NoL144/20 2.6.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of14May1976
relatingtotheurgentsupplyofskimmed-milk powderasfoodaidtotheLeague
oftheRedCrossSocietiesforthebenefitofthevictimsoftheearthquakein
Italy
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/504/EEC)
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershallbedeliveredto
theLeagueoftheRedCrossSocietiesforthebenefit
ofthevictimsoftheearthquakeinItaly.A30metric
tonsquantityshallbemadeavailable'exstorage
depot';remainingquantityof120metrictonsistobe
supplied'delivereddestination'(Udine-Friuli).
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbemadeavail­
ablebytheGermaninterventionagency.
Article2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirements astoqualityand*packinglaiddownin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1108/68of27July1968ondetailedrulesofapplica­
tionforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder(5),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1457/75(6).
2.Thepackingoftheskimmed-milk powdershall
bemarkedinlettersatleastonecentimetrehighwith
thefollowingwords:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts^),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No559/76(2),andin
particularArticle7(5)andArticle28thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1348/75of26
May1975onthesupplyofskimmed-milk powderas
foodaidtocertaindevelopingcountriesandinterna­
tionalorganizationsunderthe1975programme(3),
providesforareservestockof3800metrictonsof
skimmed-milk powder;whereastheLeagueofthe
RedCrossSocietieshasrequestedthesupplyof150
metrictonstobetakenfromthisreserveforfreedistri­
butiontothevictimsoftheearthquakeinItalyinthe
Friuliarea;whereasthisrequestshouldbecomplied
with;whereastheorganizationofdestinationcantake
incharge30metrictonsexstoragedepot;whereas
120metrictonsshallbesupplied'delivereddestina­
tion';
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1347/75of26May1975layingdowngeneralrulesfor
thesupplyofskimmed-milk powderasfoodaidto
certaindevelopingcountriesandinternationalorgani­
zationsunderthe1975programme^),stipulatesthat
thecostsofdeliveryshallbedeterminedbya
tenderingprocedureor,inthecaseofanemergency
action,byaprocedureofmutualagreement;
Whereas,inviewoftheneedtoprovideimmediate
aid,itisnecessarytohaverecoursetocontractsby
mutualagreement ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Lattescrematoinpolvere/DonodellaComunità
economicaeuropea/AzionedellaLegadellesocietà
diCroceRossa/Dadistribuiregratuitamente'.
3.Deliveryshallbecarriedoutasquicklyas
possible.
ArticleJ
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1Asregardsthe30metrictonsofskimmed-milk
powdertobesupplied'exstoragedepot',thedelivery
shallbeconsideredascompletedwhenthegoodsare
effectivelyloadedonthetrucksinthedesignated
storagedepots.
Asregardsthe120metrictonstobesupplied'deliv­
ereddestination',thedeliveryshallbeconsideredas
completedwhenthegoodshaveeffectivelyarrived
andbeenunloadedattheplacesofdestination .1.InaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulations
(EEC)No1347/75and(EEC)No1348/75,150.metric
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.0OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9.
(')OJNoL138,29.5.1975,p.3.b)OJNoL138,29.5.1975,p.1.(5)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
6)OJNoL145,6.6.1975,p.17.

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Article4 Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.1.TheGermanintervention agencyshall
determinethecostsofforwardingthe120metrictons
ofskimmed-milk powderbyconcludingaprivate
contractontheleastoneroustermspossible.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallforwardtothe
Commissionwithoutdelayacopyofsuchprivate
contract.DoneatBrussels,14.May1976.
Article5
Nocompensatory monetaryamountshallbeapplied
inrespectoftheskimmed-milk powderdelivered
pursuanttothisDecision.FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission