CELEX: 31975D0503
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 July 1975 concerning an emergency supply of butter-oil to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid to Vietnam

No L 228 /24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 8 . 75
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 28 July 1975
               concerning an emergency supply of butteroil to the International Committee of
                                            the Red Cross as food aid to Vietnam
                                          (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                           (75/503/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         1.    In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 530/74,
                                                                     500 metric tons of butteroil shall be delivered to the
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                     ICRC, bound for Vietnam .
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2 ), and in
particular Article 6 (7) thereof ;                                   2. The butter to be used in manufacturing the
                                                                     butteroil shall be collected from the Belgian interven­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (3) of 4                  tion agency.
March 1974 laying down general rules for the supply
of milk fats as food aid to certain developing countries             3 . The butteroil shall meet as to quality and
and certain international organizations, provides, inter             packing the requirements laid down in the Annex to
alia, that 1 000 metric tons of butteroil should be                  Regulation ( EEC) No 750 /75 .
made available to the International Committee of the
Red Cross ; whereas the ICRC has requested the emer­
gency supply of 500 metric tons of butteroil for                     The butteroil shall be put up in containers of 5 kg.
Vietnam ;
                                                                     The markings on the packing are the same as
Whereas in pursuance of Article 2 of Regulation                      mentioned in Chapter II (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
( EEC) No 530/74 a private contract could be issued                  750/75, completed with a red cross 10 x 10 cm and
for the delivery in case of emergency supplies ;                     the following inscription in letters at least 1 cm high :
                                                                     'Action du CICR '.
Whereas , in view of the deterioration of the situation
in Vietnam and of the need for immediate aid , the
above-mentioned quantity of butteroil should be
shipped as soon as possible ; whereas it is apparent                                          Article 2
that mutual agreement must be sought in respect of
the delivery in question ;
                                                                      1.   The delivery is to be effected cif Da-Nang.
Whereas, as regards quality and packing of the
butteroil , it is useful to apply the requirements laid               2.    Delivery cif shall be effected at the moment at
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 750/75 (4)                    which the goods are actually deposited on the quay­
of 21 March 1975 concerning invitations to tender foi                side or on board a lighter in the port of disembark­
 the costs of manufacture and delivery of butteroil as                ment .
 food aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia, as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 54/75 (5 ):                  3.   The embarkation shall be effected as soon as
                                                                      possible and on 1 September 1975 at the latest.
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                                              Article 3
  ') OJ No  L  14», 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13.
  -) OJ No  L  74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p. 1 .                              1 . The costs of the processing of the butter into
  >) OJ No  L  65 , 7. 3 . 1974, p. 1 .
  4) OJ No  L  74, 22 . 3 . 1975, p. 30 .                             butteroil and the packaging and shipment of the
  5) OJ No  L  114, 3 . 5 . 1975, p. 1 .                              butteroil shall be determined by mutual agreement on
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the least onerous terms possible, having regard to the                            Article 5
existing transport possibilities.
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
2. The Belgian intervention agency shall forward to          Belgium .
the Commission without delay a copy of such mutual
agreement.
                                                             Done at Brussels, 28 July 1975.
                       Article 4                                                     For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
tary or accession) shall be payable in respect of the
butteroil delivered pursuant to this Decision .                                  Member of the Commission