CELEX: 31974D0490
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 September 1974 on the supply of butteroil to Malta as food aid

No L 267/ 16                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              3 . 10 . 74
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 16 September 1974
                                    on the supply of butteroil to Malta as food aid
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (74/490/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       2. The butter shall satisfy the conditions as to
COMMUNITIES,                                                         quality and packaging laid down in the Annex.
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 organiza­                   1.    The butter shall be collected from the French
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                intervention agency.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                   2. The butter shall be delivered fas to the port of
                                                                     Sete (France) on a date to be fixed by the French inter­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4                  vention agency which must be after 14 October and
March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply                  before 31 October 1974 .
of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries
and certain international organizations provides inter
alia for 1 50 metric tons of butteroil to be made avail­                                     Article 3
able to Malta ; whereas Article 1 of the said Regulation
allows this tonnage to be delivered in the form of                   To determine the costs associated with the delivery
butter or butteroil ; whereas Malta has requested that               referred to in Article 2 (2), the French intervention
36 metric tons of butter, equal to 30 metric tons of                 agency shall conclude a private contract on the least
butteroil , be delivered ;                                           onerous terms .
Whereas Article 2 of the abovementioned Regulation
stipulates that tenders must be invited for shipment to              The French intervention agency shall forthwith send
the fas stage, save in exceptional cases where private               the Commission a copy of the private contract.
contracts may be negotiated ;
Whereas, in view of the urgency and the small                                                Article 4
tonnage to be transported, a private contract must be
negotiated in respect of the delivery in question ;                  No refund or compensatory (whether monetary or
Whereas, given the stocks held by intervention agen­                 accession) shall be granted in respect of the butter
cies and the situation of the market in butter, the                  delivered pursuant to this Decision .
tonnage specified above may be supplied by the
French intervention agency ;
                                                                                             Article 5
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
ment Committee for - Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 16 September 1974.
                            Article 1                                                          For the Commission
 1 . Thirty-six metric tons of butter shall be delivered                                           The President
to Malta in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
530 / 74.                                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2 ) OJ No L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
(3) OJ No L 65, 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 46 .
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                                                       ANNEX
           I. Quality of the butter
               (a) Minimum fat content of the milk : 82 % ,
               (b) Maximum water content : 16% ,
               (c) Produced from pasteurized acid cream .
          II . Packaging
               (a) In blocks of 25 kg
               (b) The packaging must be of resistant materials to protect the butter throughout transport,
                   storage and disposal
               (c) Marking on the packaging :
                   'Butter — Gift of the European Economic Community to Malta'.