CELEX: 31975R0078
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 78/75 of the Commission of 14 January 1975 on the sale at fixed prices of certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by the United Kingdom intervention agency

15 . 1 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 10/7
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 78 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 14 January 1975
              on the sale at fixed prices of certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by
                                           the United Kingdom intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              The United Kingdom intervention agency shall put
Economic Community ;                                               up for sale skimmed-milk powder taken into store by
                                                                   it before 1 December 1973 which no longer satisfies
                                                                   the requirements as to quality laid down in Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1108 /68 .
804/68 (') of 17 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                                               Article 2
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2 ), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                    1.     The skimmed-milk powder shall be sold :
                                                                   (a) at a price, ex-intervention agency storage depot,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 (3) of                       equal to the buying-in price applied by the inter­
20 July 1968 laying down general rules for the public                    vention agency concerned at the time when the
storage of skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by                       contract of purchase is concluded, less 12 units of
Regulation (EEC) No 2434/ 69 (4), lays down condi­                       account per 100 kg ;
tions for putting skimmed-milk powder held by inter­               (b) in lots of not less than 10 metric tons ;
vention agencies back on the market ; whereas the
United Kingdom intervention agency holds certain                   (c) to purchasers who agree to forgo all claims
quantities of skimmed-milk powder which no longer                        regarding the quality and packaging of the skim­
fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 1 ( 1 ) of                    med-milk powder concerned ;
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 108 / 68 (5) of 27                (d) bearing on the packaging the following descrip­
July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public                    tion : ' ex intervention stock '.
storage of, skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 1 636/74 (6) ; whereas it appears              2. The purchaser shall pay the intervention agency
necessary, in parallel with the sale by tender of this              for the skimmed-milk powder before delivery as
skimmed-milk powder pursuant to Commission Regu­                    provided in paragraph 3 .
lation (EEC) No 3226/ 74 ( 7) of 20 December 1974 on
the opening of an invitation to tender for a further                3 . The purchaser shall take delivery of all the skim­
quantity of skimmed-milk powder held by the United                  med-milk powder purchased within 10 days of the
Kingdom intervention agency, to enable prospective                  day on which the contract of sale is concluded .
purchasers for whom the lots put up for tender are too
large to obtain certain quantities of the skimmed-milk              4.     Except in cases of force majeure, the contract of
powder in question at a fixed price, to be determined               sale shall be void in respect of any quantities of which
by reference to the intervention price operative at the             the purchaser fails to take delivery within the pres­
time when the contract is concluded and having                      cribed period .
regard to the tenders received in response to previous
invitations to tender and to the market situation ;
                                                                                               Article 3
                                                                    The United Kingdom shall inform the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                by the Tuesday on each week of the quantities of
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                   skimmed-milk powder sold under this Regulation
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                        during the preceding week .
(')  OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                                       Article 4
(3)  OJ  No L 173 , 22. 7 . 1968 , p. 4.
(4 ) OJ  No L 307, 7 . 12. 1969 , p. 2.
(5 ) OJ  No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(*)  OJ  No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 60 .                          following its publication in the Official Journal of
( 7) OJ  No L 342, 21 . 12 . 1974, p . 29,                          the European Communities.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 14 January 1975.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                François-Xavier ORTOLI