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Date: 1976-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 March 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder in public storage to certain non-profit-making bodies for supply to certain developing countries

14. 4. 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 99 / 19
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 31 March 1976
              on the sale of skimmed-milk powder in public storage to certain non-profit­
                              making bodies for supply to certain developing countries
                                   (Only the Danish , French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (76/377/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     fulfil the requirements laid down in Article 1 (b) of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the abovementioned Regulation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas various non-profit-making bodies have
Economic Community,                                                lodged with the intervention agencies of the Member
                                                                   State where they are established, applications for the
                                                                   supply of 245 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       for delivery to certain developing countries and have
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  submitted the supporting documents mentioned
of the market in milk and milk products ( !), as last              above ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to approve
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in                  these applications and to authorize the intervention
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,                                  agencies concerned in accordance with Article 5 (2) of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 602/75 to make the requested
                                                                   quantities available to the said bodies ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 155/75 of 21
January 1975 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1960/75 (4), makes provision for the sale of skimmed­             Whereas, following the applications of the Member
 milk powder from public stocks for supply to deve­                State concerned and on account of the small quanti­
 loping countries ; whereas, under Article 4 of Commis­            ties requested by the institutions in question having
sion Regulation (EEC) No 602/75 of 7 March 1975                    effected, to the satisfaction of the competent authori­
laying down detailed rules for the sale of skimmed­                ties, similar operations, it would seem appropriate to
milk powder in public storage for supply to deve­                  exempt, under the third indent of Article 5 (2) of
loping countries (5), as last amended by Regulation                Regulation (EEC) No 602/ 75, the bodies in question
(EEC) No 31 93/75 (6), non-profit-making bodies and                from the obligation to provide prior to purchase the
associations wishing to purchase skimmed-milk                      undertaking referred to in Article 7 of the said Regula­
powder for this purpose must be approved on the                    tion and to constitute, previously at the taking over,
basis of supporting documents establishing that they               the surety referred to in Article 8 (2) of this Regula­
                                                                   tion ;
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
I2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 19 , 14. 1 . 1975, p . 3 .                             Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
h) OJ No L 200, 31 . 7. 1975, p. 5.
(5 ) OJ No L 63 , 8 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
0) OJ No L 316, 6. 12. 1975, p . 15 .                              ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                                  Article 2
                          Article 1                                 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                     Denmark, to the French Republic and to the
1.    The Danish , French and Dutch intervention                     Kingdom of the Netherlands.
agencies are hereby authorized to sell, in accordance
with the terms set out in Regulation (EEC) No 602/75
and under the conditions laid down in the Annex,
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 31 March 1976 .
245 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder.
2. By way of derogation from the first indent of
                                                                                               For the Commission
Article 6 (c) and from Article 8 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 602/75, the certificate specified in Article 7                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
and the surety referred to in Article 8 (2) of the said
Regulation are not required.                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
                                                                        Quantity              Country of
              Intervention agency        Non-profit-making body                               destination
                                                                    (in metric tons)
             Danish                 SOS Tørmælk                           20         India
                                    Folkekirkens Nødhjælp                 10         Bangladesh
             French                 Secours populaire français            10         Guatemala
                                                                          20         Algeria
             Dutch                  ' Internationale Kristelijke          12         Bangladesh
                                     Handreiking'                           5        Chad
                                                                          66         India
                                                                          50         Kenya
                                                                            5        Central Africa
                                                                          10         Nigeria
                                                                            5        Israel
                                                                            2        Cameroon
                                                                          20         Pakistan
                                                                            5        Tanzania
                                                                            5        Zambia