CELEX: 31976D0715
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 August 1976 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of Malta as food aid

4. 9. 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 243/23
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 5 August 1976
              relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Republic of Malta
                                                           as food aid
                                                (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                          (76/71 5/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 1 . In accordance with Regulations (EEC) No
                                                                    1298/76 and (EEC) No 1299/76, 100 metric tons of
                                                                    skimmed-milk powder shall be delivered to the Repu­
                                                                    blic of Malta.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last
                                                                    2.    The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
                                                                    from the Dutch intervention agency.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
 particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,
                                                                    3. The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the requir­
                                                                    ements as to quality and packing laid down in Annex
                                                                    I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 108/68 of 27
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76 of 1                    July 1968 on detailed rules of application for public
June 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                   storage of skimmed-milk powder (5), as last amended
 food aid to certain developing countries and interna­              by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (6).
 tional organizations under the 1976 programme ^),
 provides inter alia that 100 metric tons of skimmed­               The Dutch intervention agency shall have marked on
 milk powder shall be made available to the Republic                the packing, in letters at least 1 cm high, the
 of Malta ; whereas this country has requested the                  following :
 abovementioned quantity as emergency supply ;
                                                                    'Skimmed-milk powder — Not vitaminized — Gift of
                                                                    the European Economic Community to Malta — For
                                                                    free distribution .'
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1298/76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules for
 the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
 certain developing countries and international organi­                                      Article 2
 zations under the 1976 programme ^), stipulates that
 the delivery costs should normally be determined by a              Delivery shall be effected from the port of Antwerp or
 tendering procedure, or in exceptional cases, by a                 Rotterdam, on a date fixed by the Dutch intervention
 procedure of mutual agreement ;                                    agency which must be earlier than 31 August 1976.
                                                                    The goods shall be considered as delivered when they
 Whereas, due to the emergency of the situation on the              are actually deposited in the port of shipment at a
 one hand and of the small quantity involved on the                 point designated by the recipient country or its agent.
 other, a private contract should be negotiated ;
                                                                                             Article 3
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                   1 . The Dutch intervention agency shall determine
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                         the forwarding costs of the skimmed-milk powder by
                                                                    concluding a private contract on the least onerous
(») OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.                           terms possible.
(2) OJ  No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 .
(') OJ  No  L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 5.                                (5) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968, p. 34.
(«) OJ  No  L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 3.                                (6) OJ No L 145, 6. 6. 1975, p. 17.
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2. The intervention agency shall forward to the                                 Article 5
Commission without delay a copy of such contract.          This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
                                                           Netherlands.
                       Article 4
                                                           Done at Brussels, 5 August 1976.
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                   For the Commission
tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the                                P.J. LARDINOIS
skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
sion .                                                                         Member of the Commission