CELEX: 31977D0080
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 January 1977 on the supply, as a matter of urgency, of butteroil as food aid to the United Republic of Tanzania

25. 1 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 21 /41
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 11 January 1977
               on the supply, as a matter of urgency, of butteroil as food aid to the United
                                                       Republic of Tanzania
                                                 (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                            (77/80/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       the provisions laid down in Regulations (EEC) No
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        694/76 and (EEC) No 695/76.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                                            Article 2
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                    1.    The butter to be used in the manufacture of the
                                                                     butteroil shall be collected from the German interven­
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                    tion agency.
 particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof,
                                                                     2. The butteroil shall satisfy the requirements as
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 of 25                     regards quality and packing laid down in the Annex
March 1976 on the supply of milk fats under the 1976                 to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 of 29
 food-aid programme to certain developing countries                 August 1975 on the terms of invitations to tender for
and to certain international organizations (3), provides             the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as
 inter alia for the supply to the United Republic of                 food aid to certain developing countries and to the
Tanzania of 500 tonnes of butteroil obtained from                   World Food Programme (5), as last amended by Regu­
butter held by the intervention agencies ; whereas this              lation (EEC) No 2212/76 (6).
country has requested the supply of the abovemen­
tioned quantity ;                                                    It shall be packed exclusively in 5 kg canisters.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 694/76 of 25
March 1976 laying down general rules for the supply                  3 . As regards the wording to be stated on the
of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries             packing, the statement specified in Chapter II (2) (b)
and international organizations under the 1976 food­                 of the Annex stipulated in the preceding paragraph
aid programme (4), stipulates in its Article 5 that the              shall be the following :
costs of delivery shall be determined by a tendering
procedure or, in the case of an emergency action, by a               ' Butteroil / Gift of the European Economic Commu­
                                                                     nity to Tanzania / For free distribution'.
procedure of mutual agreement ;
Whereas, in view of the need to provide immediate
aid, it is apparent that mutual agreement must be                                               Article 3
sought in respect of this supply ;
                                                                      1 . Delivery shall be effected at a port to be desig­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                   nated in the tender, chosen from among Community
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                    ports accessible for ocean-going ships and having a
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                           regular line to the recipient country.
                                                                     Delivery at the port of loading shall take place on a
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                         date to be fixed by the German intervention agency
                                                                    which must be later than           10 and earlier than 28
                                                                     February 1977.
                             Article 1
A lot of 500 tonnes of butteroil shall be delivered to               2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
the United Republic of Tanzania in accordance with                  they are deposited in the port of shipment, at a point
                                                                    designated by the recipient country or its agent, easily
(') OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13                            accessible to the ship .
(2) OJ   No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(3) OJ   No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 6 .                           (5 ) OJ No L 229 , 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .
(«) OJ   No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 4.                             (6) OJ No L 249 , 11.9 . 1 976, p. 5 .
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                       Article 4                                                 Article 6
1 . The German intervention agency shall
determine the costs of processing the butter into          This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
butteroil and packaging and shipment of the butteroil      Germany.
by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
terms possible .
2. The intervention agency shall forward to the
Commission without delay a copy of such private             Done at Brussels, 11 January 1977.
contract .
                       Article 5                                                   For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount, whether mone­                                     Finn GUNDELACH
tary or accession, shall be applied in respect of the
butteroil delivered pursuant to this Decision .                                        Vice-President