13.9.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL250/33
COMMISSION DECISION
of30August1974
concerningthesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCrossasemergencyfoodaid
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)/
(74/466/EEC)
HASADOPTED THISDECISION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(^of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2721/72(3)of
19December1973onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powderasfoodaid,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2700/73(4),provides,interalia,that6000metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershouldbemadeavail­
abletotheInternational Committee oftheRed
Cross;whereasICRChasrequestedthesupply,as
emergencyaid,of50metrictonsofskimmed-milk
powderforCyprus;
WhereasArticle3(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72providesforthepaymentofasumofmoney
tocoverdeliverycosts,arrangements forsuch
paymentbeingapprovedbytheCommunityunder
thetermsofthesupplycontract;whereassuchsums
aretobedetermined ,asparagraph2ofthatArticle
provides,byinvitingtendersor,havingregardtothe
urgencyofthesituation,bymutualagreement,onthe
leastoneroustermspossible;
Whereas,inviewofthedeterioration ofthesituation
inCyprusandoftheneedforimmediateaid,the
quantityofskimmed-milk powderrequestedshould
beshippedassoonaspossible;whereasitisapparent
thatmutualagreementmustbesoughtinrespectof
thedeliveryinquestion;
Whereashavingregardtothestocksheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesandtotheexistingtransportpossibili­
ties,itappearsthatthequantityinquestioncouldbe
suppliedbytheBelgianinterventionagency;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Articlei
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72,50metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
shallbedeliveredciftotheportofLimassol(Cyprus)
fortheICRC.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirements asthequalityandpackinglaiddownin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1108/68(5)of27July1968ondetailedrulesofappli­
cationforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1636/74(6).
Article2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbetakenfrom
stocksheldbytheBelgianinterventionagency.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallhavethepacking
oftheskimmed-milk powdermarkedwitharedcross
15cmby15cmand,inlettersatleast2cmhigh,the
words:
'Skimmed-milk powder/GiftoftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity'.
Article3
ShipmentshallbeeffectedattheportofAntwerpon
5September1974atthelatest.
Article4
1.^TheBelgianinterventionagencyshalldetermine
thetransportcostsrelatingtothedeliveryinquestion
bymutualagreementontheleastonerousterms
possible.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallforwardtothe
Commissionwithoutdelayacopyofsuchmutual
agreement .(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(^)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
OOJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.28
(4)OJNoL279,5.10.1973,p.1.(5)O|NoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(b)O)NoL173,28.6.1974,p.60.

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Article5 DoneatBrussels,30August1974.
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbepayableinrespectofthe
skimmed-milk powderdeliveredinpursuanceofthis
Decision.
FortheCommission
Article6
ThePresident
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium. Fran$ois-Xavier ORTOLI