CELEX: 31975D0302
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 April 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid

No L 144/ 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5 . 6 . 75
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 21 April 1975
                concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the
                                               Red Cross as emergency food aid
                                                (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                          ( 75 /302/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                     Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 European Economic Community;
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of                  1.     In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1827/
 the market in milk and milk products, as last                       74, 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder shall
                                                                     be delivered to the ICRC .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5 ) and 28 thereof;
                                                                     2.      The delivery is to be effected :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1827/74 (3)                      — for 50 metric tons cif Saigon,
of 11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid to certain developing countries                   — for 50 metric tons cif Haiphong.
and international organizations, provides, inter alia,
that 3 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                        If the circumstances so require the intervention
should    be    made    available    to   the   International        agency concerned may designate other ports of
Committee of the Red Cross ; whereas the ICRC has                    unloading so as to permit delivery to Vietnam.
requested the supply, as emergency aid, of 100 metric
tons of skimmed-milk powder for Vietnam;                             3.      The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
                                                                     requirements as to the quality and packing laid down
                                                                     in Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No
Whereas in pursuance of Article 5 of Council                          1108/68 (5 ) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of
Regulation (EEC) No 1826/74 (4 ) of 11 July 1974                     application for public storage of skimmed-milk
laying down the general rules for the supply of                      powder, as last amended by Regulation (EEC )
skimmed-milk powder as food aid to certain                           No 1636/74 (6 ).
countries and international organizations, a private
contract should be issued for the delivery in case of                                           Article 2
an emergency action ;
                                                                     1.      The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
                                                                     stocks held by the Dutch intervention agency.
Whereas, in    view of the deterioration of the situation
in Vietnam     and of the need for immediate aid, the                2.      The intervention agency shall have the packing
quantity of    skimmed-milk powder requested should                  of the skimmed-milk powder marked with a red
be shipped       as soon as possible ; whereas it is                 cross 15 by 15 cm and, in letters at least 1 cm high,
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in                     the words :
respect of the delivery in question ;
                                                                     'Lait écrémé en poudre — Don de la Communauté
                                                                     économique européenne — Action du Comité Inter­
Whereas having regard to the stocks held by the                      national de la Croix-Rouge'.
intervention agencies and to the existing transport
possibilities, it appears that the quantity in question                                         Article 3
could be supplied by the Dutch intervention agency ;
                                                                     1.      Shipment shall be effected as soon as possible
                                                                     and on 30 April 1975 at the latest.
 (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p . 13 .
(2 ) OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p . 1 .
 (s ) OJ No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p . 22 .                            ( 5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p . 34 .
(4) OJ No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 20.                                (8) OJ No L 173 , 28. 6. 1974, p. 60.
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2. Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods                                Article 5
are actually unloaded on the quayside or onto a
lighter.                                                   No refund or compensatory amount (whether
                                                           monetary or accession) shall be payable in respect of
                                                           the skimmed-milk powder delivered in pursuance of
                      Article 4                            this Decision .
                                                                                 Article 6
1 . The Dutch intervention agency shall determine          This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
the transport costs relating to the delivery in            Netherlands .
question by mutual agreement on the least onerous
terms possible.                                            Done at Brussels, 21 April 1975 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
2. The intervention agency shall forward to the                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
Commission without delay a copy of such mutual
agreement.                                                                     Member of the Commission