CELEX: 31974R0530
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 of the Council of 4 March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries and certain international organizations

7 . 3 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 65/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 530/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 4 March 1974
               laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain
                            developing countries and certain international organizations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                            Article 1
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Butter held by intervention agencies, delivered in the
804/68 ( !) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                form of butter or butteroil and equal to 39 000 metric
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last              tons of butteroil, shall be made available to developing
amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular             countries and international organizations as food aid.
Article 6 (6) thereof ;
                                                                   The quantity for each of the developing countries and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                   organizations which are to receive the aid and for the
                                                                   reserve, together with the terms of financing, are set
Whereas certain developing countries and interna­                  out in the Annex .
tional organizations have indicated their requirements
as regards milk fats ;
Whereas it will not be possible to dispose of the quan­                                     Article 2
tities of butter held by intervention agencies on
normal terms during the 1973/74 milk year ; whereas
 it is possible to supply food aid in the form of butter           Tenders shall be invited for the processing of the
or butteroil, equal to 39 000 metric tons of butteroil ;           butter into butteroil, packaging, shipment of the
                                                                   butter or butteroil ex-factory to fas or a corresponding
Whereas that quantity should be apportioned among                  stage and, where relevant, shipment of the product
 the various countries and organizations whose applica­            from this stage, save in exceptional cases where
 tions are acceptable ; whereas 4 400 metric tons on               private contracts may be negotiated .
which a decision will later be taken should, however,
 be kept in reserve to meet unforeseeable needs ;
                                                                                            Article J
 Whereas to enable effective use to be made of the aid ,
 provision should be made for the financing of certain
 transportation and distribution costs ;                           The sums to be paid to the undertaking chosen shall
                                                                   be due only if :
 Whereas the amount to be paid to undertakings manu­
 facturing the butteroil and certain transport costs for           (a) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid down
 the butter and butteroil should be determined by                      in the invitation to tender or the private contract ;
                                                                       and
 competition among interested undertakings esta­
 blished in the Community ; whereas the inviting of                (b) the quality and packing of the delivered product
 tenders is a suitable means of achieving this aim, but                are found on inspection to comply with the rele­
 for the sake of speed it may be desirable to deal with                vant Community provisions .
 exceptional cases by private contract,
 C ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                         Provision may be made for partial advance payment of
 (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                               such sums .
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                       Article 4                                                   Article 5
The quantities of butter to be mobilized shall be deter­    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in         following its publication in the Official Journal of
Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 .                  the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 4 March 1974.
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                          W. SCHEEL
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                                                     ANNEX
                     Recipient countries            Quantities of butteroil
                     and organizations                 fin metric tons)               Financing
          EUROPE
            Cyprus                                             250                        fas
            Malta                                              150                        fais
          AFRICA
            Morocco                                            150                        fas
          MIDDLE EAST
            Jordan                                           1 000                        fas
            Lebanon                                            250                        fas
            ARE                                              1000                         fas
          FAR EAST
            Afghanistan                                        600                        fas
            Bangladesh                                       6 500                        fas
            Pakistan                                         3 000                         fas
            India                                            3 000                         fas
          LATIN AMERICA
            Peru                                               700                         fas
          INSTITUTIONS
            I CRC ·                                          1 000           free-at-destination
            WFP                                             15 000          fas + lump-sum contribu­
                                                                             tion towards shipment and
                                                                            distribution costs
            UNRWA                                            2 000           cif + lump-sum contribu­
                                                                             tion of 15 u.a./metric ton
                                                                            •towards shipment and dis­
                                                                             tribution costs
          RESERVE                                            4 400
                                         TOTAL              39 000