CELEX: 31973D0277
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 6 August 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of Chad as emergency food aid

11 . 9 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 254/ 19
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 6 August 1973
              on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of Chad as emergency
                                                                food aid
                                            (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                              (73/277/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, if the operation is to be carried out
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          smoothly, the intervention agencies concerned must
                                                                       inform the Commission of the type of transport
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  utilized, the sums involved and of any voluntary assis­
Economic Community ;                                                   tance provided ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
804/68 ( J) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of
Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties, and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/ 73 (3) of
 14 May 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder
as food aid to the countries of the Sahel provides that                                               Article 1
2 400 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder are to be
made available to the Republic of Chad ; whereas,                      1.       In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
having regard to deliveries already effected, 2 200                    1264/73 there shall be delivered to the Republic of
metric tons have still to be delivered ;
                                                                       Chad 2 200 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
                                                                       bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that               No 804/ 68 . Such milk powder shall be taken from the
an amount is to be paid to cover the cost of transporta­               stocks held by the Belgian and Luxembourg intervenT
tion to destination ; whereas that amount is to be
                                                                       tion agencies.
determined, as paragraph 2 of that Article provides, by
inviting tenders or, having regard to the urgency of                   2. The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
the situation , by mutual agreement, on the least
                                                                       quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
onerous terms possible ;
                                                                       down in Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC)
Whereas in view of the situation in Chad and of the
                                                                       No 1 108 /68 (4) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
                                                                       methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
time required for transport, it is apparent that mutual                as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1752/73 (5 ).
agreement must be sought in respect of the deliveries
in question ;
                                                                       The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
                                                                       marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­
vention agencies and to the situation of the market in                 ' Don de la Communauté économique européenne
skimmed-milk powder, it appears that 2 200 metric
tons could be supplied by the Belgian and Luxem­
bourg intervention agencies ;                                                                          Artie c 2
Whereas, in view of the voluntary assistance provided
by certain bodies and transport undertakings and of                     Delivery shall be made by sea to the port of Apapa
 the special local conditions affecting the despatch of                ( Nigeria) between 5 and 15 September 1973 , of :
goods to the interior of the recipient country, the inter­             — 2 118 metric tons coming from the stocks of the
vention agencies concerned should be permitted to                             Belgian intervention agency, and
 conclude contracts for all or part of the transport
 involved ;                                                            — 82 metric tons coming from the stocks of the
                                                                              Luxembourg intervention agency .
(') 0 | No L 1 48 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . I V
(-') OJ No L 7 \ 27 .       1972 , p . 14 .                            ( ( ) O | No 1 . 184 , 29 .     1968 , p . H.
  3 OJ No L 129 , 16 . 5 . ] 97.}, p . 2 7 .                           (-) O ) No 1 . I " 6 , }(). 6 . 1 9 ^ i , p . -().
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                       Article 3                                                 Article 6
                                                            The intervention agencies concerned shall immedi­
The destination of the skimmed-milk powder shall be         ately inform the Commission of the costs incurred,
designated by the authorities of the Republic of Chad       the means of transport utilized and of any voluntary
and shall be communicated by the Commission to the          assistance provided.
Belgian and Luxembourg intervention agencies .
                       Article 4                                                 Article 7
1 . The intervention agencies concerned shall be            No refund or compensatory amount may be granted
responsible for transporting the goods to the destina­      in respect of skimmed-milk powder delivered
tions referred to in Article 3 .                            pursuant to this Regulation .
2. They shall take all measures necessary to ensure
that the skimmed-milk powder supplied is actually                                Article 8
delivered at such destinations .
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                       Article 5
                                                            Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The amount provided for in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1264/73 shall be determined by the            Done at Brussels, 6 August 1973 .
intervention agencies concerned by mutual agreement
on the least onerous terms possible. That amount may                                For the Commission
be the sum of the amounts specified in several
contracts signed between the intervention agencies                                        The President
and undertakings each assuming responsibility for
part of the transport.                                                             François-Xavier ORTOLI