CELEX: 31975D0562
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 September 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid

18 . 9 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 244/ 23
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 4 September 1975
                  concerning      the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
                                  Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid
                                         (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (75/ 562/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                                           Artie e 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         1.      In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  1827/74, 160 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
 tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                    No 804/ 68 shall be delivered to the ICRC , divided
 particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                          into the following lots :
                                                                     Lot A : 60 metric tons to the ICRC for Chile , to be
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of                             delivered cif Valparaiso ;
 1 1 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder
 as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­            Lot B : 100 metric tons taken from the quantity allo­
 tional organizations provides inter alia for 3 000                             cated to the ICRC for the Catholic Mission of
 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made avail­                           West Bengal , to be delivered cif Calcutta .
able to the International Committee of the Red Cross
( ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply
of 60 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for Chile ;                 2. The skimmed powder shall be collected from
whereas it has been agreed with the ICRC to take                     the Belgian intervention agency.
 from the quantity of 3 000 metric tons mentioned
another quantity of 100 metric tons of skimmed-milk
 powder made available by this organization to the                   3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
 Catholic Mission of West Bengal on behalf of the                    quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
 Community ;                                                         down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1 108 /68 (5) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
                                                                     methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/75 (6).
 1 826/ 74 (4 ) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general
 rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food
aid to certain developing countries and international                The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear :
 organizations stipulates that in the case of emergency
actions the forwarding costs may be determined by a                  — concerning lot A : a red cross 15 cm by 15 cm
 procedure of mutual agreement ;                                           and , in letters at least 1 cm high , the words :
Whereas, in view of the need for quick aid, it is                          ' Leche desnatada en polvo / Donacion de las
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in                           Comunidades Europeas / Acción del Comité
 respect of those deliveries ;                                             internacional de la Cruz Roia',
                                                                     — concerning lot B, in letters at least 1 cm high , the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                         words :
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
                                                                           'Skimmed-milk powder / Gift of the European
(') O ) No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                            Economic Community / free distribution '.
(-) 0"| No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p. 1 .
(') O'j No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 22.                               (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34 .
(■>) O'l No L 190 . 13 . 7. 1974. n. 20 .                            (b) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6 . 1975, p. 17 .
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                        A rt ide 2                             2. The intervention agency shall send immediately
                                                               to the Commission a copy of the private contract or
1.    Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods           contracts .
are actually deposited on the quayside or on board a
lighter as the case may be .                                   In addition , it shall provide the Commission with full
2. The recipient country shall bear all costs                  information as to dates of dispatch and quantities
incurred after delivery including the costs of taking          dispatched .
delivery of the goods.
                                                                                        Article 4
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading attribu­
table to the recipient agency shall be borne by it. The        No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
rates and other details concerning such costs shall be         tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
laid down in the contract between the Community                med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .
agent (designated by the mutual agreement pursuant
to Article 3) and the carrier and must have been previ­
                                                                                        Article 5
ously agreed upon by that agent and the recipient's
delivery agent.                                                This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
3.    Embarkation shall take place as soon as possible         Belgium .
and not later than 20 September 1975 .
                        Article 3                              Done at Brussels, 4 September 1975 .
1.    The amount to cover delivery costs from the
                                                                                           For the Commission
storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage
referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) shall be determined by the                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
intervention agency concerned by mutual agreement
on the least onerous terms possible .                                                  Member of the Commission