31979R1471

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1471 / 79 of 13 July 1979 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of durum wheat as food aid for the Republic of Malta

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN that the tenders are as comparable as possible, account COMMUNITIES, should be taken of the effect on each tender of the currency situation in the Member State in which the customs export formalities will be completed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the contract should be awarded to the tenderer offering the best terms ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals (•), as last amended by Whereas in case it should be impossible for reasons of Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), force majeure to complete the operation in question within the set time limits, it must be made clear who Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No is to bear any costs resulting therefrom ; 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­ tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and Whereas provision should be made for security to be in particular Article 6 thereof, given to guarantee fulfilment of the obligations arising by virtue of participation in the invitation to tender ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricul­ Whereas the Italian intervention agency should be tural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) made responsible for the tendering procedure ; No 2543/73 (5), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Committee, ment Committee for Cereals,

Whereas on 8 May 1979 the Council of the European Communities declared that it proposed, by way of Community action, to grant 500 tonnes of durum wheat to the Republic of Malta under its 1978/79 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : food-aid programme ;

Whereas pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2750/75 the goods may be purchased Article 1 anywhere on the Community market ;

1 . Tenders are hereby invited for the supply, by Whereas tenders should be invited for the supply of way of Community food-aid action to the Republic of the product to the port of shipment in the vicinity of Malta, of 500 tonnes of durum wheat. the vessel, the goods to be set down at the place nomi­ nated by the recipient or its agent ; 2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy in one lot. The product shall be mobilized on the Whereas tenders may be submitted by tenderers esta­ Community market. The product shall be loaded for blished in any Member State of the Community and departure from any Community port. may relate to products mobilized anywhere within those Member States ; whereas, in view of the currency situation in the Member States and in order to ensure 3 . The product referred to in paragraph 1 is to be delivered in bulk to the port of shipment in the (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . vicinity of the vessel . The goods must be set down at (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . the place nominated by the recipient country or its (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) OJ No 106, 39 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62. agent, the timing of delivery being settled by the 5) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . tenderer and the recipient country's agent.

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Article 2 notice of invitation to tender as a result of the late availability of the vessels to be used for sea transporta­ 1 . The decision on tenders received in response to tion, the resulting costs shall be borne by the interven­ the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken tion agency. on 27 July 1979 . 2. The closing date for submission of tenders shall Article 6 be 27 July 1979 at 12 noon . 3 . The notice of invitation to tender shall be 1 . The tenderer shall give security of a value of 6 published in the Official Journal of the European ECU per tonne of goods. Communities not less than nine days before the It shall be released : closing date for submission of tenders. — in the case of all tenderers whose tenders are Article 3 unsuccessful or are not accepted, 1 . The prices offered must be expressed in the — in the case of the successful tenderer, when the currency of the Member State in which the invitation operations concerned have been carried out within to tender was issued . the prescribed time limit and on submission of the original export licence duly granted and 2. Tenders must in particular mention the Member endorsed by the competent authorities of the State in which the tenderer, in the event of his being Member State mentioned in the tender pursuant declared successful, expects to complete the customs to Article 3 (2), export formalities for the products concerned. — in the case of the successful tenderer for quantities 3 . For the purpose of rendering the tenders compar­ not supplied by reason of force majeure. able, the prices shall be corrected by the monetary compensatory amount applicable on the closing date 2. The security required under paragraph 1 may be for submission of tenders to exports from the Member provided in the form of a cash deposit or of a State mentioned in the tender pursuant to paragraph guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to 2. Such correction shall be made by : criteria laid down by each Member State. — increasing prices which mention a Member State whose currency has depreciated, Article 7 — reducing prices which mention a Member State whose currency has been revalued . The product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair The monetary compensatory amount shall , where and sound merchantable quality, be free from odour, appropriate, be converted into the currency of the and correspond at least to the standard quality for Member State in which the invitation to tender is which the intervention price is fixed. issued using : — in the case when the currencies concerned are Article 8 kept at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a conversion rate resulting from their 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­ central rate, sible for the operations relating to the invitation to — in the other cases, the average of the spot rates of tender provided for by this Regulation . the currencies concerned recorded in the Member State in which the invitation to tender is issued 2. It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­ during a period from the Wednesday of one week sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­ to the Tuesday of the following week being the tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender, period immediately preceding the closing date for together with the name and business name of the submission of tenders . successful tenderer.

Article 4 3 . Where the customs export formalities for the mobilized product are completed in a Member State The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering other than that in which the invitation to tender is the best terms, taking into consideration the adjust­ issued, the intervention agency of the latter Member ment referred to in Article 3 (3). State shall be responsible for the operations following tendering, including payment to the successful However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to tenderer . reflect normal parket prices and costs, the interven­ tion agency may cancel the invitation to tender. In this case, the intervention agency choosing the successful tenderer shall immediately inform the inter­ Article 5 vention agency of the Member State concerned and If the tenderer is unable to deliver the goods in com­ shall supply it with all the information which it may pliance with Article 1 (3) on the date given in the require .

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Furthermore, the amount of the successful tender tion agency which appoints the successful tenderer, it shall be paid after it has been converted using the shall send as soon as possible to the latter the informa­ average of the spot rates referred to in the second tion necessary for releasing the security. subparagraph of Article 3 (3) to the tenderer in the currency of the Member State in which the operations Article 9 relating to the tendering are completed . On delivery of the goods at the port of shipment, a 4. The intervention agency shall request the handing-over certificate shall be supplied to the successful tenderer to supply the following informa­ tion : successful tenderer, acting as agent for the Commu­ nity, by the agent of the recipient country, or, in the (a) after each shipment a certificate showing the quan­ absence of the latter, by the intervention agency of the tities dispatched and the quality of the products ; Member State in whose territory the port of shipment is situated . (b) the date of departure of the vessels.

The information indicated above shall be forwarded Article 10 by the intervention agency to the Commission imme­ diately upon receipt. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 5. When the intervention agency responsible for publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. the operations relating to tendering is not the interven­

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President