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Language: en
Date: 1975-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 May 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands

No L 153 /40                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                13 . 6 . 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 21 May 1975
               relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Guinea
                                              Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands
                                         (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                           (75/342/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
COMMUNITIES,                                                         from the Belgian intervention agency.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                4. The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
Economic Community ;                                                 requirements as to quantity and packing laid down in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    1 108/68 (4) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1093/75 (5).
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                     The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 781 /75 (3 ) of                 marked, in letters at least 1 cm high, with the words :
26 March 1975 laying down general rules for the                      — for 250 metric tons :
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, stipulates                       Leite desnatado em po — dom da comunidade
that 250 and 150 metric tons respectively of skimmed­                     economica europeia a Guine-Bissau' ;
milk powder shall be made available to those coun­                   — for 1 50 metric tons :
tries ;                                                                   'Leite desnatado em po — dom da comunidade
Whereas Article 4 of the said Regulation stipulates                       economica europeia as Ilhas de Cabo Verde'.
that the cost of delivery should normally be deter­
mined by a> tendering procedure or, if the circum­                                              Article 2
stances warrant it, by a procedure of mutual agree­
ment ;
                                                                      1 . Embarkation shall take place as speedily as
Whereas, in view of the worsening situation in those                 possible and in any case by not later than 10 June
two countries and the need to provide immediate aid,                  1 975 .
it is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;                                                          2.       Cif delivery shall be effected at the moment at
                                                                     which the goods are actually taken in charge in the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                   ship's hold at the port of unloading.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                           The country of destination shall pay all costs
                                                                     subsequent to delivery of the goods, including the
                                                                     costs of unloading and any lighterage costs.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                     Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of
                           Article 1                                 unloading shall be borne by or paid to the country of
                                                                     destination . The rates and conditions of payment laid
 1.     In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 781 /75,              down in the contract between the authorized agent of
a lot of 400 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder                      the Community and the carrier must be agreed in
shall be delivered in which 250 metric tons to Guinea
                                                                     advance between that agent and the receiving agent of
Bissau and 150 metric tons to the Cape Verde Islands .               the country of destination .
2.      Delivery shall be effected as follows :
— 250 metric tons cif Bissau , Guinea Bissau ;                                                  Article 3
— 150 metric tons cif Porto Grande (Sao Vicente),
     Cape Verde Islands .                                             1 . The Belgian intervention agency shall determine
                                                                     the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2) OJ No L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No. L 184, 29. 7. 1968 , p. 34.
(3) OJ No L 78 , 27 . 3 . 197.5, p . 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 109, 29. 4. 1975, p. 5.
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by concluding a private contract on the least onerous                            Article 5
terms .
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
2. The intervention agency shall forward to the             Belgium .
Commission without delay, a copy of such contract.
                                                            Done at Brussels, 21 May 1975.
                        Article 4                                                  For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
tary or accession) shall be applied in respect of skim­
med-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Decision .                           Member of the Commission