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Language: en
Date: 1973-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 October 1973 concerning the fixing of the maximum amounts for deliveries fob of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme under the tendering procedure referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2388/73

18 . 10 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 291 / 33
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 1 October 1973
              concerning the fixing of the maximum amounts for deliveries fob of skimmed­
              milk powder to the World Food Programme under the tendering procedure
                                          referred to in Regulation ( EEC) No 2388 /73
                                                            (73/31 6/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         (a) 523 125 units of account for the     lot of 750 metric
COMMUNITIES,                                                                tons for shipment to Columbia,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  (b) 523 350 units of account for the     lot of 750 metric
Economic Community ;                                                        tons for shipment to Columbia,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           (c) 361 656 units of account for the     lot of 530 metric
2721 /72 (') of 19 December 1972 on the supply of                           tons for shipment to Columbia,
skimmed-milk powder as food aid, and in particular                     (d) 615 347 units of account for the     lot of 900 metric
Article 4 thereof ;                                                         tons for shipment to India,
Whereas in accordance with Commission Regulation                       (e) 278 720 units of account for the     lot of 400 metric
(EEC) No 2388 /73 (-) of 31 August 1973 concerning                          tons for shipment to India,
the issue of an invitation to tender for the supply as
food aid of skimmed-milk powder to be purchased on                     (f) 349 300 units of account for the      lot of 500 metric
the Community market, the intervention agencies of                          tons for shipment to India,
the Member States have invited tenders for the supply                  (g) 436 356 units of account for the      lot of 620 metric
of various lots, amounting to a total of 4 574 metric                       tons for shipment to India,
tons of skimmed-milk powder, to the World Food                         (h) 85 731 units of account for the      lot of 124 metric
Programme (WFP) ;                                                            tons for shipment to Nepal .
Whereas, Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 191 1 /73 (3 ) of 13 July 1973 concerning invitations               2.     Nevertheless, as regards the maximum amounts
to tender for the supply as food aid of skimmed-milk                   to be applied by the intervention agencies of
powder bought on the Community market provides                         Germany and the Benelux countries, the amounts
that, in the light of the tenders received, a maximum                  referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reduced by 2 units
amount shall be fixed or the tendering procedure shall                 of account per hundred kilogrammes .
be cancelled ;
Whereas, as a result of the tenders received and taking                                          Article 2
into account the market situation , the maximum sums
may be fixed at the level stated below ; whereas, in                   The standard rate contribution to be paid to the WFP
accordance with the second indent of Article 5 of                      by the intervention agencies to cover transport and
Regulation ( EEC) No 2388 /73, the maximum                              distribution costs , in accordance with the first indent
amounts to be applied by the intervention agencies of                  of Article 12 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1911 /73,
Germany and the Benelux countries must be reduced ;                     shall be 80 US dollars per metric ton of skimmed­
Whereas the amounts of the flat-rate contribution to                    milk powder.
be paid to the WFP by the intervention agencies to
cover transport and distribution costs, in accordance                                            Article 3
with the first indent of Article 12 (2) (b) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1911 /73 , shall be diminished ;                              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 1 October 1973 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                            Article 1                                                              For the Commission
 1 . The maximum amounts for the purposes of                                                           The President
awarding contracts in pursuance of Regulation (EEC)
No 2388 / 73 shall be as follows :                                                                François-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 28 .
(2 ) OJ No L 245, 1 . 9 . 1973 , p . 66 .
( J) OJ No L 196 , 17 . 7 . 1973 , p . 12 .