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Language: en
Date: 1976-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 January 1976 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the Cape Verde Islands

No L 18 / 30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                27 . 1 . 76
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 14 January 1976
              relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the Cape
                                                           Verde Islands
                                                  (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                                                                                 7
                                                            (76/ 125/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         intervention measures laid down in Article 7 of Regu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           lation (EEC) No 804/68 , divided up in two lots of 75
                                                                       metric tons each , shall be delivered to the Cape Verde
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Islands .
Economic Community,
                                                                       2.    -The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           from the Dutch intervention agency.
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                   3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the requir­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                      ements as to quality and packing laid down in Annex
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,                              I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 108/68 of 27
                                                                       July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2149/75 of 14                      storage of skimmed-milk powder (5), as last amended
August 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder                       by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
as food aid to Guinea Bissau and the Cap'e Verde
Islands under Regulation ( EEC) No 3236/74 (3),                        The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
provides for 150 metric tons of skimmed-milk                           marked in letters at least one centimetre high with the
powder, to be set aside from the reserve stock speci­                  words :
fied in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3236/74 of 17
December 1974 laying down general rules for the                        ' Leite desnatado em po — Dom da Comunidade
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the                       economica europeia as Ilhas de Cabo Verde — Distri­
countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia (4), to be made                    buni^ao gratuita'.
available to the Cape Verde Islands ; whereas this
country has requested the supply of the abovemen­                                                 Article 2
tioned quantity ;
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Delivery shall be :
3236/74 stipulates that the forwarding costs may be                    — for 75 metric tons cif Porte Grande (Sao Vicente),
determined by other procedures than a tendering
procedure ;                                                            — for 75 metric tons cif Praia (Sao Tiago),
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid , it                 the shipping having to take place before 31 January
                                                                        1976 .
is necessary for this supply to have recourse to a
contract by mutual agreement ;
                                                                                                  Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                       1.     Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                       are actually deposited on the quayside or on board a
                                                                       lighter as the case may be.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                            2. The country of destination shall bear all costs
                                                                       incurred after delivery including the costs of taking
                           Article 1                                   delivery of the goods .
 1.    In accordance with the povisions of Regulations                 Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­
( EEC) No 3236/74 and 2149/75, 150 metric tons of                      able to the country of destination shall be borne by it.
skimmed-milk powder having been the subject of the                     The rates and other details concerning such costs shall
                                                                       be laid down in the contract between the Community
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                             agent (designated by the mutual agreement pursuant
(-') OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . I97S , p . 1 .
(5 ) OJ No L 219, 19 . 8 . 1975 , p . 2 .                              (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p . 34 .
b) OJ No L 346, 24. 12. 1974, p. 4.                                    («) OJ No L 145 , 6 . 6 . 1975 , p . 17 .
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to Article 4) and the carrier and must have been previ­                           Article 5
ously agreed upon by that agent and the country of
destination .                                                No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                            tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
                        Article 4                            med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .
1 . The amount to cover delivery costs from the                                   Article 6
storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage
referred to in Article 2 shall be determined by the         This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
                                                             Netherlands .
intervention agency concerned by mutual agreement
on the least onerous terms possible.
2. The intervention agency shall send immediately            Done at Brussels, 14 January 1976.
to the Commission a copy of the private contract or
contracts .                                                                          For the Commission
In addition, it shall provide the Commission with full                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
information as to rates of dispatch and quantities
dispatched.                                                                      Member of the Commission