CELEX: 31975R0714
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 714/75 of the Council of 18 March 1975 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to Somalia

No L 71 / 6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 714/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 18 March 1975
               laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats as food aid to Somalia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Somalia, to be supplied to that country according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                         its need .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 2
 Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         For the purposes referred to in Article 1 , the cost of
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   the butter, of processing it into butteroil, of packaging
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
                                                                     and shipment from the factory to the places of destina­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                    tion , shall be met by the Community.
particular Article 6 (6) thereof ;                                                           Article 3
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 The costs of delivery to the place of destination may
Whereas Somalia has indicated its requirements as                    be met, in whole or in part, by a lump-sum contribu­
regards milk fats ;                                                  tion . The Commission shall pay such contribution
Whereas it will not be possible to dispose of the quan­              directly to the country of destination . The Commis­
tities of butter held by intervention agencies on                    sion may in such cases make partial advance
normal terms during the 1974/75 milk year ; whereas                  payments .
it is possible to supply food aid in the form of butter                                      Article 4
or butteroil, equal to 850 metric tons of butteroil ;
Whereas under the 1975 programme a reserve stock                    The expenditure referred to in Article 2, excluding the
                                                                     lump-sum contribution referred to in Article 3, shall
of 850 metric tons of butteroil should be set up for
Somalia, to be supplied to that country according to                 in principle be determined by a tendering procedure .
its need ;                                                           However, in respect of transport, a different procedure
                                                                     may be adopted .
Whereas, to enable the aid to be used effectively, arran­
gements should be made to finance transport to the                                           Article 5
places of destination ;
                                                                    The sums to be paid to the undertaking chosen shall
Whereas the amount to be paid to the undertakings                    be due only if :
manufacturing the butteroil and certain transport costs             (a) the undertaking satisfies the conditions laid down
for the butter and butteroil should be determined by                       in the invitation to tender or by contract ; and
competition among interested undertakings esta­
blished in the Community ; whereas the inviting of                  (b) the quality and packing of the delivered product
tenders is a suitable means of achieving this aim , but                  are found on inspection to comply with the rele­
for the sake of speed and flexibility it may be desir­                   vant Community provisions .
able to have recourse to some other procedure,                       Provision may be made for partial advance payment of
                                                                     such sums .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 6
                            Article 1
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Under the 1975 programme, a reserve stock of 850                     following its publication in the Official Journal of
metric tons of butteroil as food aid shall be set up for             the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 March 1975 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                     R. RYAN
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2 ) OJ No L 85, 29 . .3 . 1974, p . 51 .