CELEX: 31974D0466
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 August 1974 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid

13 . 9 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 250 /33
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 30 August 1974
                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)          /
                                                               (74/466/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                               Article i
Economic Community ;
                                                                        1.       In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            2721 /72, 50 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
804/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                       shall be delivered cif to the port of Limassol (Cyprus)
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                   for the ICRC .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                              2.      The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
                                                                        requirements as the quality and packing laid down in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of                     Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
19 December 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk                          1 108 /68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
No 2700/73 (4), provides, inter alia, that 6 000 metric                 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/74 (6).
tons of skimmed-milk powder should be made avail­
able    to  the   International        Committee       of the  Red
Cross ; whereas ICRC has requested the supply, as                                                   Article 2
emergency aid, of 50 metric tons of skimmed-milk
powder for Cyprus ;                                                     1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
                                                                        stocks held by the Belgian intervention agency.
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
2721 /72 provides for the payment of a sum of money                     2. The intervention agency shall have the packing
to cover delivery costs, arrangements for such                          of the skimmed-milk powder marked with a red cross
payment being approved by the Community under                            15 cm by 15 cm and, in letters at least 2 cm high , the
the terms of the supply contract ; whereas such sums                    words :
are to be determined, as paragraph 2 of that Article
provides, by inviting tenders or, having regard to the                  'Skimmed-milk powder / Gift of the European
urgency of the situation , by mutual agreement, on the                  Economic Community'.
least onerous terms possible ;
Whereas, in view of the deterioration of the situation                                               Article 3
in Cyprus and of the need for immediate aid, the
quantity of skimmed-milk powder requested should                        Shipment shall be effected at the port of Antwerp on
be shipped as soon as possible ; whereas it is apparent                 5 September 1974 at the latest.
that mutual agreement must be sought in respect of
the delivery in question ;
                                                                                                     Article 4
Whereas having regard to the stocks held by the inter­
vention agencies and to the existing transport possibili­
ties, it appears that the quantity in question could be                  1 . ^ The Belgian intervention agency shall determine
supplied by the Belgian intervention agency ;                           the transport costs relating to the delivery in question
                                                                        by mutual agreement on the least onerous terms
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                       possible .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                             2 . The intervention agency shall forward to the
                                                                         Commission without delay a copy of such mutual
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           agreement .
(^)  OJ  No  L  85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .
O    OJ  No  L  291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 28                             ( 5 ) O | No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L  279 , 5 . 10 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            (b) O) No L 173, 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 60 .
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                       Article 5                            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1974.
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be payable in respect of the
skimmed-milk powder delivered in pursuance of this
Decision .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                       Article 6
                                                                                       The President
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Belgium .                                                                         Fran$ois-Xavier ORTOLI