8.2.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL36/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of21January1977
onthesupply,asamatterofurgency,ofbutteroilasfoodaidtotheWorldFood
Programmeforcertainthirdcountries
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(77/115/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticles6(7)and28thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No695/76of25
March1976onthesupplyofmilkfats,asfoodaid,to
certaindevelopingcountriesandinternationalorgani­
zationsunderthe1976food-aidprogramme (3)
provides,interalia,for16000tonnesofbutteroilto
bemadeavailabletotheWorldFoodProgramme
(WFP);whereastheWorldFoodProgrammehas
requestedthedeliveryof178tonnesofbutteroil,of
which55tonnesareforCyprusand123tonnesfor
Syria;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
694/76of25March1976layingdowngeneralrules
forthesupplyofmilkfatsasfoodaidtocertaindeve­
lopingcountriesandinternationalorganizationsunder
the1976food-aidprogramme^),stipulatesthatthe
costsofdeliverymaybedeterminedbyaprocedureof
mutualagreementinthecaseofemergencyactions;
Whereas,inviewoftheneedtoprovidequickaid,it
isnecessarythatmutualagreementmustbesoughtin
respectofthissupply;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
arcinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,178tonnesofbutteroilshallbesuppliedtotheWFP,
dividedasfollows:
—55tonnesforCyprus,
—123tonnesforSyria.
2.Thebuttertobeusedinthemanufacture of
butteroilshallbecollectedfromtheDutchinterven­
tionagency.
Article2
1.Thebutteroilshallsatisfytherequirements as
regardsqualityandpackinglaiddownintheAnnex
toCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2247/75of29
August1975onthetermsofinvitationstotenderfor
thecostsofmanufactureanddeliveryofbutteroilas
foodaidtocertaindevelopingcountriesandtothe
WorldFoodProgramme (5),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2212/76(6).
Itshallbepackedexclusivelyinfive-kilogramcanis­
ters.
2.TheDutchinterventionagencyshallspecifyon
thepackingthefollowingwording:
'Butteroil/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nity/WorldFoodProgrammeaction'.
Thisshallbefollowedbyanindicationoftheportof
unloadingwhichforCyprusshallbeLimassolandfor
SyriashallbeLattakia.
Article3
1.DeliveryshallbeeffectedfromaCommunity
portaccessibleforocean-goingshipsandhavinga
regularlinetotherecipientcountry,onadatetobe
fixedbytheinterventionagencyconcernedandwhich
mustbelaterthan20Februaryandearlierthan10
March1977.
2.Deliveryshallbeconsideredascompletedwhen
thegoodsaredepositedatthepointofexportationat
theplacedesignatedbytheWFPoritsappointed
agent.HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.Inaccordancewiththeprovisionslaiddownin
Regulations (EEC)No694/76and(EEC)No695/76,
(l)OJNoL14H,28.6.1968,p.1.V
(:)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(■•)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.6.
OO'jNoL83,30.3.1976,p.4.(5)OJNoL229,30.8.1975,p.60.
(h)OJNoL249,11.9.1976,p.5.

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Article4
1.TheDutchinterventionagencyconcernedshall
determinethecostsofforwardingthebutteroilby
concluding aprivatecontactontheleastonerous
termspossible .
2.Theintervention agencyinquestionshall
forwardtotheCommissionwithoutdelayacopyof
suchprivatecontract.
3.TheyshallpaytotheWFP,within30days
maximum ofthedateonwhichtheWFPtakes
deliveryofbutteroil,aflat-ratecontribution of79
unitsofaccountpermetrictonofbutteroilsupplied.Article5
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbeappliedinrespectofthe
butteroildeliveredpursuanttothisDecision .
Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,21January1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President