31.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL364/39
COMMISSION DECISION
of3December1976
relatingtotheurgentsupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheRepublicofMalias
foodaid
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(76/950/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
COMMUNITIES ,
ArticleI
1.InaccordancewithRegulations (EEC)No
1298/76and(EEC)No1299/76,onelotof500
metrictonsofskimmed-milk powdershallbe
deliveredtotheRepublicofMali.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbecollected
fromtheDutchinterventionagency,whichshall
supplyasupplementof2°/oemptybagsidenticalto
thosecontainingthegoods.
3.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirements astoqualityandpackinglaiddownin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1108/68of27July1968ondetailedrulesof
applicationforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk
powder(°),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1457/75(7).
TheDutchinterventionagencyshallhavemarkedon
thepacking,inlettersatleast1cmhigh,the
following:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No804/68of27June1968onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinmilkandmilk
products(1),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No559/76(2),andinparticularArticles7(5)and28
thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1299/76of
1June1976onthesupplyofskimmed-milk powder
asfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountriesand
international organizations underthe1976
programme (3)providesinteraliathat800metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershallbemade
availabletotheRepublicofMali;whereasthis
countryhasrequested500metrictonsasemergency
supply;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1298/76of1June1976layingdowngeneralrules
forthesupplyofskimmed-milk powderasfoodaid
tocertaindevelopingcountriesandinternational
organizations underthe1976programme (4),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2017/76(5),
stipulatesthatthedeliverycostsshouldnormallybe
determinedbyatenderingprocedure,orin
exceptionalcases,byaprocedureofmutual
agreement ;
Whereas,duetotheemergencysituation,aprivate
contractshouldbenegotiatedforthissupply;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionofthe
Management CommitteeforMilkandMilk
Products,'Laitécréméenpoudrenonvitaminé/Dondela
Communautééconomiqueeuropéenneàlarépublique
duMali/Destinéàlavente.'
Article2
!.DeliveryshallbemadetoBamako.
2.Deliveryshalltakeplaceassoonaspossible,at
thelateston31December1976.
3.Delivery'todestination'shallbecompleted
whentheskimmed-milk powderhasactuallyarrived
atitsdestinationandbeenunloaded .(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(:i)OJNoL146,4.6.1976,p.5.
(4)OJNoL146,4.6.1976,p.3.
(•>)OJNoL224,16.8.1976,p.I.(B)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(')OJNoL145,6.6.1975,p.17.

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meansoftransportusedtodeliverthegoodstotheir
destination,thequantityandqualityofthegoodsas
recordedonshipment,aswellastheportof
unloading .
Theundertakingentrustedwiththedeliveryshall
informtherecipientcountryoftheprobabledateof
arrivalofthegoodsattheirdestination,atleasttwo
cleardaysinadvance.4.Therecipientcountryshallbearallcosts
incurredafterdeliveryincludingthecostoftaking
deliveryofthegoodsandpossibletranshipment
costs.
Anyexpenses,resultingfromdelaysonthepartof
therecipientcountryintakingoverthegoods,shall,
onpresentationofthenecessaryproof,bepaidby
theinterventionagencyinquestion,andarethe
responsibility oftheCommunity ,withoutprejudice
toasubsequentrepaymentbytherecipientcountry.
5.Anacceptancecertificateshallbeissuedon
deliverybythereceivingagentnominatedbythe
recipientcountry.ArticleS
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whether
monetaryoraccession)maybegrantedinrespectof
skimmed-milk powdersuppliedpursuanttothis
Decision. Article3
Article61.Theamounttocoverdeliverycostsfromthe
storagedepotoftheinterventionagencytothestage
referredtoinArticle2(1)shallbedeterminedbythe
interventionagencyconcernedbymutualagreement
ontheleastoneroustermspossible.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallsendimmediately
totheCommission acopyoftheprivatecontractor
contracts .ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,3December1976.
Article4FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommissionTheDutchGovernmentshallassoonaspossible
informtherecipientcountryofthedateofloading,