31977R0466

8 . 3 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 62/7

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 466/ 77 of 4 March 1977 concerning the invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to Pakistan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN No 695/76, for the manufacture and delivery to COMMUNITIES, Pakistan of 3 500 tonnes of butteroil divided into the following lots : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, — Lot A : 500 tonnes, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — Lot B : 1 500 tonnes (three partial quantities of 804/ 68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization 500 tonnes), of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last — Lot C : 1 000 tonnes (two partial quantities of 500 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in tonnes), particular Article 6 (7) thereof, — Lot D : 500 tonnes . Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25 March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ 2. Subject to the special provisions contained here­ loping countries and international organizations under inafter the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia 2247/75 shall apply to the tendering procedure and to for the supply to Pakistan of 3 500 tonnes of butteroil the terms for manufacture and delivery of the butte­ obtained from butter held by intervention agencies ; roil . whereas this country has requested the supply of the abovementioned quantity ; Article 2 Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­ 1 . The butter to be used in manufacturing the butter­ oil shall be taken over from : tries and international organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited — the Belgian intervention agency for Lot A, for such supplies ; — the German intervention agency for Lot B, Whereas the invitation to tender shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regula­ — the French intervention agency for Lot C, tion (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning — the Dutch intervention agency for Lot D. invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing 2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements countries and to the World Food Programme (5), as as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2402/76 (6) ; Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up exclu­ whereas, it is still necessary to add a number of details, sively in containers of five kilograms. particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­ sion of tenders and the terms of supply ; 3. The marking to be applied on the container, as Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation prescribed in Chapter II 2 (b) of the Annex are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as follows : ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

' Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Commu­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : nity to Pakistan'.

Article 1 Article 3 1 . Tenders are hereby invited, in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 694/76 and (EEC) 1 . Delivery shall be effected :

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . — for Lot A : from the port of Antwerp, (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . — for Lot B : from the port of Hamburg, (>) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6 . (") OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1 976, p. 4. — for Lot C : from the port of Le Havre, (5 ) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 . (o) OJ No L 270 , 2. 10 . 1976, p. 23 . — for Lot D : from the port of Rotterdam .

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2. Delivery at the port of loading shall take place on a 2 . The time limit for the submission of tenders shall date to be fixed by the intervention agency concerned be 22 March 1977 at 12 noon . and which must be after 25 April but not later than 15 May 1977.

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1 . For Lots B and C, by way of derogation from Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tenderer shall specify in his tender for how many following its publication in the Official Journal of partial quantities his tender is valid . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1977.

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President