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Language: en
Date: 1975-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 November 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme as food aid for refugees from Angola in Portugal

No L 308 /36                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 11 . 75
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 18 November 1975
                relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food
                              Programme as food aid for refugees from Angola in Portugal
                                                    (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                              (75/723/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                                                Article 1
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                        1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                              (EEC) No 1347/75, (EEC) No 1348 /75 and (EEC) No
                                                                        2918/75, a lot of 180 metric tons of skimmed-milk
                                                                        powder shall be delivered to the WFP for refugees
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75 (3) of                      from Angola in Portugal .
26 May 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­                2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
tional organizations under the 1975 programme,                          the French intervention agency.
provides for a reserve stock of 3 800 metric tons of
skimmed-milk powder ; whereas, according to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2918/75 (4) of 5                                                      Article 2
November 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder under the 1975 food-aid programme for refu­                       1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
gees from Angola in Portugal, 550 metric tons of skim­                  requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
med-milk powder to be set aside from this reserve                       Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
stock    shall    be      allocated      to   the    World   Food
                                                                         1108/68 (6) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
Programme (WFP) for refugees from Angola in                             cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
Portugal ; whereas the WFP has requested the delivery                   last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (7).
of 180 metric tons for this destination ;
                                                                        2. The French intervention agency shall have the
                                                                        following marking printed on the bags, followed by
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        the name of the port of unloading :
 1 347/75 (5) of 26 May 1975 laying down general rules
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to                    ' LEITE DESNATADO EM PO — DOM DA COMU­
certain developing countries and international organi­                  NIDADE ECONOMICA EUROPEIA PARA OS
zations under the 1975 programme, stipulates that the                   REPATRIADOS DE ANGOLA — AC£AO DE
costs of delivery shall be determined by a tendering                    PROGRAMA ALIMENTAR MUNDIAL'.
procedure or, in the case of an emergency action , by a
procedure of mutual agreement ;
                                                                                                  Article 3
Whereas, in view of the worsening situation of the                       1.    Delivery shall be effected from one of the
refugees concerned and the need to provide immed­                       following ports to be indicated in the tender : Le
iate aid, it is necessary to have recourse to contracts by              Havre, Dunkerque, Bordeaux, on a date to be fixed by
mutual agreement ;                                                      the French intervention agency and which must be
                                                                        later than 25 November               and earlier  than     10
(■)  OJ No   L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           December 1 975 .
(-') OJ No   L 74, 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No   L  138 , 29 . 5 . 1975, p. 3 .
(4 ) OJ No   L 290 , 8 . 11 . 1975, p. 3 .                              (') OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p . 34.
(5) OJ No L 138 , 29. 5 . W75, p. 1 .                                   ( 7) OJ No L 145, 6. 6 . 1975, p . 17.
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2. Delivery shall be considered as completed when           the cost of forwarding and distributing such skimmed­
the goods are deposited at the point of exportation at      milk powder.
the place designated by the WFP or its appointed
agent.                                                                             Article 5
                                                            No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                       Article 4
                                                            tary or accession) shall be applied in respect of the
1 . The French intervention agency shall determine          skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
                                                            sion .
the costs of forwarding the skimmed-milk powder by
concluding a private contract on the least onerous
                                                                                   Article 6
terms possible.
2. The intervention agency shall forward to the             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Commission without delay a copy of such private
contract.                                                   Done at Brussels, 18 November 1975 .
3 . The French intervention agency shall pay to the
                                                                                     For the Commission
WFP, within 30 days maximum of the date on which
the WFP takes delivery of the skimmed-milk powder,                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
a flat-rate contribution of 8.0 units of account per
metric ton of skimmed-milk powder supplied towards                             ' Member of the Commission