30.3.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of4March1974
relatingtotheurgentsupplyofskimmed-milk powderfreeatairporttobedelivered
totheNigerasfoodaid
(OnlytheFrench,GermanandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(74/172/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,whereasundertheseconditionsitispreferableto
takeadvantageofthepossibilityoftransportingthe
powderbyairwhichtheBelgian,GermanandFrench
governmentshavesetasideforthispurposeandto
aprocedureofmutualagreementforthetranspor­
tationtotheairportofembarkation ;
Whereasmoreoverthehandlingoftheair-liftbythe
Belgian,GermanandFrenchgovernments means
thattheinterventionagenciesconcernedarerespon­
sibleonlyforthetransportoftheskimmed-milk
powdertotheairportofembarkation ;
Whereas,takingintoaccountthestocksatthedis­
posaloftheinterventionagencies,thequantitiesin
questioncanbedeliveredbytheBelgian,German
andFrenchinterventionagencies;
Whereas,forasuccessfuloperation,itisnecessary
thattheinterventionagenciesnotifytheCommission
ofthecostsincurred;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(*)of27June1968,onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No419/74(2),
andinparticulartoArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3582/73(3)
of28December1973,establishingthegeneralrules
regardingthesupplyofskimmed-milk powderas
foodaidtothecountriesoftheSahelandEthiopia,
providesforthesupplytothesecountriesof14000
metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder;
WhereasthesameRegulationlaiddowninArticle2
thatthetransportoftheskimmed-milk powderto
distributionpointsshouldbefinancedbytheCom­
munity;whereasArticle3laysdownthatthetrans­
portationtothedistributionpointsshouldnormally
becoveredbyatenderingprocedureorinexcep­
tionalcasesbyrecoursetoaprocedureofmutual
agreement ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No192/74
(4)of18January1974,onthesupplyofskimmed­
milkpowderasfoodaidtothecountriesofthe
SahelandEthiopia,hasprovidedcertainrulesforthe
supply;
WhereasthecurrentfoodsituationintheNiger
necessitatesanactionallowingspeedydeliveryof
productstothemoreremoteareasofthecountry;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.AccordingtotheprovisionsofArticles1(1),3
and5ofRegulation (EEC)No192/74,300metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powderaretobedeliveredto
theNiger,pursuanttoRegulation (EEC)No3582/73.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdertobedeliveredshall
betakenfrom
HOJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL49,21.2.1974,p.2.
(3)OJNoL359,28.12.1973,p.50. —theBelgianinterventionagency—100metric
tons, (4)OJNoL21,25.1.1974,p.33.

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catedtotheinterventionagenciesconcernedbythe
Commission .
Article3—theGermaninterventionagency—100metric
tons,
—theFrenchinterventionagency—100metric
tons.
3.Theskimmed-milk powdershallasregards
qualityandpackagingsatisfytherequirementslaid
downinAnnex1ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1108/68(*)of27July1968concerningthe
methodsofpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No77/74(2).
Thepackagingoftheskimmed-milk powdershall
bemarkedinlettersatleast2cmhigh:Thecostsoftransportoftheskimmed-milk powder
totheairportsreferredtoinArticle2shallbedeter­
minedbytheinterventionagencyconcernedbya
procedureofmutualagreementundertheleast
onerousconditions,takingintoaccounttheavail­
abilityoftransport.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theFederalRepublicofGermanyandto
theFrenchRepublic.'Laitécréméenpoudre
DondelaCommunauté économiqueeuropéenneau
Niger
Adistribuergratuitement'.
DoneatBrussels,4March1974.
Article2 FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIThedeliveryistobeeffectedonthedaysandfrom
theBelgian,GermanandFrenchairportscommuni­
HOJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(2)OJNoL9,11.1.1974,p.38.