CELEX: 31975R0713
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 713/75 of the Council of 18 March 1975 laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Somalia

No L 71 /4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             20 . 3 . 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 713/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 18 /March 1975
                laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
                                                             Somalia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the supplies must be delivered at the lowest
COMMUNITIES,                                                        possible price ; whereas in order to achieve that aim , a
                                                                    tendering prQcedure should be provided for ; whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               however, it may be -desirable, in the interests of flexi­
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    bility and speed, to have recourse to a different proce­
thereof ;                                                           dure ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas detailed rules for the application of the
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  measures to be taken when skimmed-milk powder is
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last               purchased on the market should be adopted in accor­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                   dance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of
particular Article 7 (4) thereof ;                                  Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , as in the case of the
                                                                    rules to be applied where public stocks are used,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
ment ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Somalia has indicated its requirements " as
regards high-protein milk products ; whereas these
high-protein products may be supplied in the form of                                        Article 1
skimmed-milk powder produced within the Commu­
nity and meeting certain quality standards ;                        Under the 1975 programme, a reserve stock of 2 000
                                                                    metric tons of skimmed-milk powder as food aid shall
Whereas the supply of skimmed-milk powder must                      be set up for Somalia, to be supplied to that country
take    into   account     the  amounts of skimmed-milk
                                                                    according to its need.
powder available in the Community and the need to
avoid disturbing market conditions ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the amounts at present available enable
 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder to be
supplied ; whereas, moreover, there is some mobility                 1 . The skimmed-milk powder referred to in Article
 in distribution as between public stocks and market                 1 shall be bought in accordance with Article 7 ( 1 ) of
 availabilities ;                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 .
 Whereas, taking into account the situation on the                   2. If the amounts of skimmed-milk powder in
 Community market in skimmed-milk powder, and                        public stocks are insufficient to supply the quantities
 the need to * deliver certain supplies as a matter of               provided for in Article 1 or if they do not have the
 urgency and to ensure that supplies are delivered regu­             characteristics necessary for their particular destina­
 larly, arrangements should be made for the skimmed­                 tion where this requires, in particular, other forms of
 milk powder to be supplied as food aid, depending on                packing or the addition of vitamins and other addi­
 the amount available either by drawing on stocks held               tives, supplies shall be ensured by the buying-in of
 by the intervention agencies or by buying-in the                    skimmed-milk powder on the Community market.
 product on the Community market ;                                   Buying-in shall be done in such a way as not to
                                                                     disturb the normal development of prices on the
 Whereas for the 1975 programme provision should be                  market .
 made for a reserve stock of 2 000 metric tons of skim­
 med-milk powder for Somalia to be supplied to that
 country according to its need ;                                                             Article 3
 Whereas, to enable the aid to be used effectively, arran­
 gements should be made to finance delivery to the               •   For the purposes referred to in Article 1 , the cost of
 places of destination ;                                             the skimmed-milk powder, its labelling and delivery
                                                                     to the places of destination and the supply of any vita­
 (■) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           mins to be added to the milk shall be financed by the
 (2 ) OJ No L « 5, 29 . 3 . 1974, p . 51 .                           Community.
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                       Article 4                                                    Article 6
The costs of delivery to the places of destination may
be met, in whole or in part, by a lump-sum contribu­        The decision to apply Article 2 (2) shall be taken and
tion . The Commission shall pay such contribution           the arrangements for implementing Article 2 (2) and
directly to the country of destination . The Commis­        Article 5 shall be adopted in accordance with the
sion may in such cases make partial advance                 procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC)
payments .                                                   No 804/ 68 .
                       Article 5
                                                                                    Article 7
The expenditure referred to in Article 3, excluding the
lump-sum contribution referred to in Article 4, shall
in principle be determined by a tendering procedure .       This Regulation sha*ll enter into force on the third day
However, in respect of transport, a different procedure     following its publication in the Official Journal of
may be adopted .                                             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