CELEX: 31978R1691
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1691/78 of 18 July 1978 on the delivery of skimmed-milk powder to India as food aid

No L 194/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            19 . 7. 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1691/78
                                                      of 18 July 1978
                          on the delivery of skimmed-milk powder to India as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas under the terms of Article 3 of Council Regu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    lation (EEC) No 1442/78 deliveries of products to
                                                                 India are made at the port of unloading ; whereas
                                                                 those for Honduras are made at the Community port
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           of loading ; whereas the additional costs resulting
Economic Community,                                              from this difference should be met by the Commu­
                                                                 nity ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1421 /78 (2), and in
particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1442/78 of 26 June 1978 laying down general rules
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder to India
under the 1978 food-aid programme (3), and in parti­                                    Article 1
cular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,
                                                                 The 1 000 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder intended
                                                                 for delivery to the Republic of Honduras specified
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 726/78 of                 under part B in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
7 April 1978 on the delivery of various consignments             726/78 shall be delivered to India under the 1978
of skimmed-milk powder as food aid (4) provides for              food-aid programme.
the delivery to the Republic of Honduras of 1 000
tonnes of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder bought
on the Community market ; whereas because of
health regulations in force on its territory the Repu­                                  Article 2
blic of Honduras has not been able to take over the
said quantity of skimmed-milk powder from the
                                                                 The German intervention agency is authorized to
Federal Republic of Germany ; whereas this quantity,             agree with the successful tenderer for the skimmed­
already manufactured, may be consigned to the Repu­              milk powder in question terms for its delivery to
blic of India, which has urgent need of it and has indi­         Rotterdam by 6 July 1978 at the latest for shipment
cated its acceptance of the procedure proposed by the            to India.
Commission by which she will receive it ; whereas the
country of destination of the skimmed-milk powder
in question should consequently be changed ;
                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas the German intervention agency should be                 The expenditure incurred by the Indian authorities in
permitted to agree with the successful tenderer terms            shipping the skimmed-milk powder from Rotterdam
for delivery to the Indian authorities of the skimmed­           to the port of unloading, including loading, unloading
milk powder for Honduras under part B in the Annex               and insurance costs, shall be reimbursed to them by
to Regulation (EEC) No 726/78 ; whereas in parti­                the Commission on production of the relevant docu­
cular, in view of the shipment possibilities for India,          ments .
the date of 20 June 1978 initially laid down for ship­
ment to Honduras should be changed ; whereas the
additional expenditure thereby incurred by the
contractor should also be taken into consideration ;                                    Article 4
(*) OJ No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(2) OJ No  L  171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 12.
(3) OJ No  L  173, 29. 6. 1978, p. 9.                            publication in the Official Journal of the European
(4) OJ No  L 98, 11 . 4. 1978, p. 13.                             Communities.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 18 July 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President