CELEX: 51974PC2099
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-09
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the sale of skimmed milk powder from public stocks for supply to developing countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (74) 2099
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                                                           COM(74)2099 final
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                                 Proposal for a
                         REGULATION ( ESC) OF THE COUNCIL
                on /the sale of skimmed milk powder from public
                   stocks for supply to developing countries
                 ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COM(74) 2099 final
 ---pagebreak--- Financial Effects
Estimated expenditure entailed "by the measure should , assuming that 100.000
metric tons of skimmed milk powder are disposed of , amount to some 45 mil­
lion units of account . Removal from storage will , however , save storage and
financing costs for several months , so that net additional expenditure will
amount to some 40 million UA *
Since , according to the 1974 declarations of payments "by the Member States
under the arrangement s for the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF , some of the
relevant 1974 budget appropriations remain unexpended , the measure proposed
should be financed from those appropriations * The Commission will therefore
propose that 40 million UA of the 1974 appropriations be carried over to
the following year.
 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                         KEGCLASICT (ESC ) OP THE COTCIL
on the sals of skimmed mi11c powder from public stocks for supply to deve­
 loping countries                                                              •
THE    COUNCIL  OP   TEE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES    -
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68         of 27 Juno 1968 on
the common organization of the market in millc and milk products , as last '
amended by Regulation (SEC) Wo 662/74          and in particular Article 7(4)
thereof |                                                      -             '
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission }
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 804/68 provides that special measures may be taken for skimmed milk pow­
der bought in by intervention agencies which cannot be marketed on normal
terns during a milk year ;
Whereas one feature of the Community market in skimmed milk powder is the
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large stocks held by intervention agencies , only part of which can be sold
on the terms provided for in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EEC ) :
No IOI4/68        of 20 July 1968 laying down general rules for the public
storage of skimmed milk powder , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1211/69         whereas only limited sales for exportation are possible on
those terms ; whereas prolonged storage should be avoided because of the high
costs entailed } whereas special measures should therefore be taken to fa­
cilitate the disposal of the skimmed milk pox-rder }
   1) OJ-No L 1£8 , 28 June      1968 , p. 13
 , 2) OJ No L 85 , 29 March .    1974 , p. 51
   3) OJ No L 173 , 22 July      I968 , p. 4
 [ 4) OJ No L 155 , 28 June      1969 . p. 13
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 ---pagebreak--- Whereas there is a growing need for high-protein milk products in developing
countries ; whereas food aid is provided not only under Community programmes ,
but also "by intomat ional organizations and by non-profit-making institution:
and associations established in the Community which purchase skimmed milk
powder for supply to such countries on the market ; vrhereas market prices
have risen steeply , so that the quantities which were to be supplied as aid
might have to be reduced; whereas the stocks held by ' the intervention
agencies are such that skimmed milk powder can be sold to the organizations ,
institutions and associations in question at reduced prices ; whereas ,
should natural disasters occur , it might prove desirable , for the sake of
speed, to sell directly to third countries which are prepared to buy on the
terms laid down ;
Whereas such sale must be made subject to conditions to ensure that the
skimmed milk powder is not diverted from its destination ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION !
                                   Article 1
1 , The decision may be taken to sell at reduced prices up to 100 000 metrxo
    tons of skimmed milk powder bought in as provided in Article 7(l ) °f
    Regulation (EEC ) No 804/68 to :
    (a) international organizations responsible for carrying out food
         aid programmes ;
    (b ) non-profit-making institutions and associations whose headquarters
         are situated within the Community , for supply to developing countries
2 , If natural disasters occur , the decision may be taken to sell directly
    to the third country in question,
3 , The selling price ex intervention agency storage depot shall be equal
    to 50f0 of the price at which agencies are buying in skimmed milk powder
    at the time when the contract of sale is concluded.
 ---pagebreak--- The detailed rules to be adopted for the application of this Regulation
shall , in particular , include :
- the requirements to be satisfied by the organizations , institutions and
  associations referred to in Article 1 (l ) ;
- measures to ensure that the skimmed milk powder is not diverted from its
  destination T which msy include the condition that a security be provided;
- provisions to ensure that , where the skimmed milk powder is not distributed
  free of charge , the price reduction granted by intervention agencies is
  reflected in the price at which the product is sold in third countries
  of destination .
                                  Ar+ic] e 3
  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
  publication in the Official Journal of the European Commurities .
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
  applicable in all Member States .
        Bone at Brussels ,                       For the Council
                                                  The President