CELEX: 31975D0101
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 January 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid

14 . 2 . 75                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 40 / 63
                                                        COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 20 January 1975
                 concerning           the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
                                      Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid
                                                      (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                                (75/ 1 01 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                                   Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                              1.     In    accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                2721 /72,     50 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                          shall be       delivered cif to the port of Mogadishu
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                        (Somalia)     for the ICRC .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/ 74 (2 ), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                                   2. The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
                                                                             requirements as the quality and packing laid down in
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2721 / 72 (3) of                        Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk                               1 108 /68 (5 ) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                           cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
No 2700/73 (4), provides, inter alia, that 6 000 metric                      last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/74 (6).
tons of skimmed-milk powder should be made avail­
able    to  the    International        Committee       of the  Red
Cross ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply, as                                                   Article 2
emergency aid , of 50 metric tons of skimmed-milk
powder for Somalia ;                                                          1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
                                                                             stocks held by the Dutch intervention agency.
Whereas Article 3 (I) (d) of Regulation ( EEC) No
2721 /72 provides for the payment of a sum of money
                                                                             2 . The intervention agency shall have the packing
to cover delivery costs, arrangements for such
                                                                             of the skimmed-milk powder marked with a red cross
payment being approved by the Community under
                                                                              15 by 15 cm and, in letters at Last 2 cm high , the
the terms of the supply contract ; whereas such sums                         words :
are to be determined , as paragraph 2 of that Article
provides, by inviting tenders or, having regard to the                       'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
urgency of the situation , by mutual agreement, on the                       Economic Community.'
least onerous terms possible ;
Whereas, in view of the deterioration of the situation                                                  Article 3
in Somalia and of the need for immediate aid , the
quantity of skimmed-milk powder requested should                              1 . Shipment shall be effected at the port of
be shipped as soon as possible ; whereas it is apparent                      Rotterdam on 28 January 1975 at the latest.
that mutual agreement must be sought in respect of
the delivery in question ;                                                   2.      Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods
                                                                             are actually unloaded on the quayside or onto a
Whereas having regard to the stocks held by the inter­
                                                                             lighter.
vention agencies and to the existing transport possibili­
ties, it appears that the quantity in question could be
supplied by the Dutch intervention agency ;                                                             Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                             1.     The Dutch intervention agency shall determine
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                                  the transport costs rel.nlng to the delivery in - question
                                                                             by mutual agreement on the least onerous terms
(")  OJ  No  L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                              possible .
(2 ) OJ  No  L   85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p . 51 .
(3)  OJ  No  L   291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 28 .                               (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p . 34 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L   279, 5. 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                                   (o) Of No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p . 60 .
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2. The intervention agency shall forward to the                                  Article 6
Commission without delay a copy of such mutual             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
agreement.                                                  Netherlands .
                       Article 5                            Done at Brussels, 20 January 1975 .
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                     For the Commission
tary or accession) shall be payable in respect of the                                   The President
skimmed-milk powder delivered in pursuance of this
Decision .                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI