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Language: en
Date: 1975-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the Republic of Honduras

No L 313/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             3 . 12. 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 17 November 1975
                relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the Repu­
                                                         blic of Honduras
                                          (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                            (75/729/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be
COMMUNITIES,                                                         delivered to the Republic of Honduras.
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
                                                                     3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                     requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                     Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                    1 108/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                           cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
                                                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75 (3) of
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
                                                                     words :
provides inter alia for the supply of 100 metric tons
of skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of
Honduras ; whereas this country has requested the                    'Skimmed-milk powder / Gift of the European
delivery of the abovementioned quantity ;
                                                                     Economic Community to the Republic of Honduras'.
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 347/75 (4) of 26 May 1975 laying down general rules                                        Article 2
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­                1.     Delivery shall be effected from a Community
zations under the 1975 programme, stipulates that the                port on the North Sea or the Atlantic Ocean, having a
costs of delivery shall be determined by a tendering                 regular line to the recipient country, on a date to be
procedure or, in the case of emergency action, by a                  fixed by the Belgian intervention agency and which
procedure of mutual agreement ;                                      must be later than 15 and earlier than 31 December
                                                                      1975 .
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                 2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
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 J
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                      1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall determine
                                                                      the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
                              Article 1
                                                                      by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
                                                                      terms possible.
 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, 17 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