CELEX: 31975D0693
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 November 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid to the Republic of Kenya

18 . 11 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 298 / 19
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 5 November 1975
                 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid to the Republic
                                                                of Kenya
                                             (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                              (75/693/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be
  COMMUNITIES,                                                          delivered to the Republic of Kenya.
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
  Economic Community ;
                                                                        from the Belgian intervention agency.
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 (! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                      Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                             1108/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
                                                                        cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75 (3) of                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
  26 May 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder
 as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­               The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
 tional organizations under the 1975 programme,                         marked in letters at least one centimetre high with the
 provides inter alia the supply of 100 metric tons of                   words :
 skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of Kenya ;
 whereas this country has requested the delivery of the                 'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
 abovementioned quantity ;                                              Economic Community to the Republic of Kenya —
                                                                        for free distribution'.
 Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1 347/75 (4) of 26 May 1975 laying down general rules
 for the suply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
 certain developing countries and international organi­                                          Article 2
 zations under the 1975 programme stipulates that the
 costs of delivery shall be determined by a tendering                   1 . Delivery shall be effected from the port of
 procedure or, in the case of an emergency action, by a                 Antwerp on a date to be fixed by the Belgian interven­
 procedure of mutual agreement ;                                        tion agency which must be later than 1 and earlier
                                                                        than 18 December 1975 .
 Whereas in view of the worsening situation in the
 country concerned and the need to provide immediate
 aid, it is necessary to have recourse to contracts by                  2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
 mutual agreement ;                                                     they are deposited in the port of shipment, at a point
                                                                       designated by the recipient country or its agent, easily
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                      accessible to the ship.
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                                                 Article 3
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                            1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall determine
                                                                       the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
                                                                       by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
                              Article 1                                terms .
 1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
(EEC) No 1347/75 and (EEC) No 1348/75, a lot of                        2. The intervention agency shall forward to the
                                                                       Commission without delay a copy of such private
                                                                       contract .
(] ) OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No   L 138, 29. 5. 1975, p. 3.                                 (5) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 34.
(4)  OJ No   L 138 , 29 .. 5. 1975, p. 1 .                             (6) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6 . 1975, p. 17.
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                        Article 4                            Done at Brussels, 5 November 1975.
 No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be applied in respect of skim­
med-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Decision.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                        Article 5
                                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 Belgium .                                                                       Member of the Commission