31969R1399

Official Journal of the European Communities 9

No L 179/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.7.69

REGULATION (EEC) No 1399/69 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 July 1969 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats to the World Food Programme

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the amount of aid to be granted to the firms processing the butter and transporting the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European butteroil thus produced should be determined by Economic Community; bringing into competition interested firms established within the Community ; whereas this can be achieved Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ by the tendering procedure; 68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, and in par­ Whereas, for the operation to function properly, ticular Article 6 (6) thereof; provision should be made for the competent authority of the Member State in whose territory processing Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; takes place to be responsible for payment of the aid and for such payment to be made only after the Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 6 (3) of quality and the packing of the product have been Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that special checked, measures may be taken in respect of butter held in public storage which cannot be marketed on normal HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : terms during a given milk year;

Whereas there are large stocks of butter on the Com­ munity market as a result of interventions under Ar­ Article 1 ticle 21 (2) of Council Regulation No 13 /64 /EEC 2 of 1 . Butter which has been the subject of intervention 5 February 1964 on the progressive establishment of measures under Article 21 (2) of Regulation No 13/ a common organization of the market in milk and 64/EEC or under Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) milk products, as last amended by Regulation No No 804/ 68 shall be made available to the World Food 1020/67 /EEC,3 or under Article 6(1 ) of Regulation Programme in the form of butteroil. (EEC) No 804 /68 ; 2. For the purposes of this Regulation 'butteroil' Whereas the additional quantities of butter which shall be a product obtained exclusively from butter those stocks represent cannot be marketed on normal and meeting quality requirements to be determined. terms during the current milk year; whereas, more­ Over, prolonged storage should be avoided because of 3. The quantity of butteroil to be disposed of under the costs entailed; the conditions laid down in this Regulation shall be 35 000 metric tons. Whereas on 21-22 April 1969 the Council decided to include milk products in a food aid programme;

Article 2 Whereas the World Food Programme has made known its requirements of milk fat for its 1969/70 1 . For the purposes specified in Article 1 there shall programme; whereas these fats can be supplied in be granted : the form of butteroil meeting certain quality criteria; (a) an allowance covering the cost of processing but­ whereas the supply of this product free of charge ter held by an intervention agency, including offers an outlet for surplus butter stocks and thus transport costs from the warehouse to the pro­ does away with storage costs for several years; cessing factory and the costs of delivering the butteroil fob , and 1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968, p. 13. (b) a fixed contribution towards the cost of forward­ 1 OJ No 34 , 27.2.1964 , p. 549/64. 1 OJ No 311 , 21.12.1967, p. 14. ing and distributing the butteroil.

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2. The allowance shall be granted to the processor. (b) if a check has shown that the quality and pack­ The contribution shall be granted to the agency re­ ing of the butteroil delivered conform to Com­ sponsible for distributing the butteroil in the recipient munity provisions. countries. 2. Provision may be made for payments on account.

Article 5 Article 3 1 . The amount of the allowance shall be determined The quantities of butter to be mobilized shall be de­ cided in accordance with the procedure laid down in by the tendering procedure. Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, taking into account stocks held by the intervention agencies 2. The competent bodies of the Member States shall and the situation on the butter market. invite tenders according to provisions to be deter­ mined. Article 6 1 . Each Member State shall designate a body respon­ Article 4 sible for implementing the measures laid down in this Regulation. 1 . The allowance shall be paid only: 2 . Payment of the allowance and the contribution (a) if the successful tenderer has fulfilled the obli­ and the check referred to in Article 4 shall be ef­ gations laid down in the invitation to tender. fected by the competent body of the Member State and in whose territory processing took place.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 17 July 1969.

For the Council The President P. LARDINOIS