CELEX: 31972R1692
Language: en
Date: 1972-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1692/72 of the Council of 3 August 1972 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats to the World Food Programme and UNRWA

52                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
 5.8.72                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 178/ 1
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1692/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 2 August 1972
              laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats to the World Food Programme and
                                                       to UNRWA
                                   \                                          .
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       WFP: 13 000 metric tons;
                                                                UNRWA : 2 000 metric tons.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community;
                                                                Butteroil delivered under this Article must be in­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   tended solely for consumption in the country receiv­
 804/681 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization             ing the food aid distributed through the above­
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last               mentioned organizations.
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No " 141 1 /7 12, and in
 particular Article 6 (6) thereof;
                                                                                         Article 2
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;              1 . For the purposes specified in Article 1 :
Whereas the WFP and UNRWA have made known                       (a) as regards food aid to the WFP :
their requirements in milk fats;                                     - an amount shall be paid to cover the cost of
                                                                        transporting the butter from the storage ware­
Whereas the quantities of butter: held by the inter­                    house to the processing factory, the cost of
vention agencies cannot be marketed on normal                           manufacturing the butteroil, packing costs and
terms during the 1972/73 milk year; whereas 15 000                      the cost of delivery fob or corresponding stage;
metric tons of butteroil can be allocated for food aid;
                                                                     - the WFP shall be granted a fixed contribution
Whereas, in order to ensure that the aid actually                        towards forwarding costs from the fob or cor­
reaches those who need it, provision should be made                     responding stage and distribution costs;
for the financing of certain of the costs of forwarding
and distributing the goods;                                      (b) as regards aid to UNRWA, an amount shall be
                                                                     paid to cover the cost of transporting the butter
Whereas the amount to be paid to the firms manu­                     from the storage warehouse to the processing fac­
facturing the butteroil and certain transport costs                  tory, the cost of manufacturing the butteroil,
should be determined by bringing into competition                    packing costs and the cost of delivery cif.
interested firms established within the Community;
whereas this can be achieved by the tendering pro­              In addition, UNRWA shall be granted, in respect of
cedure,                                                         forwarding costs from the cif stage and distribution
                                                                costs, either a fixed contribution or a reimbursement
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   on the basis of vouchers in accordance with the pro­
                                                                cedure laid down in the agreement to be concluded
                                                              , with that organization.
                        Article 1
15 000 metric tons of butteroil produced from butter            2. The amounts referred to in the first indent of
held by the intervention agencies shall be made avail­          paragraph 1 (a) and in paragraph 1 (b) shall be de­
able to the WFP and UNRWA.                                      termined by the tendering procedure and paid to the
                                                                successful tenderer.
The quantities shall be allocated to the recipient or­
ganizations as follows:
                                                                                         Article 3
1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.                                The amounts in respect of which tenders were invited
1 OJ No L 148, 3.7.1971 , p. 4.                                 shall be paid only :
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(a) if the successful tenderer has fulfilled the obliga­                           Article 4
    tions laid down in the invitation to tender;
                                                             The quantities of butter to be mobilized shall be de­
                                                             termined in accordance with the procedure laid down
(b) if a check has shown that the quality and pack­          in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68.
    ing of the product delivered conform to the rele­                              Article 5
    vant Community provisions.
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                             day following its publication in the Official Journal
Provision may be made for payments on account.               of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 2 August 1972.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                               T. WESTERTERP