CELEX: 31976D0899
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 November 1976 relating to the urgent supply to the Arab Republic of Yemen of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder to be bought on the Community market, for use as food aid

No L 341 /28                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            10 . 12. 76
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 19 November 1976
              relating to the urgent supply to the Arab Republic of Yemen of vitaminized
              skimmed-milk powder to be bought on the Community market, for use as food
                                                               aid
                                               (Only die German text is authentic)
                                                          (76/899/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1298/76
COMMUNITIES,                                                        provides that, for the purpose of determining the
                                                                   forwarding costs, in case of emergency, a private
                                                                   contract may be concluded ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas, considering that this vitaminized skimmed­
                                                                    milk powder forms part of a delivery of butteroil and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       cereals, for which the Yemen authorities have already
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  undertaken loading arrangements, it shall be necessary
of the market in milk and milk products ( 1), as last              to conclude a private contract for this supply ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 1298/76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules for
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­
zations under the 1976 programme (3), as amended by
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Regulation (EEC) No 2017/76 (4), and in particular
Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Council Regulation                                              Article 1
(EEC) No 2018/76 of 27 July 1976 on the additional
supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to certain                1 . In accordance with the provisions of Regulations
developing countries, international organizations and              (EEC) No 1298/76 and (EEC) and No 2018/76 the
non-governmental organizations under the 1976                      German intervention agency shall arrange delivery
programme (5) ; Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     from the port of Bremen of one lot of 500 metric tons
2584/76 of 22 October 1 976 (6) provided inter alia for            of vitaminized skimmed-milk powder bought on the
an invitation to tender for delivery to the Arab Repu­             Community market for the Arab Republic of Yemen.
blic of Yemen of one lot of 500 metric tons of vitami­
nized skimmed-milk powder ; whereas the invitation
to tender for this lot had to be cancelled ; whereas               2.    The skimmed-milk powder shall meet :
new measures must be provided for, to enable this
supply to be made ;                                                — as to quality, the requirements set out in the
                                                                        Annex to this Decision,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1298/76 provides in                    — as to packaging, the requirements set out in
Article 2 (2) that, if the amounts of skimmed-milk                      Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No»
powder in public stocks do not have the characteris­                    1108 /68 of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules for
tics necessary for their particular destination where                   public storage of skimmed-milk powder (7), as last
this requires, in particular, the addition of vitamins,                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1457/75 (8).
supply shall be ensured by the buying-in of skimmed­
milk powder on the Community market ;                              3 . In addition the supplier, designated by the
                                                                   private contract referred to in Article 3, shall supply
(!) OJ No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                             5 % empty bags identical to those containing the
0   OJ No  L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p . 9 .                             goods.
(3) OJ No  L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 3.
(<) OJ No  L 224, 16. 8 . 1976, p . 1 .
(5) OJ No  L 224, 16. 8 . 1976, p. 2.                              (7) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34.
h) OJ No L 295, 26. 10. 1976, p. 9.                                (8) OJ No L 145, 6. 6 . 1975, p. 17.
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4. The packaging of the skimmed-milk powder                        2. The intervention agency shall forward to the
shall bear the following inscription in letters at least 1         Commission without delay a copy of such contract.
cm high :
'Skimmed-milk powder enriched with vitamins A and                                          Article 4
D / Gift of the European Economic Community/ For
free distribution .'                                               No refund or compensatory amount (whether mone­
                                                                   tary or accession) shall be granted in respect of the
                           Article 2                               skimmed-milk powder delevered pursuant to this
                                                                   Decision .
Delivery shall be effected from the port of Bremen,
on a date fixed by the German intervention agency                                          Article 5
which must be later than 15 and earlier than 31
December 1976.
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
The goods shall be considered as delivered when they               Germany.
are actually deposited at the place of export at a point
designated by the recipient country or its agent.
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 19 November 1976.
                           Article 3
                                                                                              For the Commission
1 . The German intervention agency shall
determine the forwarding costs of the vitaminized                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
skimmed-milk powder by concluding a private
contract on the least onerous terms possible.                                           Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
              Skimmed-milk powder requirements
              (a) fat content :                                 1 -5 % maximum
              (b) water content :                               4-0 % maximum
              (c) total acidity in lactic acid :                0-15% maximum ( 18° Domic)
              (d) test for neutralization agents :              negative
              (e) authorized additives :                        none
              (f) phosphatase test :                            negative
              (g) solubility :                                  0-5 ml maximum (99 % minimum)
              (h) degree of purity :                            disc B ( 15-0 mg minimum)
              (i) germ content :                                50 000 per g maximum
              (k) colon bacillus titer :                        negative in 0-1 g
              (1) taste and smell :                             clean
              (m) appearance :                                  white or slightly yellowish colour, free from
                                                                impurities or coloured particles
             (n) vitamin enrichment :
                  (aa) vitamin A :                              5 000 I.U . per 100 g
                  (bb) vitamin D :                              500 i.u. per 100 g