CELEX: 31975D0421
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 June 1975 concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for afflicted sections of the population of the Fiji Islands

12. 7 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 182/37
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 26 June 1975
               concerning the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the International
               Committee of the Red Cross as emergency food aid for afflicted sections of the
                                                population of the Fiji Islands
                                               (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                         (75/421 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                   1.      In accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       (EEC) No 1827/74, 20 metric tons of skimmed-milk
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                 powder, set aside from the quantity donated to the
tion of the market in milk and milk products as last               ICRC for the population of the disaster areas in the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                  Fiji Islands, shall be delivered.
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;
                                                                   2. The delivery is to be effected cif Suva. If the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 827/74 (3) of                circumstances so require the intervention agency
 11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder                 concerned may designate other ports of unloading so
as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­           as to permit delivery.
tional organizations, provides inter alia that 3 000
metric tons of skimmed-milk powder should be made                  3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall meet the
available to the International Committee of the Red
                                                                   requirements as to the quality and packing laid down
Cross ;                                                            in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1 108 /68 (5) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules of appli­
Whereas, as a result of the natural disaster in the Fiji           cation for public storage of skimmed-milk powder, as
 Islands, it has been agreed with the ICRC to set aside            last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 457/75 (6).
a quantity of 20 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
from the quantity referred to above, which that organi­
zation will make available to the Fijian authorities on                                       A rticle 2
behalf of the Community ;
                                                                    1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from
Whereas, in pursuance of Article 5 of Council Regula­              stocks held by the Netherlands intervention agency.
tion (EEC) No 1 826/74 (4) of 11 July 1974 laying
down the general rules for the supply of skimmed­
 milk powder as food aid to certain developing coun­               2. The intervention agency shall have the packing
tries and international organizations, a private contract          of the skimmed-milk powder marked, in letters at
                                                                   least 1 cm high, with the words :
should be issued for the delivery in case of an emer­
gency action ;                                                     'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
                                                                   Economic Community — For free distribution '.
Whereas, in view of the need for immediate aid, the
 quantity of skimmed-milk powder requested should
be shipped as soon as possible ; whereas it is neces­                                         Article 3
sary, in respect of the delivery in question , to issue a
 private contract ;
                                                                    1 . Shipment shall be effected as soon as possible
                                                                   and at the latest by 10 July 1975.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                        2.      Delivery cif shall be completed when the goods
                                                                   are actually unloaded on the quayside or onto a
(')  OJ No   L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                           lighter, if this form of transport is used .
(2)  OJ No   L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No   L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p. 22.                           ( 5) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
(■>) OJ No   L 190, 13. 7. 1974, p. 20.                            (6) OJ No L 145, 6. 6 . 1975, p. 17 .
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The country of destination shall bear all costs incurred    2. The intervention agency shall forward to the
after delivery of the goods, including unloading costs      Commission without delay a copy of such private
(such as unstowing, hoisting, acceptance) and any           contract.
lighter costs.
3 . Demurrage costs or any dispatch money at the                                   Article 5
port of unloading are the responsibility of the benefi­
ciary or the beneficiary country. Their rates and            No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
detailed rules of procedure laid down in the contract       tary or accession) shall be payable in respect of the
between the firm nominated as the Commission 's             skimmed-milk powder delivered in pursuance of this
                                                             Decision .
representative and the transporter must have been
agreed upon by prior arrangement between the
Community's representative and the representative of                               Article 6
the recipient country.
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
4. A delivery certificate shall be issued on delivery        Netherlands .
by the receiving agent nominated by the recipient
country.
                                                             Done at Brussels, 26 June 1975.
                       Article 4
                                                                                     For the Commission
 1 . In order to determine the transport costs relating
to the delivery in question, the Netherlands interven­                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
tion agency shall draw up a private contract on the
least onerous terms possible.                                                    Member of the Commission