CELEX: 31975D0606
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 October 1975 relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder and butter to the League of Red Cross societies for victims of the earthquake in Turkey

9 . 10 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 261 /39
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 2 October 1975
              relating to the urgent supply of skimmed-milk powder and butter to the League
                          of Red Cross societies for victims of the earthquake in Turkey
                                               (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                          (75/606/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      tions, and No 1541 /75 (6) of 16 June 1975 laying
COMMUNITIES,                                                        down the general rules for the supply of milk fats,
                                                                    under the 1975 food-aid-programme, to certain deve­
                                                                    loping countries and to certain international organiza­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tions, it would be advisable, for this emergency action,
 Economic Community ;                                               to have recourse to a procedure of mutual agreement,
                                                                    in the case where it has proved that the goods shall be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    takgn over by the recipient organization to a port or to
                                                                    an airport ;
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
particular Articles 6 (7), 7 (5) and 28 thereof ;                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 348/75 (3) of
26 May 1975 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder,
under the 1975 food-aid-programme, to certain deve­
loping countries and to certain international organiza­             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tions, provides to leave a reserve stock of skimmed­
milk powder for unforeseeable cases ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 542/75 (4) of
 16 June 1975, on the supply of milk fats, under the
 1975 food-aid-programme to certain developing coun­                 1 . In pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75,
tries and to certain international organizations,                    100 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder bought in
provides to leave a reserve stock of butter fats for                pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/ 68
unforeseeable cases ;                                               shall be delivered to the League of Red Cross societies
                                                                    for victims of the earthquake in Turkey.
Whereas the League of Red Cross societies has                       2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be collected
requested an urgent delivery of 100 metric tons of                  from the German intervention agency.
skimmed-milk powder and 50 metric tons of butter
on behalf of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey ;
whereas appropriate action should be taken for this                 3 . The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards
request and to set aside the quantities in question                 quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid
from     the abovementioned          reserve ;   whereas   the      down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
methods of transport shall be chosen following the                  No 11 08/ 68 (7) of 27 July 1968 concerning the
urgency and the existing possibilities ;                            methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder,
                                                                    as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (8).
Whereas under Article 5 of Council Regulations
(EEC) No 1347/75(5) of 26 May 1975 laying down the                  The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be
general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder,                marked in letters at least 1 cm high :
under the 1975 food-aid-programme, to certain deve­
loping countries and to certain international organiza­             'Skimmed-milk powder — Gift of the European
                                                                    Economic Community to the League of Red Cross
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                           societies — for free distribution in Turkey'.
I2) OJ No L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 138 , 29 . 5. 1975, p. 3 .                              (6) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6 . 1975, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 157, 19 . 6. 1975, p. 6 .                               (7) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7 . 1968 , p. 34 .
(5) OJ No L 138 , 29 . 5. 1975, p. 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 145, 6 . 6 . 1975, p. 17 .
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                         Article 2                                                   Article 4
 1 . In pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 1542/75,
50 metric tons of butter bought in pursuant to Article        1 . In case of delivery to an airport or port of embar­
6 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be delivered to        kation, for determining the costs of transport in ques­
the League of Red Cross societies for victims of the         tion, the German intervention agency shall conclude
earthquake in Turkey.                                        one or several private contracts to the least onerous
                                                             terms .
2.     The butter shall be collected from the German
intervention agency.                                         The intervention agency shall forward to the Commis­
                                                             sion without delay a copy of such private contracts.
3 . The butter shall satisfy the following conditions
concerning the quality :
                                                             In the case mentioned in the first subparagraph,
(a) Minimum fat content of the milk : 82 %                   delivery shall be effected when they are deposited,
b) Maximum water content : 1 6 %                             following the case, to the airport or to the port of ship­
(c) Produced from pasteurized acid cream.                    ment at a point designated by the recipient organiza­
                                                             tion .
4. The butter shall satisfy the following conditions
concerning the packaging :                                   2. In case of transport by lorry from the warhouse,
(a) In blocks of 25 kg                                       as soon as the loading of the goods shall be effected,
(b) The packaging must be of resistant materials to          the German intervention agency shall communicate
     protect the butter throughout transport, storage        to the Commission the date of loading, the quantity
     and disposal                                            and the quality established at the time of loading.
(c) The packing of the butter shall be marked in
     letters at least 1 cm high : 'Butter — Gift of the
     European Economic Community to the League of                                    Article 5
     Red Cross societies — for free distribution in
    Turkey'.                                                 No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                             tary or accession) shall be payable in respect of the
5. When the goods are received by the recipient              skimmed-milk powder and butter delivered in pursu­
organization, the temperature of the butter must not         ance of this Decision .
exceed — 10° C in the centre of the blocks .
                         Article 3
                                                                                     Article 6
The skimmed-milk powder and the butter shall be at
the disposal of the recipient organization on the terri­     This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
tory of the Federal Republic of Germany at one of the        Germany.
following stages communicated at a later moment by
the Commission to the German intervention agency,
that is to say :
— fob to a port of the Community accessible for              Done at Brussels, 2 October 1975.
    ocean-going ships having regular lines with
    Turkey,
— or free at German airport,                                                           For the Commission
— or from the warehouse of the intervention agency                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
    in the case where the recipient organization
    ensures the transport by lorries to Turkey.                                    Member of the Commission