CELEX: 31975D0540
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 August 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to Haiti

No L 237/ 24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9 . 9 . 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 19 August 1975
                concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
                              Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to Haiti
                                                  (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                            (75/540/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        powder bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                          (EEC) No 804/68 shall be delivered to the ICRC for
                                                                      the Republic of Haiti .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                      2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          from the Dutch intervention agency.
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                     3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                            quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
                                                                      down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of                   No 1 1 08 /68 (5) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder                     methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­              as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/75 (6).
tional organizations, provides inter alia for 3 000
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made avail­
able to the International Committee of the Red Cross                  The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear a
(ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply                     red cross 10 cm by 10 cm and be marked in letters at
of 600 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for                          least 1 cm high : ' Lait ecreme en poudre/ Don de la
Haiti ;                                                                Communaute economique europeenne/Action du
                                                                       Comite international de la Croix rouge'.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 826/74 (4 ) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general
rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food
aid to certain developing countries and international                                            Article 2
organizations, stipulates that in the case of emergency
actions the forwarding costs may be determined by a
 procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                        1.    Delivery shall be cif Port-au-Prince ( Haiti).
Whereas, in view of the need for quick aid it is
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in
 respect of this delivery ;                                            Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods are
                                                                       actually deposited on the quayside or on board a
                                                                       lighter as the case may be .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                       2. The recipient country shall bear all costs
                                                                       incurred after delivery including the costs of taking
                                                                       delivery of the goods.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                       Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­
                               Article 1                               table to the recipient agency shall be borne by it. The
                                                                        rates and other details concerning such costs shall be
  I.      In  accordance       with     Regulation   ( EEC)  No         laid down in the contract between the Community
  1827 / 74, a lot of 600 metric tons of skimmed-milk                   agent and the carrier and must have been previously
                                                                        agreed upon by that agent and the recipient's delivery
 ( 1 ) O | No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. U.                             agent .
 (-) O'l No L 74, 22. .V 1975, p. I.
 ( ; ) 0"| No L 190, \.\. 7. 1974, p. 22.                              (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
 (4 ) O'l No L 190, 1 .?. 7. 1974, p. 20 .                             (o) OJ No L 145 , 6 . 6 . 1975, p. 17 .
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3.      Embarkation shall take place as soon as possible                          •  Article 4
and not later than 10 September 1975 .
                                                              No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                              tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
                        Article 3
                                                              med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .
1.      The amount to cover delivery costs from the
                                                                                     A rticle 5
storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage
referred to in Article 2(1 ) shall be determined by the       This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
intervention agency concerned by mutual agreement             Netherlands .
on the least onerous terms possible.
2. The intervention agency shall send immediately             Done at Brussels, 19 . August 1975.
to the Commission a copy of the private contract or
contracts .
                                                                                        For the Commission
In addition, it shall provide the Commission with full                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
information as to dates of dispatch and quantities
dispatched.                                                                         Member of the Commission