CELEX: 31976D0155
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 January 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid to the Democratic Republic of the Sudan

30 . 1 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 23/49
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 20 January 1976
                on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid to the Demo­
                                                    cratic Republic of the Sudan
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                              (76/ 155/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          300 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall be
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           delivered to the Democratic Republic of the Sudan .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
 Economic Community,                                                    from the Luxembourg intervention agency.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                      3. The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the requir­
of the market in milk and milk products (*), as last                    ements as to quality and packing laid down in Annex
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                        I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/68 of 27
 particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,                              July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public
                                                                        storage of skimmed-milk powder (5), as last amended
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75 of 26                       by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/75 (6).
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 1 975 programme (3),                    marked in letters at least one centimetre high with the
 provides inter alia for the supply of 300 metric tons                  words :
of skimmed-milk powder to the Democratic Republic
of the Sudan ; whereas this country has requested the
delivery of the abovementioned quantity ;
                                                                        'Skimmed-milk Tpowder — Gift of the European
                                                                         Economic Community to the Democratic Republic of
                                                                        the Sudan .'
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1347/75 of 26 May 1975 laying down general rules for
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­                                           Article 2
zations under the 1975 programme ^), stipulates that
the costs of delivery shall be determined by a
tendering procedure or, in the case of an emergency                      1 . Delivery shall be effected from the port of
action, by a procedure of mutual agreement ;                            Antwerp on a date to be fixed by the Luxembourg
                                                                        intervention agency which must be later than 15
                                                                        February and earlier than 15 March 1976.
Whereas in view of the need to provide immediate
aid, it is necessary to have recourse to contracts by
mutual agreement ;                                                      2. The goods shall be regarded as delivered when
                                                                        they are deposited in the port of shipment, at a point
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                      designated by the recipient country or its agent.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                                                 Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                              1 . The Luxembourg intervention agency shall
                                                                        determine the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk
                                                                        powder by concluding a private contract on the least
                              Article 1                                 onerous terms .
 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. 3,4.
(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, 20 January 1976.
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 Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg.                                                                      Member of the Commission