31977R0732

7 . 4. 77 No L 89 / 17 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 732/77 of 5 April 1977 on an invitation to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to the Republic of Afghanistan

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

Article 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No (EEC) No 695/76, for the manufacture and delivery to 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization the Republic of Afghanistan of a lot of 250 tonnes of of the market in milk and milk products (J ), as last butteroil . amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, 2. Subject to the special provisions contained herein­ after, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 shall apply to the tendering procedure and to the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25 terms for manufacture and delivery of the March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ butteroil . loping countries and international organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme (3), provides inter alia for the supply to the Republic of Afghanistan of 250 tonnes of butteroil obtained from butter held by inter­ Article 2 vention agencies ; whereas this country has requested the supply of the abovementioned quantity ; 1 . The butter to be used in manufacturing the butteroil shall be taken over from the French interven­ tion agency. 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 2. The butteroil, which shall meet the requirements tries and international organizations under the 1976 as to quality and packing laid down in the Annex to food-aid programme (4), requires tenders to be invited Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75, shall be put up exclu­ for such supplies ; sively in containers of five kilograms, coated internally with food-can varnish or having undergone treatment giving equivalent guarantees. Whereas the invitation to tender shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regula­ 3 . The marking to be applied on the container, as tion (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29 August 1975 concerning prescribed in Chapter II (2) (b) of the Annex invitations to tender for the costs of manufacture and mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as delivery of butteroil as food aid to certain developing follows : countries and to the World Food Programme (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2402/76 (6) ; 'Butteroil/Gift of the European Economic Community whereas, it is still necessary to add a number of details, to Afghanistan'. particularly as regards the time limit for the submis­ sion of tenders and the terms of supply ;

Article 3 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ 1 . Delivery shall be effected from the port of Le ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Havre . 0 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13. (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 . 2. Delivery at the port of loading shall take place (3) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 6. on a date to be fixed by the intervention agency (4) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3. 1976, p. 4. concerned, which must be after 15 but not later than (») OJ No L 229, 30. 8 . 1975, p. 60. (6) OJ No L 270, 2. 10 . 1976, p. 23. 31 May 1977.

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Article 4 Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day The time limit for the submission of tenders shall be following its publication in the Official Journal of 19 April 1977 at 12 noon . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 April 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President