CELEX: 31976D0951
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 December 1976 relating to the urgent supply to the Sudan of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be bought on the Community market, for use as food aid

31 . 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 364/41
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 3 December 1976
               relating to the urgent supply to the Sudan of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be
                                    bought on the Community market, for use as food aid
                                               (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                         (76/951 /EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, in view of the need to provide immediate
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                     aid, it is apparent that mutual agreement must be
                                                                   sought in respect of this supply ;
Having regard to the Treaty                establishing the
European Economic Community,                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                          Management Committee for Milk and Milk
 No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organi­                   Products ,
 zation 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,                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1298/76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules                                             Article 1
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid
 to certain developing countries and international                 J.     In accordance with the provisions of
organizations under the 1976 programme (3), as                     Regulations ( EEC) No 1298/76 and (EEC) No 1299/
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2017/76 (4), and                   76 the German intervention agency shall arrange
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                   delivery of one lot of 170 metric tons of vitaminized
                                                                   skimmed-milk powder bought on the Community
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76 of                     market for the Sudan .
 1 June 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
food aid to certain developing countries and                       2.     The skimmed-milk powder shall meet :
international      organizations       under     the    1976
programme (5) provides inter alia for 170 metric tons              —■ as to quality, the requirements set out in the
of skimmed-milk powder to be made available to the                      Annex to this Decision ,
Sudan ; whereas this country has requested the
abovementioned quantity of vitaminized skimmed­                    — as to packaging, the requirements set out in
milk powder;                                                            Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                        1108/68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules for
                                                                        public storage of skimmed-milk powder (6 ), as
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1298/76 provides in                        last amended bv Regulation ( EEC) No 1457/
Article 2 ( 2 ) that, if the amounts of skimmed-milk                    75 C ).
powder in public stocks do not have the
characteristics necessary for their particular
destination where this requires, in particular, the                3.     In addition the supplier, designated by the
addition of vitamins , supply shall be ensured by the              private contract referred to in Article 3 , shall supply
buying-in of skimmed-milk powder on the                            5 °/o empty bags identical to those containing the
Community market ;                                                 goods .
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1298/76                   4.     The packaging of the skimmed-milk powder
provides that, for the purpose of determining the                  shall bear the following inscription in letters at least
forwarding costs, in case of emergency, a private                   I cm high :
contract may be concluded ;
                                                                   ' Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and
(*)  OJ No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p . 13 .                         D/Gift of the European Economic Community to the
(2 ) OJ  No L   67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                          Sudan .'
(3)  OJ  No L   146, 4.  6. 1976, p . 3 .
(4)  OJ No  L  224, 16.   8 . 1976, p. 1 .                         (6 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968, p . 34 .
( s) OJ  No L   146, 4.  6. 1976, p . 5 .                          (7 ) OJ No L 145 , 6. 6. 1975 , p . 17.
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                               Article 2                                                       Article 4
Delivery shall be effected from the port of Hamburg,                   No refund or compensatory amount (whether
on a date fixed by the German intervention agency                      monetary or accession) shall be granted in respect of
which must be later than                 16  and earlier than          the skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this
31 January 1977.                                                       Decision .
The goods shall be considered as delivered when
they are actually deposited at the place of export at a                                        Article 5
point designated by the recipient countrv or its agent.
                                                                       This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                                       Germany.
                               Article 3
1.   The German intervention agency shall                              Done at Brussels , 3 December 1976.
determine the forwarding costs of the vitaminized
skimmed-milk powder by concluding a private
contract on the least onerous terms possible .                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
2.   The intervention agency shall forward to the
Commission without delay a copy of such contact.                                            Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                                                   Skimmed-milk powder requirements
             ( a) fat content :                                   1 -5 °/o maximum
             ( b ) water content :                                4-0 % maximum
             ( c) total acidity in lactic acid :                  0-15 %> maximum ( 18° Dornic)
             (d) test for neutralization agents :                 negative
             ( e ) authorized additives :                         none
             (f) phosphatase test:                                negative
             (g) solubility :                                     0-5 % ml maximum (99% minimum )
             (h) degree of purity :                               disc B ( 15-0 mg minimum)
              ( i ) germ content :                                50 000 per g maximum
             ( k ) colon bacillus titer :                         negative in 0-1 g
             ( 1 ) taste and smell :                              clean
             ( m ) appearance :                                   white or slightly yellowish colour, free from
                                                                  impurities or coloured particles
             ( n ) vitamin enrichment :
                    ( aa ) vitamin A :                            5 000 l.u . per 100 g
                    ( bb) vitamin D :                             500 i . u . per 100 g.