5.6.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL144/23
COMMISSION DECISION
of6May1975
relatingtotheemergencysupplyofskimmed-milkpowdertoUNICEFbywayoffood
aidtoVietnam
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(75/312/EEC)
2."Withregardtoqualityandpacking,the
skimmed-milk powdershallmeettherequirements
laiddowninAnnexItoCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1108/68(4)of27July1968ondetailed
rulesofapplicationforpublicstorageofskimmed­
milkpowder,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1093/75(*).
Theinterventionagencyconcernedshallattacha
labeltothepackagingwiththefollowingwordsin
lettersofaheightofnotlessthan1cm:
'Laitécréméenpoudre—DondelaCommunauté
économiqueeuropéenne—Distributiongratuité'.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No740/75(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1035/75(3)
of21April1975layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
supplyofskimmed-milk powderunderthe1975
food-aidprogrammetotheUnitedNations
Children'sFund(UNICEF)forthoseaffectedbythe
eventsinSouthVietnamlaysdownthat590metric
tonsofskimmed-milkpowdershouldbesuppliedto
UNICEFfromthestocksheldbytheintervention
agencies;whereasUNICEFhasrequestedan
emergencysupplyof500metrictonsofskimmed­
milkpowderwhichmaybemadeavailablebythe
Germaninterventionagency;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/75
laysdownthatthecostsoftransportingthe
skimmed-milk powdershouldbebornebythe
Community ;whereas,furthermore,itislaiddownin
Article4that,inviewoftheurgencyofthe
situation,privatecontractsmaybeused;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
Management CommitteeforMilkandMilk
Products,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No1035/
75,500metrictonsofskimmed-milk powderwhich
hasbeensubjecttointerventionaslaiddownin
Article7ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68andis
intendedforthoseaffectedbytheeventsinVietnam
shallbedeliveredtoUNICEF.Article2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallberemoved
fromtheGermaninterventionagency.
2.Deliveryshallbeeffected:
(a)freeatanairportwithintheCommunity,tobe
designatedbytheCommission ,totheamountof
100metrictons;
(b)cifSingapore,totheamountof100metrictons;
(c)cifHaiphong,totheamountof300metrictons.
Shipmentshalltakeplaceassoonaspossibleandat
thelateston20May1975.
Article3
1.Inrespectofthetransportation referredtoin
Article2(2)(b)and(c),theGermanintervention
agencyshallsendtoUNICEF,assoonaspossible
afterthegoodshavelefttheloadingport,anote
indicatingthenameofthevesselandthedateof
loading,thequantityandqualityofthegoods
recordedatthetimeofloadingandtheunloading
port.
2.TheGermaninterventionagencyshallinform
UNICEFofthepresumeddateofarrivalofthevessel
(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL74,22.3.1975,p.1.
(»)OJNoL103,23.4.1975,p.1.(4)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(5)OJNoL109,29.4.1975,p.5.

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attheunloadingportnotlessthan10fulldays
beforethatdateandshallincludeinthecharter­
partyaprovisionunderwhichthecaptainmust
informUNICEFnotlessthan72hoursinadvanceof
theprobabledateofarrivalofthevesselinport.
Article4
1.UNICEFshallbearallcostssubsequentto
delivery,includingcostsoftakingdelivery.
2.Inrespectoftransportbysea:
(a)cifdeliveryshallbecompletedwhenthegoods
areactuallyplacedonthequayoronthelighter,
whereuseismadeofthatmethod;
(b)anydemurragecostsinrespectofdelaysatthe
unloadingportattributabletoUNICEFshallbe
fortheaccountofUNICEF.Theamountsof
suchcostsandtherulesrelatingtheretolaid
downinthecontractbetweentheCommunity
agentandthetransportundertakingmusthave
beenpreviouslyagreeduponbythatagentand
theUNICEFconsignee.
3.Inrespectoftransportbyair,deliveryshallbe
completedwhenthegoodsareactuallyplacedatthe
airportreferredtoinArticle2(2)(a).
Anycostsinrespectofdelaysintakingdelivery
attributabletoUNICEFshallbefortheaccountof
UNICEF.
Article5
1.Theamounttocoverdeliverycostsuptothe
stagesreferredtoinArticle2(2)shallbedetermined
bytheGermaninterventionagencybymutual
agreementontheleastoneroustermspossible.2.Theintervention agencyshallcommunicate
immediatelytotheCommissionacopyoftheprivate
contract .
Article6
1.UponarequestfromtheCommission
designatingaportotherthanthosenamedinArticle
2(b)and(c),theGermaninterventionagencymay,
withtheagreementofthedesignatedtransport
undertakingdelivertheskimmed-milk powdertothe
newdesignatedport.
2.Insuchacase,theGermaninterventionagency
shallagreewiththetransportundertakinguponthe
reductionorincreaseinthecostsinrelationtothose
originallyagreedupon.
3.Theintervention agencyshallinformthe
Commissionimmediatelyoftheagreednewamount
ofcosts.
Article7
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whether
monetaryoraccession)shallbegrantedinrespectof
theskimmed-milk powderdeliveredpursuanttothis
Decision.
Article8
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.
DoneatBrussels,6May1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission