CELEX: 31975D0426
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 July 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to Haiti

17 . 7. 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 186/29
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 2 July 1975
               concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
                            Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to Haiti
                                         (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                           (75/426/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                         No 804/ 68 shall be delivered to the ICRC for the
                                                                     Republic of Haiti .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                     2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         from the Belgian intervention agency.
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                3. The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                    quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                           down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1 1 08/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of                  methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
 11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder                   as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­
tional organizations, provides inter alia for 3 000
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made avail­                 The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear a
able to the International Committee of the Red Cross                 red cross 10 cm by 10 cm and be marked in letters at
( ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply                  least 1 cm high : ' Lait écrémé en poudre / Don de la
of 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for                        Communauté économique européenne / Action du
Haiti ;                                                              Comité international de la Croix rouge'.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 826/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general                                          Article 2
rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food
aid to certain developing countries and international
organizations, stipulates that in the case of emergency              1.     Delivery shall be cif Port-au-Prince (Haiti).
actions the forwarding costs may be determined by a
procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                     Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods are
Whereas, in view of the need for quick aid it is                     actually deposited on the quayside or on board a
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in                     lighter as the case may be .
respect of this delivery ;
                                                                     2. The recipient country shall bear all costs
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                   incurred after delivery including the costs of taking
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                    delivery of the gopds.
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                     Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­
                                                                     table to the recipient agency shall be borne by it. The
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                          rates and other details concerning such costs shall be
                                                                     laid down in the contract between the Community
                                                                     agent and the carrier and must have been previously
                            Article 1                                agreed upon by that agent and the recipient's delivery
                                                                     agent .
 1.     In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 1827/74, 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
                                                                     3.     Embarkation shall take place as soon as possible
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                             and not later than 10 July 1975 .
  -') OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p . 22.                            (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34.
Y) OJ No L 190, 13. 7. 1974, p. 20.                                  (b) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6. 1975, p. 17 .
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                         A rticle 3                                                   Article 4.
                                                                No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
1 . The amount to cover delivery costs from the                tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage          med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .
referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) shall be determined by the
intervention agency concerned by mutual agreement                                     Article 5
on the least onerous terms possible.                           This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                Belgium .
2. The intervention agency shall send immediately
to the Commission a copy of the private contract or             Done at Brussels, 2 July 1975.
contracts .
                                                                                        For the Commission
In addition , it shall provide the Commission with full                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
information as to dates of dispatch and quantities
dispatched .                                                                        Member of the Commission