CELEX: 31976D0256
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 February 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for Lebanon

26 . 2 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 50/31
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 16 February 1976
               on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the
                                         Red Cross as emergency food aid for Lebanon
                                        (Only the English and the French texts are authentic)
                                                             (76/256/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
                                                                      (EEC) No 1826/74 and (EEC) No 1827/74, 25 metric
                                                                      tons of skimmed-milk powder bought in pursuant to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                     delivered to the ICRC for Lebanon .
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in                    2. The skimmed-milk powder shall satisfy, as
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,                             regards quality and packing, the requirements laid
                                                                      down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 1108/68 of 27 July 1968 concerning the methods
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1827/74 of 11                     of public storage of skimmed-milk powder (5), as last
July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6),
food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
tional organizations (3 ), provides inter alia that 3 000             The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear a
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be made                      red cross 10 cm x       10 cm and shall be marked with
available to the International Committee of the Red
                                                                      the following words in letters at least one centimetre
Cross (ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the                     high : ' Lait écrémé en poudre — Don de la Commu­
supply of 25 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for                   nauté économique européenne — Action du Comité
Lebanon ;
                                                                      international de la Croix-Rouge — À distribuer gratu­
                                                                      itement'.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1826/74 of 1 1 July 1974 laying down general rules for                                           Article 2
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              1.      The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from :
the forwarding costs may be determined by a proce­
dure of mutual agreement ;                                            — the intervention agency of the United Kingdom as
                                                                            regards a quantity of 15 metric tons,
                                                                      — the French intervention agency as regards a quan­
Whereas , in view of the situation in Lebanon and of                        tity of 10 metric tons .
the need to provide immediate aid, it is necessary to
deliver the requested quantity by air ; whereas the                   The intervention agency concerned shall supply 2 %
ICRC shall take in charge the transport by air and                    extra empty bags .
shall take delivery of the goods at the airport ;
                                                                      2.       The delivery shall take place as soon as possible :
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    — for a 15 metric tons quantity at the London
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                           airport,
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                      — for a 10 metric tons quantity at the airport in
                                                                            Paris .
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
 2)  OJ  No  L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L  190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p . 22 .                         (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L  190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p . 20 .                         (6) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6 . 1975, p. 17.
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                      Article 3                                                    Article 5
1 . The amount covering the delivery costs from the         No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage       tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the
free airport shall be determined by the intervention       skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
agency concerned by mutual agreement on the least          sion .
onerous terms possible .
                                                                                   Article 6
2. The intervention agencies shall immediately
forward to the Commission a copy of the private            This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom
contracts .                                                 and to the French Republic .
                       Article 4
                                                            Done at Brussels, 16 February 1976 .
1 . The ICRC shall bear all costs subsequent to
delivery of the goods including the costs of taking                                  For the Commission
over the goods.
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
1. A delivery certificate shall be issui-a on delivery
by the receiving agent nominated by the ICRC.                                    Member of the Commission