14.2.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL40/63
COMMISSION DECISION
of20January1975
concerningthesupplyofskimmed-milk powdertotheInternational
CommitteeoftheRedCrossasemergencyfoodaid
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(75/101/EEC)
HASADOPTED THISDECISION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
i
Article1
1.InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72,50metrictonsofskimmed-milk powder
shallbedeliveredciftotheportofMogadishu
(Somalia)fortheICRC.
2.Theskimmed-milk powdershallmeetthe
requirements asthequalityandpackinglaiddownin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1108/68(5)of27July1968ondetailedrulesofappli­
cationforpublicstorageofskimmed-milk powder,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1636/74(6).
Article2
1.Theskimmed-milk powdershallbetakenfrom
stocksheldbytheDutchinterventionagency.
2.Theinterventionagencyshallhavethepacking
oftheskimmed-milk powdermarkedwitharedcross
15by15cmand,inlettersatLast2cmhigh,the
words:
'Skimmed-milk powder—GiftoftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity.'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticles7(5)and28thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2721/72(3)of
19December1972onthesupplyofskimmed-milk
powderasfoodaid,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2700/73(4),provides,interalia,that6000metric
tonsofskimmed-milk powdershouldbemadeavail­
abletotheInternational Committee oftheRed
Cross;whereastheICRChasrequestedthesupply,as
emergencyaid,of50metrictonsofskimmed-milk
powderforSomalia;
WhereasArticle3(I)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2721/72providesforthepaymentofasumofmoney
tocoverdeliverycosts,arrangements forsuch
paymentbeingapprovedbytheCommunityunder
thetermsofthesupplycontract;whereassuchsums
aretobedetermined ,asparagraph2ofthatArticle
provides,byinvitingtendersor,havingregardtothe
urgencyofthesituation,bymutualagreement,onthe
leastoneroustermspossible;
Whereas,inviewofthedeterioration ofthesituation
inSomaliaandoftheneedforimmediateaid,the
quantityofskimmed-milk powderrequestedshould
beshippedassoonaspossible;whereasitisapparent
thatmutualagreementmustbesoughtinrespectof
thedeliveryinquestion ;
Whereashavingregardtothestocksheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesandtotheexistingtransportpossibili­
ties,itappearsthatthequantityinquestioncouldbe
suppliedbytheDutchinterventionagency;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,Article3
1.Shipmentshallbeeffectedattheportof
Rotterdamon28January1975atthelatest.
2.Deliverycifshallbecompletedwhenthegoods
areactuallyunloadedonthequaysideorontoa
lighter.
Article4
1.TheDutchinterventionagencyshalldetermine
thetransportcostsrel.nlngtothedeliveryin-question
bymutualagreementontheleastonerousterms
possible .(")OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
(3)OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.28.
(4)OJNoL279,5.10.1973,p.1.(5)OJNoL184,29.7.1968,p.34.
(o)OfNoL173,28.6.1974,p.60.

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2.Theinterventionagencyshallforwardtothe
Commissionwithoutdelayacopyofsuchmutual
agreement .
Article5
Norefundorcompensatory amount(whethermone­
taryoraccession)shallbepayableinrespectofthe
skimmed-milk powderdeliveredinpursuanceofthis
Decision .Article6
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,20January1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI