CELEX: 31975D0220
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to the Republic of Khmer

No L 96/ 12                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             17 . 4 . 75
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 19 March 1975
                concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
                   Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid to the Republic of Khmer
                                                    (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                               (75/220 / 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 465/75 (2), and in                        1.     In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                                2721 /72, 40 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
                                                                          bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                          No 804/ 68 shall be delivered to the 1CRC for the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 272 1 /72 (3 ) of                     Republic of Khmer.
19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk
powder as food aid, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                        2 . The skimmed-milk powder shall , as regards
No 2700 /73 (4 ), provides, inter alia , that 6 000 metric                quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
tons of skimmed-milk powder should be made avail­                         down in Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC)
able    to  the    International       Committee       of the  Red        No 1 108 / 68 (5 ) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
Cross ;                                                                   methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
                                                                          as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/ 74 (6).
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation provides                   The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall bear a
for the payment of a sum of money to cover delivery                       red cross 15 cm by 15 cm and be marked in letters at
costs, arrangements for such payment being approved                       least 1 cm high : ' Lait écrémé en poudre / Don de la
by the Community under the terms of the supply                            Communauté économique européenne / Action du
contract ; whereas such sums are to be determined , as
                                                                          Comité international de la Croix rouge'.
paragraph 2 of that Article provides, by inviting
tenders or, having regard to the urgency of the situa­
tion , by mutual agreement, on the least onerous terms                                                Article 2
possible ;
                                                                           1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
                                                                          from the German intervention agency .
Whereas, in view of the deterioration of the situation
in the Republic of Khmer and of the need for immed­                       2.     The Government of the Federal Republic of
iate aid, a certain quantity of skimmed-milk powder                       Germany shall ensure the transport of the skimmed­
should be delivered immediately by air ; whereas it is
                                                                          milk powder by air free of charge to the Republic of
apparent that mutual agreement must be sought in                          Khmer .
respect of this delivery ;
                                                                          The loading shall take place on 21 March 1975 at the
Whereas having regard to the stocks held by the inter­                    airport of Frankfurt am Main .
vention agencies and to the situation of the market in
skimmed-milk powder, it appears that the quantity in                                                  Article 3
question could be supplied by the German interven­
tion agency ;
                                                                            1 . The amount to cover delivery costs from the
(')  OJ  No  L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                          storage depot of the intervention agency to the stage
(-') OJ  No  L  .52, 28 . 2. 1975 , p. 8 .
(>)  OJ  No  L  291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 28                                (5 ) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L  279 , 5 . 10 . 1973 , p. 1 .                              ( 6) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974 , p. 60 .
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free at the airport of Frankfurt am Main shall be deter­                             Art ide 5
mined by the intervention agency concerned by
mutual agreement on the least onerous terms possible .         No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                              tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the
2.     The   intervention   agency    shall   immediately     skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
inform the     Commission     of  the   amount   of  costs    sion .
incurred .
                                                                                     Article 6
                         Article 4
                                                              This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
1 . The ICRC shall bear all costs subsequent to               Germany.
delivery, including costs of taking delivery.
2. The delivery to the ICRC shall be completed                 Done at Brussels, 19 March 1975 .
when the goods are actually placed at the airport of
Frankfurt am Main .                                                                    For the Commission
Any costs in respect of delays in taking delivery attrib­                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
utable to the ICRC shall be for the account of the
ICRC .                                                                             Member of the Commission