NoL144/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.6.75
COMMISSION DECISION
of21April1975
concerningthesupplyofskimmed-milkpowdertotheInternationalCommitteeofthe
RedCrossasemergencyfoodaid
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(75/302/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No740/75(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No1827/
74,100metrictonsofskimmed-milk powdershall
bedeliveredtotheICRC.
2.Thedeliveryistobeeffected:
—for50metrictonscifSaigon,
—for50metrictonscifHaiphong.
Ifthecircumstances sorequiretheintervention
agencyconcernedmaydesignateotherportsof
unloadingsoastopermitdeliverytoVietnam.
3.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirementsastothequalityandpackinglaiddown
inAnnexItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1108/68(5)of27July1968ondetailedrulesof
applicationforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk
powder,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1636/74(6).
Article2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbetakenfrom
stocksheldbytheDutchinterventionagency.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallhavethepacking
oftheskimmed-milk powdermarkedwithared
cross15by15cmand,inlettersatleast1cmhigh,
thewords:WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1827/74(3)
of11July1974onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powderasfoodaidtocertaindevelopingcountries
andinternationalorganizations ,provides,interalia,
that3000metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
shouldbemadeavailabletotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCross;whereastheICRChas
requestedthesupply,asemergencyaid,of100metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powderforVietnam;
WhereasinpursuanceofArticle5ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1826/74(4)of11July1974
layingdownthegeneralrulesforthesupplyof
skimmed-milk powderasfoodaidtocertain
countriesandinternationalorganizations ,aprivate
contractshouldbeissuedforthedeliveryincaseof
anemergencyaction;
Whereas,inviewofthedeteriorationofthesituation
inVietnamandoftheneedforimmediateaid,the
quantityofskimmed-milk powderrequestedshould
beshippedassoonaspossible;whereasitis
apparentthatmutualagreementmustbesoughtin
respectofthedeliveryinquestion;
Whereashavingregardtothestocksheldbythe
interventionagenciesandtotheexistingtransport
possibilities,itappearsthatthequantityinquestion
couldbesuppliedbytheDutchinterventionagency;'Laitécréméenpoudre—DondelaCommunauté
économiqueeuropéenne—ActionduComitéInter­
nationaldelaCroix-Rouge'.
Article3
1.Shipmentshallbeeffectedassoonaspossible
andon30April1975atthelatest.(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL74,22.3.1975,p.1.
(s)OJNoL190,13.7.1974,p.22.
(4)OJNoL190,13.7.1974,p.20.(5)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(8)OJNoL173,28.6.1974,p.60.

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2.Deliverycifshallbecompletedwhenthegoods
areactuallyunloadedonthequaysideorontoa
lighter.
Article4Article5
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whether
monetaryoraccession)shallbepayableinrespectof
theskimmed-milk powderdeliveredinpursuanceof
thisDecision.
Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,21April1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission1.TheDutchinterventionagencyshalldetermine
thetransportcostsrelatingtothedeliveryin
questionbymutualagreementontheleastonerous
termspossible.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallforwardtothe
Commissionwithoutdelayacopyofsuchmutual
agreement .