CELEX: 31973R3583
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3583/73 of the Council of 28 December 1973 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia

28 . 12. 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 359 /5 1
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3583/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 28 December 1973
               laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to the countries of
                                                   the Sahel and Ethiopia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         of the Sahel and Ethiopia as food aid, in the form
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     of 6 000 metric, tons of butteroil . The quantities for
European Economic Community ;                                    each beneficiary country and the means of financing
                                                                 them are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
                                                                                            Article 2
of the market in milk products, as last amended by
the Act (2 ) concerning the conditions of Accession and          The processing of butter into butteroil, its packing
the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular               and transportation from the factory to distribution
Article 6 (6) thereof;                                           points shall be covered by a tendering procedure.
Having       regard      to  the     proposal    from   the      However, it shall be possible to resort to a
Commission ;                                                     procedure of mutual agreement for transportation to
                                                                 the cif stage, in emergency cases, or, from the cif
Whereas the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia                  stage to distribution points, if necessary .
have made known their requirements as regards
milk fats ;                                                      Exceptionally, the cost of transportation from the cif
Whereas it will not be possible to dispose, on                   stage to distribution points shall be wholly or
normal terms during the 1973/74 milk year, of the                partially paid to the recipient countries in the form
quantities of butter held by intervention agencies ;             of a cash contribution, if provided for in the Supply
whereas it is possible to grant food aid of 7 320                Agreement .
metric tons of butter in the form of 6 000 metric
tons of butteroil ;                                                                         Article 3
Whereas to enable effective use to be made of the                The sums to be paid to the undertaking to which a
aid, provision should be made for the financing of               contract is awarded as the result of an invitation to
the cost of transportation to the distribution points ;          tender or privately shall be due only where :
Whereas for the manufacture and transportation of                 ( a ) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid
butteroil , resort should normally be made to the                       down in the invitation to tender; and
tendering procedure by competition amongst
interested      undertakings        established    in   the      ( b ) the quality and packing of the delivered product
Community ; whereas, however, for the sake of                           are found on inspection to conform to the
flexibility and speed, it might, in exceptional cases,                  relevant Community provisions.
be desirable to resort to a procedure of mutual
                                                                 Provision may be made for partial advance payment
agreement,                                                        of such amounts .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 4
                            Article 1
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
1 320 metric tons of butter held by intervention                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
 agencies shall be put at the disposal of the countries          of the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                  Ove GULDBERG
  (M OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
  (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
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                                                         ANNEX
                                           Food-aid programme : Butteroil
                       Recipient                       Butteroil
                        country                     ( metric tons)               Financing
            Upper Volta                                 1 800              Distribution    points
            Mali                                          300              Distribution    points
            Mauritania                                  1 000              Distribution    points
            Niger                                       1 450              Distribution    points
            Chad                                          150              Distribution    points
            Ethiopia                                    1300               Distribution    points