21.8.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL231/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of16July1976
concerningthesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCrossasemergencyfoodaidforLebanon
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(76/673/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproductsaslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulations (EEC)No
1826/74and(EEC)No1827/74,30metrictonsof
skimmed-milk powderboughtinpursuanttoArticle
7ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68shallbedeliveredto
theICRCforLebanon .
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbecollected
fromtheLuxembourginterventionagency.This
deliveryshallbeaccompaniedwithasupplementary
2%ofemptybags.
3.Theskimmed-milk powdershall,asregards
qualityandpackaging,satisfytherequirements laid
downinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1108/68of27July1968concerningthemethods
ofpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1457/75(6).
Thepackingoftheskimmed-milk powdershallbeara
redcross10x10cmandbemarkedinlettersatleast
1cmhigh:WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1827/74of11
July1974onthesupplyofskimmed-milk powderas
foodaidtocertaindevelopingcountriesandinterna­
tionalorganizations (3),providesinteraliafor3000
metrictonsofskimmed-milk powdertobemadeavail­
abletotheInternational CommitteeoftheRedCross
(ICRC);whereastheICRChasrequestedthesupply
of30metrictonsofskimmed-milk powderfor
Lebanon;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1826/74of11July1974layingdowngeneralrulesfor
thesupplyofskimmed-milk powderasfoodaidto
certaindevelopingcountriesandinternationalorgani­
zations(4),stipulatesthatinthecaseofemergency
actionstheforwardingcostsmaybedeterminedbya
procedureofmutualagreement ;Laitecremeenpoudre—DondelaCommunauté
économiqueeuropéenne—ActionduComitéinterna­
tionaldelaCroix-Rouge—Àdistribuergratuite­
ment.'
Whereas,inviewoftheneedforquickaiditis
apparentthatmutualagreementmustbesoughtin
respectofthisdeliveryfortheforwardingofskimmed­
milkpowderbyairtotheairportofdestination ;Article2
1.DeliveryshallbeeffectedatLarnacaairport
(Cyprus).
2.Therecipientorganizationshallbearallcosts
incurredafterdeliveryincludingthecostsof
unloading .WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
(>)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL190,13.7.1974,p.22.
(4)OJNoL190,13.7.1974,p.20.(5)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(0)OJNoL145,6.6.1975,p.17.

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Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg .3.Deliveryshallbecompletedassoonaspossible.
4.Acertificateprovingthetakingofthegoods
shallbedeliveredondeliverybythereceivingagent
designatedbytherecipientorganization .
Article3
1.Privatecontractorcontractsshallbenegotiated
onthebesttermspossiblebytheLuxembourginter­
ventionagencyforthecostsoftransportrelatingto
thedeliveryinquestion.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallsendimmediately
totheCommission acopyoftheprivatecontractor
contracts .DoneatBrussels,16July1976.
Article4FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommissionNorefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)maybegrantedinrespectofskim­
med-milkpowdersuppliedpursuanttothisDecision.