CELEX: 31974D0444
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 July 1974 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder free at airport to be delivered to the Niger as food aid

5 . 9 . 74                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 243 /27
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 26 July 1974
                relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder free at airport to be delivered to
                                                          the Niger as food aid
                                             (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                               (74/444/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           as a consequence it is preferable to take advantage
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            of the possibility of transporting the powder which
                                                                         the Belgian Government has set aside by air and to
                                                                         a procedure of mutual agreement for the transpor­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                             tation to the airport of embarkation ;
European Economic Community ;
                                                                         Whereas moreover the handling of the air-lift by the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                                Belgian Government means that the intervention
No 804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common                              agency concerned is responsible only for the
organization of the market in milk and milk                              transport of the skimmed-milk powder to the
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                            airport of embarkation ;
No 662/74 (2), and in particular to Articles 7 (5 )
and 28 thereof;
                                                                         Whereas, for a successful operation, it is necessary
                                                                         that the Belgian intervention agency notifies the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (8)                          Commission of the costs incurred ;
of 28 December 1973 , establishing the general rules
regarding the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
                                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this
food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia,
provides for the supply to these countries of 14 000                     Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ;                                     Management Committee for Milk and Milk
                                                                         Products,
Whereas the same Regulation laid down in Article 2
that the transport of the skimmed-milk powder to
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
distribution points should be financed by the Com­
munity; whereas Article 3 lays down that the
transportation to the distribution points should                                                    Article 1
normally be covered by a tendering procedure or in
exceptional cases by recourse to a procedure of
mutual agreement;                                                         1 . According to the provisions of Article 1 ( 1 ), (3 )
                                                                          and (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, 172 metric
                                                                         tons of skimmed-milk powder are to be delivered to
Whereas           Commission              Regulation         (EEC)       the Niger, pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
No 192/74 (4) of 18 January 1974 on the supply of                        No 3582/73 .
skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries
of the Sahel and Ethiopia, has provided certain rules
for the supply;                                                          2. The skimmed-milk powder to be delivered shall
                                                                         be taken from the Belgian intervention agency.
Whereas the current food situation in the Niger
necessitates an action allowing speedy delivery of                        3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall as regards
certain quantities, which, taking into account the                        quality and packaging satisfy the requirements laid
stocks at the disposal of the intervention agencies,                     down in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EEC)
can be delivered by the Belgian intervention agency,                     No 1108 /68 (5) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
to the more remote areas of the country; whereas                         methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
                                                                          as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/74 (6).
 i1)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
 (2)  OJ  No  L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
( 3)  OJ   No L 359, 28. 12. 1973 , p. 50.                                (5) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968 , p. 34.
 (4)  OJ   No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p. 33 .                               (8) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6. 1974, p. 60.
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The packaging of the skimmed-milk powder shall                determined by the intervention agency concerned by
be marked in letters at least 2 cm high:                      a procedure of mutual agreement under the least
'Lait écrémé en poudre                                        onerous conditions, taking into account the avail­
                                                              ability of transport.
Don de la Communaute économique européenne
au Niger
A distribuer gratuitement'.                                                          Article 4
                       Article 2                              This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                              Belgium.
The delivery is to be effected on the days and from
the Belgian airports communicated to the inter­
vention agency concerned by the Commission.                   Done at Brussels, 26 July 1974.
                                                                                                For the Commission
                       Article 3
                                                                                                   The President
The costs of transport of the skimmed-milk powder
to the airports referred to in Article 2 shall be                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI