31973R0900

No L 88/ 14 Otticial Journal of the European Communities 4. 4. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 900/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 April 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk pouwder to Rwanda as Community aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ 1 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2721/ pean Economic Community ; 72, there shall be supplied for shipment to Kigali (Rwanda) 750 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder bought in pursuance to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ No 804/68 . Such milk powder shall be taken from 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization the stocks held by the Belgian intervention agency. of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) con­ 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards cerning the Accession of new Member States to the quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid European Economic Community and the European down in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EEC) Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels On 22 No 1108/68 (5) of 27 July 1968 concerning the January 1972, and in particular Articles 7 (5 ) and 28 methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder thereof ; as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2267/72 (6).

The package of the skimmed-milk powder shall be Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721/72 (4) marked in letters as least 1 cm high : of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid provides that there shall be made 'Lait ecreme en poudre / Don de la Communaute available inter alia 750 metric tons of skimmed-milk economique europeenne au Rwanda'. powder for shipment to Rwanda ; Article 2 Whereas subparagraphs (b) and (c) of Article 3 ( 1 ) of 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be delivered the said Regulation provide respectively for payment after 30 April 1973 and before 16 May 1973 . of a sum to cover delivery costs up to the point of delivery cif and for payment of a sum to cover 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from transport costs from that point to destination ; where­ the storage depots listed in the Annex hereto. as the intervention agency responsible for supplying the milk powder should be called upon to organize Article 3 such tender procedure ; The Belgian intervention agency shall invite tenders Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the for purpose of determining what are the most favour- intervention agencies and to the situation of the mar­ able terms obtained in respect of the sum payable ket in skimmed-milk powder, it would seem that the on account of the cost of transport from the storage quantity in question might be supplied to Rwanda depot of the intervention agency to the destination . by the Belgian intervention agency ; Article 4 Whereas it is necessary to designate the storage depots from which the quantity in question is to be taken ; 1 . The said intervention agency shall see that there are effective checks to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder supplied is actually delivered at the destin­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ation . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; 2. It shall notify to the Commission as soon as pos­ sible the name, registered business name and address of the firm to which the contract is awarded and the amount of the sum referred to in Article 3 . (J ) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14. (s) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . («) OJ No L 184, 29. 7. 1968, p. 34. (4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 28 . (6) OJ No L 244, 27. 10. 1972, p. 22.

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Article 5 3 . At least two days in advance, inform the recipient country of the probable date of arrival of the The Kingdom of Belgium shall : goods at the place of delivery.

1 . Notify the recipient country, as soon as possible Article 6 after the goods have left the port of shipment of the loading date, the quantity and the quality of No refund or compensatory amount may be granted the goods as recorded on shipment, the port of in respect of skimmed-milk powder supplied pur­ unloading and the means of inland transport to suant to this Regulation. be used to carry the goods to the place of delivery ; Article 7

2. At least ten clear days in advance, inform the This Regulation shall enter into force ori the day recipient country of the expected date of the following its publication in the Official Journal of the goods at the place of delivery ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 1973 . For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Liste of the storage depots

S.V. Comelco, Brug Zuid 16,

9880 Aalter