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REGULATION (EEC)No155/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of21January1975
onthesaleofskimmed-milk powderfrompublicstocksforsupplytodeve­
lopingcountries
tions,institutionsandassociationsinquestionat
reducedprices;whereas,inthecaseofnaturaldisas­
ters,itmightprovedesirable,forthesakeofspeed,to
selldirectlytothirdcountrieswhicharepreparedto
buyonthetermslaiddown;
Whereassuchsalemustbemadesubjecttoconditions
toensurethattheskimmed-milk powderisnot
divertedfromitsdestination ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticle7(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle7(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No804/68providesthatspecial
measuresmaybetakenforskimmed-milk powder
boughtinbyinterventionagencieswhichcannotbe
marketedonnormaltermsduringamilkyear;
WhereasonefeatureoftheCommunitymarketin
skimmed-milk powderistheexistenceoflargestocks
heldbyinterventionagencies,onlypartofwhichcan
besoldonthetermsprovidedforinArticle5(2)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1014/68(3)of20July
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforthepublicstorage
ofskimmed-milk powderaslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1211/69(4);whereasonlylimitedsales
forexportarepossibleonthoseterms;whereas
prolongedstorageshouldbeavoidedbecauseofthe
highcostsentailed;whereasspecialmeasuresshould
thereforebetakentofacilitatethedisposalofthe
skimmed-milk powder;
Whereasthereisagrowingneedforproteinmilk
productsindevelopingcountries;whereasfoodaidis
providednotonlyunderCommunityprogrammes ,
butalsobyinternationalorganizationsandbynon­
profit-making institutionsandassociationsinthe
Communityworkinginthefieldoffoodaidfordeve­
lopingcountrieswhichpurchase,onthemarket,skim­
med-milkpowderforsupplytosuchcountries;
whereasmarketpriceshaverisensteeply,sothatthe
quantitieswhichweretobesuppliedfortheprojects
concernedmighthavetobereduced;whereasthe
stocksheldbytheinterventionagenciesaresuchthat
skimmed-milk powdermaybesoldtotheorganiza­Article1
1.Thedecisionmaybetakentosellatareduced
priceupto100000metrictonsoftheskimmed-milk
powderboughtinpursuanttoArticle7(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No804/68forsupplytodevelopingcoun­
triesto
(a)internationalorganizationsresponsibleforcarrying
outfood-aidprogrammes ;
(b)non-profit-making institutionsandassociations
establishedwithintheCommunityandalso
workingthefieldoffoodaid.
2.Inthecaseofnaturaldisasters,thedecisionmay
betakentoselldirectlytothethirdcountryinques­
tion.
1.Thesellingpriceexinterventionagencystorage
depotshallbeequalto50%ofthepriceatwhich
agenciesarebuyinginskimmed-milk powderwhen
thecontractofsaleisconcluded .
Articlc2
ThedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegula­
tionshall,inparticular,include:
—thecriteriatobesatisfiedbytheorganizations ,
institutionsandassociations referredtoinArticle
i(i);
—measurestoensurethattheskimmed-milk powder
isnotdivertedfromitsdestination ,whichmay
includetheconditionthatasecuritybeprovided;(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
(3)OJNoL173,22.7.1968,p.4.
(4)OJNoL155,28.6.1969,p.13.

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—provisionstoensurethat,wheretheskimmed­
milkpowderisnotdistributedfreeofcharge,the
pricereductiongrantedbyinterventionagenciesis
reflectedinthesellingpriceinthethirdcountries
towhichtheproductissent.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21January1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
MACLINTON