CELEX: 31976D0349
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1976 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for Angola

No L 91 / 24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             6. 4. 76
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 March 1976
              concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Internationl Committee ,
                                  of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for Angola
                                        (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (76/349/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                       No 804/68 shall be delivered to the ICRC for Angola.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
                                                                   from the Belgian intervention agency. This delivery
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       shall be accompanied with a supplementary 2 % of
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  empty bags.
of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,                          3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
                                                                   quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 of 1 1                down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                  No 1108/68 of 27 July 1968 concerning the methods
food aid to certain developing countries and interna­              of public storage of skimmed-milk powder (5), as last
tional organizations (3), provides inter alia for 3 000            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be made avail­
able to the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) ; whereas the ICRC has requested the supply                 The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear a
of 30 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder for                       red cross 10 cm by 10 cm and be marked in letters at
Angola ;                                                           least 1 cm high :
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Lait ecréme en poudre / Don de la Communauté
1826/74 of 11 July 1974 laying down general rules for              économique européenne / Action du Comité interna­
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                   tional de la Croix-Rouge — À distribuer gratuite­
certain developing countries and international organi­             ment.'
zations (4), stipulates that in the case of emergency
actions the forwarding costs may be determined by a
procedure of mutual agreement ;
Whereas, in view of the need for quick aid it is                                             Article 2
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in
respect of this delivery for the forwarding of skimmed­
milk powder by air to the airport of destination ;                  1 . Delivery shall be effected at Luanda airport
                                                                   (Angola).
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                         2. The recipient organization shall bear all costs
                                                                   incurred after delivery including the costs of
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                   unloading.
                             Article 1                              3.    Delivery shall be completed as soon as possible.
 1 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 1827/74, 30 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                    4. A certificate proving the taking of the goods
                                                                   shall be delivered on delivery by the receiving agent
(!) OJ No   L  148 , 28. 6. 1968 , p . 13 .                         designated by the recipient organization .
(2) OJ No   L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(3) 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 .                        (6) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6. 1975, p . 17.
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                      Article 3                                                 Article 5
1 . Private contract or contracts shall be negotiated
on the best terms possible by the Belgian intervention     This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
agency for the costs of transport relating to the          Belgium .
delivery in question.
2. The intervention agency shall send immediately
to the Commission a copy of the private contract or        Done at Brussels, 19 March 1976 .
contracts .
                      Article 4                                                   For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
tary or accession) may be granted in respect of skim­
med-milk powder supplied pursuant to this Decision .                           Member of the Commission