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Language: en
Date: 1975-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 December 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Haiti

11 . 12 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 320/21
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 1 December 1975
                 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Haiti
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (75/764/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
                                                                       (EEC) No 1347/75 and (EEC) No 1348/75, a lot of
                                                                       200 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be
                                                                       delivered to Haiti .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                     2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  from the French intervention agency.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                             3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
                                                                       requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
                                                                       Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1108/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 348/75 (3) of                    cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
26 May 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder                       last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
tional organizations under the 1975 programme,                         The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
provides inter alia the supply of 200 metric tons of                   marked in letters at least 1 cm high with the words :
skimmed-milk powder to Haiti ; whereas this country
has requested the delivery of the abovementioned                       ' Lait écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté
quantity ;                                                             économique européenne à Haïti .'
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 347/75 (4) of 26 May 1975 laying down general rules
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                    1.    Delivery shall be effected from one of the
certain developing countries and international organi­                 following Community ports on the North Sea to be
zations under the 1975 programme stipulates that the                   designated in the tender : Le Havre, Antwerp,
costs of delivery shall be determined by a tendering                   Rotterdam or Hamburg on a date to be fixed by the
procedure or, in the case of emergency action , by a                    French intervention agency and which must be later
                                                                       than 10 and earlier than 31 December 1975.
procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                       2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
                                                                       they are deposited in the port of shipment at a point
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                  designated by the recipient country or its agent easily
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                   accessible to the ship.
agreement ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                       1 . The French intervention agency shall determine
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                             the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
                                                                       by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
(')  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13.
                                                                        terms possible.
(2 ) OJ  No  L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(} ) 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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2. The intervention agency shall forward to the                                Article 5
Commission without delay a copy of such private          This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France .
contract .
                     Article 4
                                                          Done at Brussels, 1 December 1975 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be applied in respect of                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this
Decision .                                                                    Member of the Commission