CELEX: 31975D0120
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 February 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to Tunisia as food aid

20 . 2. 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 46/ 29
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 4 February 1975
               relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to Tunisia as food aid
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (75/ 120/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community ;
                                                                      1827/74, 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
                                                                      shall be delivered to Tunisia.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
804/68 ( x) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   from the French intervention agency.
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                     3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                            requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
                                                                      Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1 1 08/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
                                                                      cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/74 (6).
11 July 1974 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, makes, inter alia, provision for                marked, in letters at least one centimetre high , with
the supply to Tunisia of 100 metric tons of skimmed­                  the words :
milk powder held by the intervention agencies ;
whereas that country has made a request of delivering                 ' Lait ecreme en poudre — Don de la Communauté
of the abovementioned quantity ;                                      économique européenne à la République tunisienne.'
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 826/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 laying down general rules
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                  Delivery shall be effected from the port of Marseilles,
certain developing countries and international organi­                on a date fixed by the French intervention agency
zations, stipulates that the cost of delivery should                  which must be later than           14 and earlier than 30
normally be determined by a tendering procedure, or                   March 1975 .
in urgent cases by a procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                      The goods shall be regarded as delivered when they
                                                                      are deposited in the port of shipment at a point desig­
                                                                       nated by the recipient country or its agent easily
Whereas, due to the emergency of the situation on the                 accessible to the ship.
one hand and of the small quantity involved on the
 other hand, a private contract should be negotiated ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    1 . The French intervention agency shall determine
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                     the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                            by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
                                                                       terms, having regard to the existing transport possibili­
                                                                       ties .
 (') OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
 (2) OJ No   L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
 (3) OJ No   L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 22.                               (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34.
 («  OJ No   L  190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 20 .                             (") OJ No L 173, 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 60 .
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2. The French intervention agency shall forward to                               Article 5
the Commission without delay a copy of such                This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
contract .
                       Article 4
                                                            Done at Brussels, 4 February 1975 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
sion .                                                                          Member of the Commission