CELEX: 31975D0060
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 January 1975 concerning the transportation of one lot of butteroil for use as food aid

No L 20/46                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . I. 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 14 January 1975
               concerning the transportation of one lot of butteroil intended for use as food
                                                                 aid
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (75/60/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                                          Article 1
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                     1 . Lot F comprising 500 metric tons of butteroil,
particular Article 6 (7) and Article 28 thereof ;                     referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2558 /74, shall be transported from the port of
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                Bordeaux to the port of Brest.
2558 /74 (3) of 4 October 1974 concerning an invita­
                                                                      2. The butteroil shall, not later than 20 January
tion to tender for the supply of butteroil as food aid to
                                                                      1 975, be delivered to the port of Brest at a point easily
Afghanistan, India and Lebanon provides, inter alia,                  accessible to ,the vessel being a point designated by
for the supply of a lot F comprising 500 metric tons
of butteroil for India, for the manufacture of which                  the recipient country or its agent.
butter was made available by the French intervention                                          Article 2
agency ; whereas under Article 1 (2) of that Regulation
the lot was to be delivered to a Community port                       The French intervention agency shall establish by
accessible to ocean-going vessels ; whereas in deliv­                 means of a private contract concluded on the best
ering the lot in question to the port of Bordeaux the                 terms possible, account being taken of the means of
successful tenderer fulfilled his obligations ;                       transport available, the cost of transporting the butter­
                                                                      oil from its present location in the port of Bordeaux
Whereas, in view of the serious difficulties encoun­
                                                                      to the point in the port of Brest designated by the
tered by the recipient country in attempting to charter               recipient country or its agent.
a vessel calling at Bordeaux and of the fact that a
delivery of skimmed-milk powder which is also                                                  Article 3
intended for India is shortly to be shipped from Brest,
the lot of butteroil should be transported to Brest ;                 The intervention agency shall send a copy of the
                                                                      private contract or contracts concluded to the
Whereas, since loading will be taking place in Brest                  Commission forthwith .
very soon , a private contract should be negotiated, as
provided for in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC)                                          Article 4
No 530/74 (4) of 4 March 1974 laying down general
 rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to certain             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
developing countries and certain international organi­
 zations, for transportation of the lot of butteroil in                Done at Brussels, 14 January 1975.
question from Bordeaux to Brest ;
                                                                                                 For the Commission
Whereas, so that the operation can be brought to a
satisfactory conclusion , the French intervention                                                    The President
agency must inform the Commission of the expendi­
ture incurred ;                                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(-') OJ No   L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
 (3) OJ No   L  274, 9 . 10 . 1974, p. 10 .
 (4) OJ No   L  65 , 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 .