CELEX: 31975R0155
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 155/75 of the Council of 21 January 1975 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public stocks for supply to developing countries

24 .   . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 19/ 3
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 155/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 21 January 1975
              on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public stocks for supply to deve­
                                                        loping countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         tions, institutions and associations in question at
COMMUNITIES,                                                        reduced prices ; whereas, in the case of natural disas­
                                                                    ters, it might prove desirable, for the sake of speed, to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    sell directly to third countries which are prepared to
                                                                    buy on the terms laid down ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas such sale must be made subject to conditions
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder is not
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  diverted from its destination ,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in
particular Article 7 (4) thereof ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of                                          Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that special
measures may be taken for skimmed-milk powder
bought in by intervention agencies which cannot be                  1 . The decision may be taken to sell at a reduced
marketed on normal terms during a milk year ;                       price up to 100 000 metric tons of the skimmed-milk
                                                                    powder bought in pursuant to Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 804/68 for supply to developing coun­
Whereas one feature of the Community market in                      tries to
skimmed-milk powder is the existence of large stocks
held by intervention agencies, only part of which can               (a) international organizations responsible for carrying
be sold on the terms provided for in Article 5 (2) of                    out food-aid programmes ;
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1014/ 68 (3) of 20 July
 1968 laying down general rules for the public storage              (b) non-profit-making institutions and associations
of skimmed-milk powder as last amended by Regula­                        established within the Community and also
tion (EEC) No 121 1 /69 (4); whereas only limited sales                  working the field of food aid .
for export are possible on those terms ; whereas
prolonged storage should be avoided because of the                  2. In the case of natural disasters, the decision may
high costs entailed ; whereas special measures should               be taken to sell directly to the third country in ques­
therefore be taken to facilitate the disposal of the                tion .
skimmed-milk powder ;
                                                                    1. The selling price ex intervention agency storage
Whereas there is a growing need for protein milk                    depot shall be equal to 50 % of the price at which
products in developing countries ; whereas food aid is              agencies are buying in skimmed-milk powder when
provided not only under Community programmes,                       the contract of sale is concluded .
but also by international organizations and by non­
profit-making institutions and associations in the
Community working in the field of food aid for deve­                                         Articlc 2
loping countries which purchase, on the market, skim­
med-milk powder for supply to such countries ;
whereas market prices have risen steeply, so that the               The detailed rules for the application of this Regula­
quantities which were to be supplied for the projects               tion shall , in particular, include :
concerned might have to be reduced ; whereas the
stocks held by the intervention agencies are such that              — the criteria to be satisfied by the organizations,
skimmed-milk powder may be sold to the organiza­                         institutions and associations referred to in Article
                                                                         i ( i );
(') OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ   No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 .                            — measures to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder
(3) OJ   No L 173 , 22. 7. 1968 , p. 4.                                  is not diverted from its destination , which may
(4) OJ   No L 155 , 28 . 6. 1969, p. 13 .                                include the condition that a security be provided ;
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— provisions to ensure that, where the skimmed­                                     Article 3
   milk powder is not distributed free of charge, the
  price reduction granted by intervention agencies is       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
   reflected in the selling price in the third countries     following its publication in the Official Journal of
   to which the product is sent.                             the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 January 1975 .
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                        M   A CLINTON