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Language: en
Date: 1975-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 November 1975 relating to the urgent supply of butteroil as emergency food aid to the World Food Programme for refugees from Angola in Portugal

No L 308 /38                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 11 . 75
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 18 November 1975
                On the supply of butteroil as emergency food aid to the World Food Programme
                                               for refugees from Angola in Portugal
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (75/724/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                   1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
                                                                       (EEC) No 1541 /75, (EEC) No 1542/75 and (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           2917/75, a lot of 130 metric tons of butteroil shall be
804/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   deliverd to the WFP for refugees from Angola in
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  Portugal .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                             2.     The butter required for the manufacture of the
                                                                       butteroil shall be taken from the French intervention
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/75 (3) of                    agency.
16 June 1975 on the supply of milk fats as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­                                           Article 2
zations under the 1975 food-aid programme, provides
for a reserve stock of 4 550 metric tons of butteroil ;                 1 . The butteroil shall meet the requirements as to
whereas, according to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      quality and packaging laid down in the Annex to
2917/75 (4) of 5 November 1975 on the supply of                        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2247/75 (6) of 29
butteroil to the World Food Programme under the                        August 1975 on the terms of invitations to tender for
 1975 food-aid programme for refugees from Angola in                   the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as
Portugal, 400 metric tons to be set aside from this                    food aid to certain developing countries and to the
reserve stock shall be allocated to the World Food
                                                                       World Food Programme .
Programme (WFP) for refugees from Angola in
Portugal ; whereas the WFP has requested the delivery                   It shall be packed exclusively in 5 kg canisters.
of 130 metric tons for this destination ;
                                                                        2. The French intervention agency shall have the
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        following words marked on the packing, followed by
 1 541 /75 (5) of 16 June 1975 laying down general rules                the name of the port of unloading :
 for the supply milk fats as food aid to certain deve­                    BUTTEROIL      —       DOM       DA    COMUNIDADE
 loping countries and international organizations under                 ECONOMICA         EUROPEIA          PARA   OS    REPA­
 the 1975 food-aid programme, stipulates that the costs                TRIADOS         DE     ANGOLA           —  ACgAO       DE
 of delivery shall be determined by a tendering proce­                  PROGRAMA ALIMENTAR MUNDIAL'.
 dure or, in the case of an emergency action, by a
 procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
 Whereas, in view of the worsening of the situation of
 the refugees concerned and the need to provide                          1 . The delivery shall take place at one of the
 immediate aid, it is necessary to have recourse to a                   following ports to be indicated in the tender : Le
 procedure of mutual agreement for this supply ;                        Havre, Dunkerque, Bordeaux, on a date to be fixed by
                                                                        the French intervention agency and which shall be
                                                                        later than 25 November but earlier than 10 December
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                      1975 .
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                             2. The delivery shall be considered as completed
                                                                        when the goods are actually deposited at the point of
 (') OJ  No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                          exportation at the place designated by the WFP or its
 (2) OJ  No   L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (}) OJ  No   L  157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p. 6.                              agent.
 H   OJ  No   L 290 , 8 . 11 . 1975, p . 2.
 (*) OJ  No   L  157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p. 4.                              (6) OJ No L 229, 30 . 8 . 1975, p. 60 .
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                       Article 4                                                    Article 5
1 . The French intervention agency shall determine           No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
the costs of the processing of the butter into butteroil     tary or accession) shall be applied in respect of tfle
and the packaging and shipment of the butteroil by          butteroil delivered pursuant to this Decision.
concluding a private contract on the least onerous
terms possible.                                                                     Article 6
2. The intervention agency shall forward to the             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Commission without delay a copy of such private
contract .
                                                             Done at Brussels, 18 November 1975 .
3.    The French intervention agency shall pay to the
WFP, within 30 days maximum of the date on which
                                                                                      For the Commission
the WFP takes delivery of the butteroil, a flat-rate
contribution of 79 units of account per metric ton of                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
butteroil delivered towards the cost of forwarding and
distributing such butteroil.                                                      Member of the Commission