Article 1
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the supply of 30 000 tonnes of whole-milk powder for the people of the Soviet Union pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 598/91 and in accordance with the conditions laid down herein. 2. The supply shall comprise: (a) the manufacture of whole-milk powder meeting the characteristics laid down in Annex II. The end products must be put up: - in the case of lots A to U as defined in Annex III, in packages of 25 kg net weight in new, clean, dry, intact bags meeting the specifications laid down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 (1), grouped on palettes in accordance with normal export practice, - in the case of lots AA to UU as defined in Annex III, in aluminium-based paper bags or in metal canisters of a maximum net weight of 2 kg, grouped in cartons mounted on palettes in accordance with normal export practice. The words 'Regulation (EEC) No 2263/91 - Aid from the European Economic Community' must be marked on each individual package and each carton in Russian and in one of the official languages of the Community. The manufacture and packaging of the product covered by the supply must be completed in accordance with Annex III; (b) the storage of the product for the body indicated by the Commission until the date indicated in Annex III. Storage costs during that period shall be borne by the successful tenderer; (c) an undertaking, in so far as possible, to manufacture the product and make it available to the abovementioned body before the end of the periods provided for in (a) and (b), at the request of the body indicated by the Commission.