CELEX: 31976D0127
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 January 1976 on a supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for refugees from Western Sahara

No L 19/30                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 1 . 76
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                                               (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                        COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 15 January 1976
                on a supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the
                       Red Cross as emergency food aid for* refugees from Western Sahara
                                                    (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                              (76/ 127/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas, in view of the situation in Western Sahara
COMMUNITIES,                                                             and of the need to provide immediate aid, mutual
                                                                         agreement must be sought for the supply in question ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Article 7 (5) and Article 28 thereof,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1827/74 of 11
July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
tional organizations (3 ) provides inter alia that 3 000                                        Article 1
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be made
available to the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the                         1.   In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
supply of 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                         ( EEC) No 1826/74 and (EEC) No 1827/74, 100 metric
for refugees from Western Sahara ;                                       tons of skimmed-milk powder bought-in pursuant to
                                                                         Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 804/68 shall be
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        delivered to the ICRC for refugees from Western
 1826/74 of 1 1 July 1974 laying down general rules for                  Sahara .
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­
zations (4 ) stipulates that in case of emergency actions                2.    The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken over
the forwarding costs may be determined by a proce­                       from the French intervention agency .
dure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                          3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall satisfy, as
(')  OJ No   L  148 , 2H . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(-') OJ No   L  74, 22 . 3 . 1 975 , p. 1 .                               regards quality and packing, the requirements laid
(3)  OJ No   L  190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 22 .                             down in Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC)
(4 ) OJ No   L  190, 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 20 .                               No 1108 / 68 of 27 July 1968 concerning the methods
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of public storage of skimmed-milk powder ('), as last                                          Article 4
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/75 (2).
                                                                       1.    The amount to cover delivery costs from the
The packing of skimmed-milk powder shall bear a red                   storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage
 cross 10 cm by 10 cm and shall be marked with the                    referred to in Article 2 shall be determined by the
 following words in letters at least one centimetre                   intervention agency concerned by mutual agreement
 high :                                                               on the least onerous terms possible.
' Lait écréme en poudre — Action du Comité interna­                   2. The intervention agency shall send immediately
 tional de la Croix-Rouge — A distribuer gratuite­                    to the Commission a copy of the private contract or
 ment'.
                                                                      contracts .
                             Article 2                                In addition , it shall provide the Commission with full
                                                                      information as to dates of dispatch and quantities
 Delivery shall be CIF Algiers, the shipping having to                dispatched.
take place in the port of Marseille, after 5 and before
 15 January 1976.                                                                              Article 5
                             Article 3                                No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                                      tary or accession) may be granted in respect of
 1.     Delivery CIF shall be completed when the goods
                                                                      skimmed-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Deci­
are actually deposited on the quayside or on board a                  sion .
 lighter as the case may be.
2. The recipient country shall bear all costs                                                  Article 6
incurred after delivery including the costs of taking
delivery of the goods.                                                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­
table to the recipient agency shall be borne by it. The               Done at Brussels, 15 January 1976.
rates and other details concerning such costs shall be
laid down in the contract between the Community
                                                                                                 For the Commission
agent (designated by the mutual agreement pursuant
to Article 4) and the carrier and must have been previ­                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
ously agreed upon by that agent and the recipient's
delivery agent.                                                                               Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 145 , 6 . 6 . 1975 , p . 17 .