CELEX: 31974D0526
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 October 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as emergency food aid for distribution to displaced persons in Cyprus

6 . 11 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 298 / 13
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 1 October 1974
                on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the Office of the United Nations
                High Commissioner for Refugees as emergency food aid for distribution to
                                                    displaced persons in Cyprus
                                           (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                             (74/ 526/ 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 Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                        2332/74, 200 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            shall be delivered to the Office of the United Nations
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                      High Commissioner for Refugees for distribution to
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                   displaced persons in Cyprus .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                              2.      The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
                                                                        from the Belgian intervention agency.
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2332/74 (3 ) of
 12 September 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk                        3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
powder to the Office of the United Nations High                         requirements as to quality and packing laid down in
 Commissioner for Refugees as food aid for distribu­                    Annex I to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No
tion to displaced persons in Cyprus provides for the                     1 1 08 /68 (6) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
delivery to the abovementioned organization , for distri­               cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
bution to displaced persons in Cyprus, of 200 metric                    last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 636/74 ( 7).
 tons of skimmed-milk powder to be taken from the
 6 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder consti­                       The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
 tuting the reserve provided for in Regulation (EEC)                    marked , in letters at least two centimetres high , with
 No 1 827/74 (4 ) of 1 1 July 1 974 on the supply of skim­              the words : 'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the
 med-milk powder as food aid to certain developing                       European Economic Community to UNHCR for free
 countries and international organizations ;                            distribution to the people of Cyprus'.
 Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                                  Article 2
  1 826/74 (5 ) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general
 rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food                     Delivery shall be effected from the port of Antwerp
 aid to certain developing countries and international                  on a date fixed by the Belgian intervention agency
 organizations provides that tenders must be invited for                which must be later than 14 October and earlier than
 the purpose of effecting such deliveries, except in the                 20 October 1974 .-
 case of emergency aid, where private contracts may be
 negotiated ;                                                           The goods shall be regarded as delivered when they
                                                                         are deposited in the port of shipment at a point desig­
 Whereas emergency aid is required since there are a                     nated by the recipient country or its agent easily
 large number of displaced persons in Cyprus who are                     accessible to the ship .
 critically short of food ; whereas a private contract
 should therefore be negotiated ;
                                                                                                     Article 3
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                       I. The Belgian intervention agency shall determine
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                       the costs of transporting the skimmed-milk powder
  ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                         by concluding a private contract on the least onerous
                                                                         terms , having regard to the existing transport possibili­
 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                               ties .
 (-) OJ No L 85 , 29 .       1974, p. 51 .
 (-') 0 | No L 250 , 13 . 9 . 1974 , p . 1 .
 (■») O') No L 190, U. 7. 1974, p. 22 .                                  (") O ! No L 184 , 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
 (5 ) OJ No L 190 , 1 .?. 7 . 1974 , p . 20 .                            O OJ No I. 173 , 28 . 6 . 1974, p. 51 .
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2. The Belgian intervention agency shall forward to                               Article 5
the Commission without delay a copy of such                 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
contract or contracts .
                                                             Belgium .
                        Article 4                            Done at Brussels, 1 October 1974.
                                                                                    For the Commission
No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the                                   The President
skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Deci­
sion .                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI