6.11.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL298/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of1October1974
onthesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheOfficeoftheUnitedNations
HighCommissioner forRefugeesasemergencyfoodaidfordistributionto
displacedpersonsinCyprus
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(74/526/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2332/74(3)of
12September1974onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powdertotheOfficeoftheUnitedNationsHigh
Commissioner forRefugeesasfoodaidfordistribu­
tiontodisplacedpersonsinCyprusprovidesforthe
deliverytotheabovementioned organization ,fordistri­
butiontodisplacedpersonsinCyprus,of200metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powdertobetakenfromthe
6000metrictonsofskimmed-milk powderconsti­
tutingthereserveprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)
No1827/74(4)of11July1974onthesupplyofskim­
med-milkpowderasfoodaidtocertaindeveloping
countriesandinternationalorganizations ;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1826/74(5)of11July1974layingdownthegeneral
rulesforthesupplyofskimmed-milk powderasfood
aidtocertaindevelopingcountriesandinternational
organizationsprovidesthattendersmustbeinvitedfor
thepurposeofeffectingsuchdeliveries,exceptinthe
caseofemergencyaid,whereprivatecontractsmaybe
negotiated ;
Whereasemergencyaidisrequiredsincetherearea
largenumberofdisplacedpersonsinCypruswhoare
criticallyshortoffood;whereasaprivatecontract
shouldthereforebenegotiated ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2332/74,200metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
shallbedeliveredtotheOfficeoftheUnitedNations
HighCommissioner forRefugeesfordistributionto
displacedpersonsinCyprus.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbecollected
fromtheBelgianinterventionagency.
3.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirements astoqualityandpackinglaiddownin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1108/68(6)of27July1968ondetailedrulesofappli­
cationforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1636/74(7).
Thepackingoftheskimmed-milk powdershallbe
marked,inlettersatleasttwocentimetreshigh,with
thewords:'Skimmed-milk powder—Giftofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitytoUNHCRforfree
distributiontothepeopleofCyprus'.
Article2
DeliveryshallbeeffectedfromtheportofAntwerp
onadatefixedbytheBelgianinterventionagency
whichmustbelaterthan14Octoberandearlierthan
20October1974.-
Thegoodsshallberegardedasdeliveredwhenthey
aredepositedintheportofshipmentatapointdesig­
natedbytherecipientcountryoritsagenteasily
accessibletotheship.
Article3
I.TheBelgianinterventionagencyshalldetermine
thecostsoftransportingtheskimmed-milk powder
byconcluding aprivatecontractontheleastonerous
terms,havingregardtotheexistingtransportpossibili­
ties.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(-)OJNoL85,29.1974,p.51.
(-')0|NoL250,13.9.1974,p.1.
(■»)O')NoL190,U.7.1974,p.22.
(5)OJNoL190,1.?.7.1974,p.20.(")O!NoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
OOJNoI.173,28.6.1974,p.51.

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2.TheBelgianinterventionagencyshallforwardto
theCommissionwithoutdelayacopyofsuch
contractorcontracts .
Article4
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbegrantedinrespectofthe
skimmed-milk powderdeliveredpursuanttothisDeci­
sion.Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium.
DoneatBrussels,1October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI