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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Somalia as emergency food aid

No L 19 / 60                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               24 . 1 . 75
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 23 December 1974
                   on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Somalia as emergency food aid
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                              (75/51 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          end, send it a copy of the private contract or
COMMUNITIES,                                                            contracts ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Economic Community ;                                                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3234/74 (3 ) of
 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and                     1.      In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
Ethiopia provides inter alia for there to be made avail­                3234/74, 72 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
able to Somalia 350 metric tons of skimmed-milk                         shall be delivered to Somalia as a matter of urgency
powder taken from the reserve stock of 6 000 metric                      pursuant to Regulation ( EEC) No 1826/74.
tons provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 827/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 on the supply of skim­                     2 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
med-milk powder as food aid to certain developing                        stocks held by the Luxembourg intervention agency.
countries and international organizations ; whereas
Somalia has requested that 72 metric tons of skim­                       3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall as regards
med-milk powder be supplied as a matter of urgency ;                     quality and packaging satisfy the requirements laid
                                                                         down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         No 1 108 /68 (6) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of
 1 826/74 (5) of 11 July 1974 laying down general rules                  application for public storage of skimmed-milk
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                     powder, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
certain developing countries and international organi­                    1 636/74 ( 7).
zations provides that, in the case of emergency aid,
shipment costs may be determined by private                              4. The packaging of the skimmed-milk powder
contracts ;                                                              shall be marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
                                                                         'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
Whereas, because of the sudden worsening of the food                     Community to Somalia'.
situation in Somalia , the quantity of skimmed-milk
 powder in question must be shipped with all speed ;
whereas, to this end, air transport should be used and                                               Article 2
private contracts negotiated for transport to the airport
of loading and for air transport from a Community                        The intervention agency concerned shall determine
airport to an airport in the country of destination ;                    by private contract drawn up on the best terms
                                                                         possible :
Whereas, given the stocks held by intervention agen­
cies, the quantity in question may be supplied by the                     1 . the cost of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
 Luxembourg intervention agency ; whereas, if the oper­                       to the Community airport designated by the inter­
ation is to be carried through successfully, the Luxem­                       vention agency, having regard to the means of
bourg intervention agency must inform the Commis­                             transport available ; and
sion of the expenditures incurred and must, to that                      2. the costs of air transport from the airport referred
                                                                              to in paragraph 1 to the airport of Mogadiscio in
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(-') OJ No  L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                     Somalia and the unloading costs at this airport.
(3)  OJ No  L 346, 24. 12 . 1974, p. 2.
(■») OJ No  L 190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 22.                                (b) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p . 34.
(5)  OJ No  L ' 1 90 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 20 .                            ( 7) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p . 60 .
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                        Article 3                                                Article 5
The intervention agency shall send the Commission a         This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of
copy of the private contract or contracts forthwith .       Luxembourg.
In addition, it shall provide the Commission with full
information as to dates of dispatch and quantities
dispatched.                                                 Done at Brussels, 23 December 1974.
                        Article 4                                                    I:or the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                         The President
tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .                              François-Xavier ORTOLI