CELEX: 31973R1264
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1264/73 of the Council of 14 May 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel

16. 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 129/27
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1264/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 14 May 1973
                    on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                             Article 1
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                     13 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                    put at the disposal of the countries listed below and
68 ( x ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  allocated as follows :
of the market in milk and milk products, as last                     Republic  of Upper Volta              1 800 metric tons
 amended by the Act (2) concerning the conditions of
Accession and the adjustments to the Treaties, and                   Republic    of Mali                   2 100 metric tons
in particular Article 7 (4) thereof ;                                Republic   of Mauritania              1 800 metric tons
                                                                     Republic   of Niger                   2 500 metric tons
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion ;                                                               Republic    of Senegal                2 400 metric tons
                                                                     Republic of Chad                     2 400 metric tons.
Whereas the countries of the Sahel have informed
the Community that their supply of milk and their                                              Article 2
economic and financial situations have been seriously
affected by the deterioration in the climatic situation ;            The skimmed-milk powder referred to in Article 1
whereas, consequently, there is an urgent need for                   shall be from milk purchased in conformity with
the Community to supply certain quantities of                        Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 .
skimmed-milk powder to those countries ;
Whereas when considering the supply of skimmed­                                                Article 3
milk powder as aforesaid, account should be taken
of the available stocks of that product in the Com­                  1.    For the purposes referred to in Article 1, an
munity and of the need not to disturb the market ;                   amount shall be paid to cover the cost of transpor­
Whereas the available stocks held by the interven­                  tation to the destinations as fixed in the terms of
tion agencies are sufficient to enable 13 000 metric                 application of this Regulation .
tons of skimmed-milk powder to be supplied ;
Whereas to enable effective use to be made of the                   2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall
aid, provision should be made for the financing of                   be determined by tendering procedure, or having re­
all or part of the cost of transportation to the                    gard to the urgency of the situation, by a procedure
destinations ;                                                       of mutual agreement which involves the least onerous
                                                                    conditions possible.
Whereas, having regard to the urgency of the situa­
tion, provision should be made, exceptionally, for the                                         Article 4
transportation of the goods from the warehouses of
the intervention agencies to their destinations to be                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 carried out by means of a procedure decided on by                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
mutual agreement ;                                                   the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                              R. VAN ELSLANDE
(») OJ No L 148, 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(f) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.