CELEX: 31974D0172
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 March 1974 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder free at airport to be delivered to the Niger as food aid

30. 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 87/27
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 4 March 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, German and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (74/172/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas under these conditions it is preferable to
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       take advantage of the possibility of transporting the
                                                                    powder by air which the Belgian, German and French
                                                                    governments have set aside for this purpose and to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  a procedure of mutual agreement for the transpor­
pean Economic Community,                                            tation to the airport of embarkation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas moreover the handling of the air-lift by the
804/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 , on the common organi­                  Belgian, German and French governments means
zation of the market in milk and milk products, as                  that the intervention agencies concerned are respon­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (2),                     sible only for the transport of the skimmed-milk
and in particular to Articles 7 (5 ) and 28 thereof;                powder to the airport of embarkation ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 (3)                     Whereas, taking into account the stocks at the dis­
of 28 December 1973 , establishing the general rules                posal of the intervention agencies, the quantities in
regarding the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                      question can be delivered by the Belgian, German
food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia,                and French intervention agencies ;
provides for the supply to these countries of 14 000
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder;                                 Whereas, for a successful operation, it is necessary
                                                                    that the intervention agencies notify the Commission
Whereas the same Regulation laid down in Article 2                  of the costs incurred ;
that the transport of the skimmed-milk powder to
distribution points should be financed by the Com­                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
munity; whereas Article 3 lays down that the trans­                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
portation to the distribution points should normally                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
be covered by a tendering procedure or in excep­
tional cases by recourse to a procedure of mutual
agreement ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/74
(4) of 18 January 1974, on the supply of skimmed­
milk powder as food aid to the countries of the                                             Article 1
Sahel and Ethiopia, has provided certain rules for the
supply;
                                                                     1 . According to the provisions of Articles 1 ( 1 ), 3
                                                                    and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/74, 300 metric
Whereas the current food situation in the Niger                     tons of skimmed-milk powder are to be delivered to
necessitates an action allowing speedy delivery of                  the Niger, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3582/73 .
products to the more remote areas of the country ;
                                                                    2. The skimmed-milk powder to be delivered shall
                                                                    be taken from
H OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 13 .
(2) OJ No L 49 , 21 . 2 . 1974, p . 2.
(3) OJ No L 359 , 28 . 12 . 1973 , p . 50.                          — the Belgian intervention agency — 100 metric
(4) OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p. 33 .                                  tons,
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— the German intervention agency — 100 metric                       cated to the intervention agencies concerned by the
     tons ,                                                         Commission .
— the French intervention agency — 100 metric
     tons .                                                                                Article 3
3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall as regards                        The costs of transport of the skimmed-milk powder
quality and packaging satisfy the requirements laid                 to the airports referred to in Article 2 shall be deter­
down in Annex 1 of Commission Regulation ( EEC )                    mined by the intervention agency concerned by a
No 1108/68 (*) of 27 July 1968 concerning the                       procedure of mutual agreement under the least
methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,                   onerous conditions, taking into account the avail­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 77/74 (2).                   ability of transport.
The packaging of the skimmed-milk powder shall
                                                                                           Article 4
 be marked in letters at least 2 cm high :
' Lait écrémé en poudre                                             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Don de la Communauté économique européenne au                       Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany and to
Niger                                                               the French Republic.
A distribuer gratuitement'.
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 4 March 1974.
                            Article 2                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                        The President
The delivery is to be effected on the days and from
the Belgian, German and French airports communi­                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
H OJ No L 184 , 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34.
( 2) OJ No L 9 , 11 . 1 . 1974, p . 38 .