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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 259/87 of 26 January 1987 on the supply of various lots of butter as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 1354/83 of 17 May 1983 laying down general rules for the mobilization and supply of skim­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European med-milk powder, butter and butteroil as food aid (*), as Economic Community, last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (*) ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 whereas, in particular, the periods and terms for supply of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid and the procedure to be used to determine the costs management and amending Regulation (EEC) No arising therefrom should be laid down ; 2750/75 ('), and in particular Article 3 (1 ), first subpara­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are graph, thereof, in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85 of Committee for Milk and Milk Products, 19 February 1985 laying down implementing rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 on food-aid policy and food-aid management ^), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market Article 1 in milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1335/86 (4), and in particular Article 6 (7) The intervention agencies shall, in accordance with the thereof, provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1 354/83, supply butter as food aid on the special terms set out in the Annex. Whereas, under the food-aid programme adopted by the Council Regulations specified in the Annex, India has Article 2 requested the supply of the quantities of butter set out therein ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, therefore, supply should be affected in accor­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the dance with the rules laid down in Commission Regula European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 54, 23. 2. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 142, 1 . 6. 1983, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 19. («) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Notice of invitation to tender c 1)

Description of the lot A B

1 . Programme : 1985 (a) legal basis Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85 (b) purpose Commission Decision of ^ ^ ' 985 ( 15 November 1985 2. Recipient 3. Country of destination | Republic of India

4. Stage and place of delivery fob 5. Representative of the recipient (3) Embassy of India (Attn . Miss R. Lai, Counsellor), chaussée de Vleurgat 217, B-1050 Bruxelles (Tel. 02/640 91 40 ; Telex 22510 INDEMB B) 6. Total quantity 500 tonnes 400 tonnes 7. Origin of the butter Community market 8 . Intervention agency holding the stocks 9. Specific characteristics (2) 10. Packaging 25 kg 11 . Supplementary markings on the packaging 'BOMBAY / | 'CALCUTTA / SUPPLIED TO THE INDIAN DAIRY CORPORATION UNDER THE FOOD­ AID PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY* 12. Shipment period Before 30 April 1987 13. Closing date for the submission of tenders 23 February 1987 14. In the case of a second invitation to tender pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1354/83 : (a) shipment period Before 31 May 1987 (b) closing date for the submission of tenders 9 March 1987 15. Miscellaneous 0

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Description of the lot C

1 . Programme : 1985 (a) legal basis Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/86 (b) purpose Commission Decision of ^ , 9 July) 15 November 1985

2. Recipient | Republic of India

3. Country of destination fob 4. Stage and place of delivery 5. Representative of the recipient (3) Embassy of India (Attn. Miss R. Lai, Counsellor), Chaussee de Vleurgat 217, B-1050 Bruxelles (Tel. 02/640 91 40 ; Telex 22510 INDEMB B) 6. Total quantity 400 tonnes 7. Origin of the butter Community market 8 . Intervention agency holding the stocks 9. Specific characteristics (2) 10. Packaging 25 kg 11 . Supplementary markings on the packaging ' BOMBAY / SUPPLIED TO THE INDIAN DAIRY CORPORATION UNDER THE FOOD-AID PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMU­ NITY' 12. Shipment period Before 31 May 1987 13. Closing date for the submission of tenders 23 February 1987 14. In the case of a second invitation to tender pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1354/83 : (a) shipment period Before 30 June 1987 (b) closing date for the submission of tenders 9 March 1987 15. Miscellaneous 0

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Notes : (') This Annex, together with the notice published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 208 of 4 August 1983, page 9, shall serve as notice of invitation to tender. (2) The unsalted butter must be made after 15 March 1987 (lots A and B) — in case of second tendering procedure : 15 April 1987 — 15 April 1987 (lot C) — in case of second tendering procedure : 15 May 1987 — from pasteurized fresh cream and contain no colouring matters or neutralizes. The butter must have no smell and must be of an even texture . The butter must conform to the following technical specifications : — fat content : minimum 82 % , — water content : maximum 16% , — non-fat dry matter content : maximum : 1,5% , — pH between 6 and 6,7. The packaging must conform to specifications laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 . The butter must be transported at a temperature between — 18 and — 10 °C (0 and 14 °F). Yeast and mould : below 20 per gram. (3) Once the successful tenderer has been informed of the award of the contract, he shall immediately contact the beneficiary or his representative with a view to determining what documents are required for the consignment and the details of period, rate and other circumstances concerning shipment. (4) At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity certifying that for the product to be delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have not been exceeded.