 6. 6. 1975, p. 17.
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A tender may only indicate one port. 2 . It shall take the form , at the discretion of the Member State concerned, either of a cheque made out 2. The delivery at the port of embarkation shall in favour of the intervention agency, or of a bank take place on a date fixed by the intervention agency guarantee which satisfies the criteria fixed by the concerned, .which shall be after 15 and before 31 Member State . March 1977 .
3 . The time limit for the submission of tenders Article 5 shall be 22 February 1977 at 12 noon .
In the light of the tenders received and in accordance Article 3 with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regula tion (EEC) No 804/68 a maximum amount, expressed 1 . The intervention agencies shall frame a notice of in units of account, shall be fixed or alternatively a invitation to tender which shall be published in the decision shall be taken to make no award . Official Journal of the European Communities not less than 10 days before the closing date for the submission of tenders . Article 6 2. Tenders, which shall be in writing, shall be submitted either by delivery by hand to an interven 1 . A tender shall be refused if the price proposed, tion agency against acknowledgement of receipt or by converted into units of account, is more than the registered letter addressed to an intervention agency. maximum price fixed for the lot in question . Intervention agencies may also authorize the use of telex . 2. Subject as provided in paragraph 1 , the successful tenderer shall be the one whose offer, 3. The tender may only be submitted to the inter converted into units of account, is the lowest. Where vention agency of the Member State on whose terri two or more valid offers specifying identical amounts, tory the manufacture of the vitaminized skimmed as converted into units of account, are received by a milk powder and its packaging, in accordance with given intervention agency, the award shall be made by Article 1 (2), take place . drawing lots. Where such offers are made to different intervention agencies, the award shall be made by the 4 . A tender shall only be valid if it relates to the intervention agency selected in accordance with the whole of a lot put up to tender. procedure referred to in Article 5 . 5 . A tender shall indicate in particular : 3 . The intervention agency shall immediately (a) the name and address of the tenderer ; inform each tenderer whether he has been awarded (b) the port of embarkation , chosen from among ports the contract . specified in Article 2 ( 1 ); (c) the price, exclusive of taxes, expressed in the 4 . Rights and obligations arising in connection currency of the Member State in which the with the invitation to tender shall not be transferable . tenderer undertakes to supply, in accordance with the specification laid down in the Annex, the 5. The intervention agencies shall immediately entire quantity subject to the tender. communicate to the Commission the tenderers' names and addresses . Such price shall be inclusive of transport insur ance costs to the stage referred to in Article 7 for delivery. Article 7 6 . A tender shall be valid only if proof is given before expiry of the period set for the submission of 1 . The tenderer shall, on the date fixed by the tenders that the security referred to in Article 4 has WFP, deliver at the port specified in the tender a been provided . quantity of skimmed-milk powder equal to the quan tity there specified . Any schedule for instalment deliv 7 . No tender may be withdrawn . eries shall be agreed between the successful tenderer and the agent of the WFP . Article 4 2 . The goods shall be regarded as delivered when 1 . The tendering and delivery security shall be 20 they are deposited at the place of exportation at the units of account per tonne of skimmed-milk powder. point designated by the WFP or its agent.
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Article 8 — Levering van magere-melkpoeder als voedselhulp (Verordening (EEG) nr. 254/77) bestemd om te 1 . The competent agency of the Member State in worden verscheept in de haven van . . which the contract is awarded shall check that the — ' Levering af skummetmælkspulver som fødeva skimmed-milk powder in question satisfies the rehjælp (forordning (E0F) nr. 254/77) bestemt til requirements as to quality and packaging laid down in lastning i havnen i . . .' Article 1 (2).
2. If the goods are found to satisfy those require Article 10 ments, as mentioned in Article 1 (2), the agency shall provide the successful tenderer with a certificate to 1 . Except in cases of force majeure, the tendering that effect. and delivery security shall be released only if :
(a) the tender has not been accepted ; 3 . Upon delivery of the goods at the port of embar kation, the WFP agent shall hand to the successful (b) the tenderer : tenderer, acting as agent for the Community, a letter — has not withdrawn his tender before the of acceptance. This letter of acceptance shall state that contract is awarded, the quantity of skimmed-milk powder in question as — has furnished the certificates provided for in well as the empty bags specified in Article 1 (4), have Article 8 (2) and (3). been taken at the stage specified in Article 7 .
2. Release of the security shall take place immedi ately. Article 9
If the port of loading specified in the tender is situ Article 11 ated in a Member State other than that in which the tender was submitted , the goods shall , on completion In cases of force majeure, the intervention agency of the control specified in Article 8 ( 1 ), be placed shall decide on the measures to be taken having under customs control with the object of ensuring regard to the circumstances invoked . that they are delivered at the port specified in the tender. Article 12 Proof of loading can be furnished only by production of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Commis The amount referred to in Article 3 (5) (c) shall be sion Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 of 19 November paid only on production of the certificate provided for 1969 on the use of Community transit documents for in Article 8 (2) and (3). the purpose of applying Community measures for veri fying the use and/or destination of goods ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 690/73 (2). Article 13
Sections 101 , 103 and 104 of the control copy shall be Except in cases of force majeure, the successful completed. Section 104 shall be completed by dele tenderer shall accept all financial liability devolving ting as necessary and entering against the second upon the Community by reason of failure to load the indent one of the following endorsements : skimmed-milk powder at the place and in due time, the WFP having facilitated the delivery at the place — ' Delivery of skimmed-milk powder as food aid and by the time appointed . (Regulation (EEC) No 254/77) to be shipped from the port of . . .' Costs incurred by reason of failure to deliver the skim — ' Livraison de lait écrémé en poudre a titre d'aide med-milk powder as a result of force majeure shall be borne by the competent agency of the Member State alimentaire (règlement (CEE) n° 254/77) destinée a concerned . être embarquée au port de . . .', — 'Lieferung von Magermilchpulver als Nahrungsmit telhilfe (Verordnung (EWG) Nr . 254/77) zur Vers Article 14 chiffung im Hafen von . . . bestimmt', — ' Forhitura di latte scremato in polvere a titolo di The intervention agency concerned shall pay to the ainto alimentare (regolamento (CEE) n . 254/77) WFP within 30 days after acceptance of each delivery destinata ad essere imbarcata nel porto di . . of skimmed-milk powder, a flat-rate contribution of 80 units of account per tonne of skimmed-milk (') OJ No L 295, 24. 11 . 1969 , p . 14 . powder delivered towards the costs of transporting and (2 ) OJ No L 66, 13 . 3 . 1973, p. 23 . distributing such skimmed-milk powder.
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No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone tary or accession) shall be applicable in respect of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day skimmed-milk powder supplied under this Regula following its publication in the Official Journal of tion . the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 4 February 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President
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ANNEX I
Total quntity Partial Lot of lot quantities Recipient country Marking on the packaging ( in tonnes) ( in tonnes)
A 282 15 Mali Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Abidjan pour Mopti 45 Mali Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Dakar pour Bamako 40 Congo Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Pointe-Noire 50 Niger Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Cotonou pour Niamey 30 Upper Volta Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Abidjan pour Ouagadougou 30 Rwanda Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Kigali 72 Senegal Lait écrémé en poudre enrichi de vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Action du programme alimentaire mondial / Dakar B 364 99 Somalia Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift of the European Economic Community / World Food Programme action / Mogadishu 65 Somalia Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift of the European Economic Community / World Food Programme action / Berbera 200 Bolivia Leche desnatada en polvo con vitaminas A y vitaminas D / Donación de la Comunidad Económica Europea / Acción programa mundial de alimentos / Arica por La Paz
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ANNEX II
Skimmed-milk powder requirements (a) fat content : 1-5% maximum (b) water content : 4-0 % maximum (c) total acidity in lactic acid : 0-15% maximum ( 18° Dornic) (d) test for neutralization agents negative (e) authorized additives : none (f) phosphatase test : negative (g) solubility : 0-5 ml maximum (99 % minimum ) (h) degree of purity : disc B ( 15 0 mg minimum ) (i) germ content : 50 000 per g maximum (k) colon bacillus titer : negative in 01 g (1) taste and smell : clean (m) appearance : white or slightly yellowish colour, free from impurities or coloured particles (n) vitamin enrichment : (aa) vitamin A : 5 000 i.u . per 100 g minimum (bb) vitamin D : 500 i.u . per 100 g minimum