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Language: en
Date: 1975-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 December 1974 fixing, pursuant to the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3039/74, the maximum amounts for the delivery of butteroil

24. 1 . 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 19/63
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 23 December 1974
                              on the supply of butteroil to Somalia as emergency food aid
                                            (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                               (75/ 54/ 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   Regulation   (EEC)   No
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            3235/74, 34 metric tons of butteroil shall be delivered
  804/68 (>) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                      to Somalia as a matter or urgency pursuant to Regula­
  tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                   tion (EEC) No 530/74.
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
  particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof ;                              2. The butter for the processing shall be taken from
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3235/74 (3) of                       stocks held by the Belgian intervention agency.
  17 December 1974 on the supply of milkfat as food
 aid to the countries of the Sahel and Ethiopia provides                  3 . The butteroil shall as regards quality and pack­
  inter alia for there to be made available to Somalia                    aging satisfy the requirements laid down in the Annex
 500 metric tons of butteroil taken from the reserve                      to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 365/74 (5) of
 stock of 4 400 metric tons provided for in Council                       31 May 1974 on the supply of butteroil as food aid to
 Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (4) of 4 March 1974                           certain developing countries.
 laying down general rules for milkfats as food aid to
 certain developing countries and certain international                   4.      The butteroil is to be packed in canisters of 5 kg
                                                                          each .
 organizations ; whereas Somalia has requested that 34
 metric tons of butteroil be supplied as a matter of
 urgency ;
                                                                         The words to be printed as provided under II (3) (b) of
                                                                          the said Annex shall be, in letters at least 2 cm high,
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         as follows :
 530/74 provides that, in exceptional cases, processing,
 packaging and shipment costs may be determined by                        'Butteroil — Gift of the European Community to
                                                                          Somalia '.
 private contracts ;
 Whereas, because of the sudden worsening of the food
 situation in Somalia, the quantity of butteroil in ques­                                           Article 2
 tion must be shipped with all speed ; whereas, to this
 end, air transport should be used and private contracts                 The intervention agency concerned shall determine
 negotiated for transport to the airport of loading and                   by private contract drawn up on the best terms
 for air transport from a Community airport to an                         possible :
 airport in the country of destination ;
                                                                           1 . the costs for the processing of butter into butteroil,
Whereas, given the stocks held by intervention agen­                           for packaging and of transporting the butteroil to
 cies, the quantity in question may be supplied by the                         the Community airport designated by the interven­
 Belgian intervention agency ; whereas, if the operation                       tion agency, having regard to the means of trans­
 is to be carried through successfully, the Belgian inter­                     port available ; and
vention agency must inform the Commission of the                         2. the costs of air transport from the airport referred
 expenditures incurred and must, to that end, send it a                        to in paragraph 1 to the airport of Mogadiscio in
copy of the private contract or contracts ;                                    Somalia and the unloading costs at this airport.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                                                   Article 3
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,
                                                                         The intervention agency shall send the Commission a
(')  OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
( 2) OJ No   L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                                copy of the private contract or contracts forthwith .
(3)  OJ No  L  346, 24. 12 . 1974, p. 3 .
(4)  OJ No  L  65, 7 . 3 . 1974, p. 1 .                                  (5 ) OJ No L 147, 1 . 6 . 1974, p. 46 .