11.4.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL90/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of18March1975
concerning thesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCrossasemergencyfoodaidforRwanda
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(75/209/EEC)
whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72,100metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
boughtinpursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No804/68shallbedeliveredtotheICRCfor
Rwanda .
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershall,asregards
qualityandpackaging,satisfytherequirements laid
downinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1108/68(5)of27July1968concerningthe
methodsofpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1636/74(6).
Thepackingoftheskimmed-milk powdershallbeara
redcross15cmx15cmandbemarkedinlettersat
least1cmhigh:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No465/75(-),andin
particularArticle7(5)andArticle28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2721/72(3)of
19December1973onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powderasfoodaid,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2700/73(4),provides,interalia,that'6000metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershouldbemadeavail­
abletotheInternational Committee oftheRed
Cross;
WhereasArticle3(1)(d)ofthatRegulationprovides
forthepaymentofasumofmoneytocoverdelivery
costs,arrangements forsuchpaymentbeingapproved
bytheCommunityunderthetermsofthesupply
contract;whereassuchsumsarctobedetermined ,as
paragraph2ofthatArticleprovides,byinviting
tendersor,havingregardtotheurgencyofthesitua­
tion,bymutualagreement,ontheleastonerousterms
possible;
Whereas,inviewofthedeterioration ofthesituation
inRwandaandoftheneedforimmediateaid,a
certainquantityofskimmed-milk powdershouldbe
deliveredimmediatelybyair,andafurtherquantity
shouldbeshippedassoonaspossible;whereasitis
apparentthatmutualagreementmustbesoughtin
respectofthedeliveriesinquestion;
Whereashavingregardtothestocksheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesandtothesituationofthemarketin
skimmed-milk powder,itappearsthatthequantityin
questioncouldbesuppliedbytheDutchintervention
agency;'Laitécréméenpoudre/DondelaCommunauté
économiqueeuropéenne/ActionduComitéinterna­
tionaldelaCroix-Rouge'.
Artide2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbecollected
fromtheDutchinterventionagency.
2.DeliveryshallbemadetoRwanda :
(a)freeairportofMaastricht ,on20March1975,for
37metrictons,
(b)bysea,cifMombasa,for63metrictons.Theship­
pingshalltakeplaceassoonaspossibleandnot
laterthan3April1975.(')OJNoL14«,28.6.1968,p.13.
(:)O)NoL52,28.2.1975,p.8.
(■')OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.28
OOlNoL279,5.10.1973,p.1.(5)0(NoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(<>)OJNoL173,28.6.1974,p.60.

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Anycostsinrespectofdelaysintakingdeliveryat­
tributabletotheICRCshallbefortheaccountofthe
ICRC.
Article5
Theamountstocoverdeliverycoststothestagesspeci­
fiedinArticle2(2)shallbedeterminedbytheDutch
interventionagencybymutualagreementontheleast,
oneroustermspossible.
Article6
Theinterventionagencyshallimmediatelyinformthe
Commission ofthecostsincurred.
Article7
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbeappliedinrespectofthe
skimmed-milk powderdeliveredpursuanttothisDeci­
sion.
Article8
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .Article3
1.ForthetransportspecifiedinArticle2(2)(b),the
DutchinterventionagencyshallnotifytheICRC,as
soonaspossibleafterthegoodshavelefttheportof
shipment,ofdetailsoftheshiportheloadingdate,
thequantityandqualityofgoodsasrecordedonship­
ment,thedateofunloadingandthedailyrateof
unloadingattheport.
2.TheDutchinterventionagencyshall,atleast10
cleardaysinadvance,informtheICRCofthe
expecteddateofarrivaloftheshipattheportof
unloadingandshallhaveincludedinthetermsofthe
charterpartyaprovisionstipulatingthattheship's
captainmust,atleast72hoursinadvance,informthe
ICRCoftheprobabledateofarrivaloftheshipin
port.
Article4
1.TheICRCshallbearallcostssubsequentto
delivery,includingcostsoftakingdelivery.
2.Concerningcarriagebysea:
(a)deliverycifshallbecompletedwhenthegoodsare
actuallyunloadedonthequaysideorontoa
lighterifthismethodisused;
(b)anydemurragecosts,attheportofunloadingin
respectofdelaysattributabletotheICRC,shallbe
fortheaccountoftheICRC.Theamountofthese
costsanddetailedrulesconcerningthemshallbe
asfixedinthecontractbetweentheCommunity
agentandthecarrier,subjecttoprioragreement
thereonbetweensuchagentandtheICRCrecep­
tionagent.
3.Concerningcarriagebyairdeliveryshallbe
completedwhenthegoodsareactuallyplacedinthe
warehousesoftheairportofMaastricht .DoneatBrussels,18March1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
CORRIGENDA
CorrigendumtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No913/75of8April1975amendingthe
amountsapplicableascompensatory amountsforcerealsandrice
(OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL88of9April1975)
Page12,AnnexC,CCTheadingNo11.06BII,columnIRL:
for:'0-352'
read:'2-352'.