25.10.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL297/31
COMMISSION DECISION
of8October1973
concerningthesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCrossasemergencyfoodaid
(OnlytheFrench,GermanandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(73/326/EEC)
questioncouldbesuppliedbytheBelgian,French,
GermanandDutchinterventionagencies;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTED .THISDECISION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)concerningtheConditions ,of
AccessionandtheAdjustmentstotheTreaties,andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2721/72(3)of
19December1973onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powderasfoodaid,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2700/73(4),provides,interalia,that6000 metric­
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershouldbemadeavail­
abletotheInternational Committee oftheRed
Cross;
WhereasArticle3(1)(d)ofthatRegulationprovides
forthepaymentofasumofmoneytocoverdelivery
costs,arrangements forsuchpaymentbeingapproved
bytheCommunityunderthetermsofthesupply
contract;whereassuchsumsaretobedetermined ,as
paragraph2ofthatArticleprovides,byinviting
tendersor,havingregardtotheurgencyofthesitua­
tion,bymutualagreement,ontheleastonerousterms
possible;
Whereas,inviewofthedeterioration ofthesituation
andoftheneedforimmediateaid,acertainquantity
ofskimmed-milk powdershouldbedeliveredimmedi­
atelybyairandafurtherquantityshouldbeshipped
assoonaspossible;whereasitisapparentthatmutual
agreementmustbesoughtinrespectofthedeliveries
inquestion;
Whereashavingregardtothestocksheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesandtothesituationofthemarketin
skimmed-milk powder,itappearsthatthequantityin1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72,3120metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
boughtinpursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No804/68shallbedeliveredtotheICRCandallo­
catedasfollows:
—3000metrictonstoPakistan,
—120metrictonstoEthiopia.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershall,asregards
qualityandpacking,satisfytherequirements laid
downinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1108/68(5)of27July1968concerningthe
methodsofpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2196/73(6).
Thepackingoftheskimmed-milk powdershallbeara
redcross15cmby15cmandbemarkedinlettersat
least1cmhigh:
'Skimmed-milk powder/GiftoftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity/ActionoftheRedCross.'
Article2
DeliveryshallbemadetoPakistan:
(a)byair,before10December1973,
of157-5metrictonsfromthestocksoftheDutch
interventionagency,freeatthePakistaniairport,
destination tobenotifiedtotheintervention
agencyconcernedbytheCommission ;(')<J|NoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(-')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(■')O'jNoL291,28.12.1972,p.28.
(4)O")NoL279,5.10.1973,p.1.(5)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(b)OJNoL223,11.8.1973,p.20.

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(b)bysea,before10December1973,
of2842-5metrictonsfromthestocksofthe
Belgianinterventionagency,ciftotheportof
Karachi.warehousesoftheairportofthecountryofdestina­
tion.
Anycostsinrespectofdelaysintakingdeliveryattrib­
utabletotheICRCshallbefortheaccountofthe
ICRC.Article3
Article6 DeliveryshallbemadetoEthiopiabyair,freeat
AddisAbabaairport,by10December1973,of:
—85metrictonsfromthestocksoftheFrenchinter­
ventionagency,and
—35metrictonsfromthestocksoftheGerman
interventionagency.1.Theinterventionagenciesconcernedshallbe
responsiblefortransportingthegoodstothedestina­
tionsreferredtoinArticles2and3.
2.Itshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethat
theskimmed-milk powdersuppliedisactuallydeliv­
eredatsuchdestinations . Article4
Article7
Theamountstocoverdeliverycoststothestagesspeci­
fiedinArticles2and3shallbedeterminedbythe
interventionagencyconcernedbymutualagreement
ontheleastoneroustermspossible.1.Theinterventionagenciesconcernedshallnotify
theICRC,assoonaspossibleafterthegoodshaveleft
theplaceofshipment,ofdetailsoftheshiporaero­
plane,theloadingdate,thequantityandqualityof
goodsasrecordedonshipment,thedateofunloading
and,wherecarriageisbysea,thedailyrateof
unloadingattheport.
2.Wherecarriageisbysea,theinterventionagen­
ciesconcernedshall,atleasttencleardaysinadvance,
informtheICRCoftheexpecteddateofarrivalofthe
shipattheportofunloadingandshallhaveincluded
inthetermsofthecharter-party aprovisionstipu­
latingthattheship'scaptainmust,atleast72hoursin
advanceinformtheICRCoftheprobabledateof
arrivaloftheshipinport.Article8
Theinterventionagenciesconcernedshallimmedi­
atelyinformtheCommissionofthecostsincurred,
themeansoftransportutilizedandofanyvoluntary
assistanceprovided.
Article9
Article5
1.Therecipientshallbearallcostssubsequentto
delivery,includingcostsoftakingdelivery.Norefundorcompensatory amountmaybegranted
inrespectofskimmed-milk powderdelivered
pursuanttothisDecision.Thecorrectivereferredto
inArticle2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1188/73shall
notbeapplied.2.Wherecarriageisbysea:
Article10
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theFrenchRepublic,theFederalRepublic
ofGermanyandtheKingdomoftheNetherlands .(a)deliverycifshallbecompletedwhenthegoodsare
actuallyunloadedonthequaysideorontoa
lighterifthismethodisused;
(b)anydemurragecostsattheportofunloadingin
respectofdelaysattributabletotheICRCshallbe
fortheaccountoftheICRC.Theamountofthese
costsanddetailedrulesconcerningthemshallbe
asfixedinthecontractbetweentheCommunity
agentandthecarrier,subjecttoprioragreement
thereonbetweensuchagentandtheICRCrecep­
tionagent.
3.Wherecarriageisbyairdeliveryshallbe
completedwhenthegoodsareactuallyplacedintheDoneatBrussels,8October1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI