31973R1028

No L 103/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 4 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1028 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 April 1973 on the supply of skimmed milk powder to the Arab Republic of Egypt as Community aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) COMMUNITIES , No 804/68 , shall be delivered to Alexandria (Arab Republic of Egypt). Such milk powder shall be taken Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European from the stocks held by the French intervention Economic Community ; agency .

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ 68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ 2. The skimmed milk powder shall, as regards quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) down in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EEC) concerning the Accession of new Member States to No 1 108/68 (5), of 27 July 1968 concerning the methods of public storage of skimmed milk powder, the European Economic Community and the Euro­ as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 454/73 (6). pean Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Articles 7 ( 5) and 28 thereof ; The packaging of the skimmed milk powder shall be marked in letters at least 1 cm high : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (4) of 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid provides inter alia that 2 000 ' Lait écrémé en poudre/ Don de la Communauté metric tons of skimmed milk powder shall be économique européenne à la république arabe supplied to the Arab Republic of Egypt ; d'Egypte .'

Whereas Article 3(l)(b) of the said Regulation provides for payment of a sum to cover delivery costs Article 2 up to the cif stage ; whereas the amount of these costs is to be determined by means of a tendering proce­ dure ; whereas the intervention agency responsible for 1 . The skimmed milk powder shall be delivered supplying the milk powder should be called upon to after 30 May 1973 and before 16 June 1973 . organize such tendering procedure ;

Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­ 2. The skimmed milk powder shall be taken from vention agencies and to the situation of the market in the storage depots listed in the Annex hereto. skimmed milk powder, the French intervention agency is in a position to supply the quantity in ques­ tion to the Arab Republic of Egypt ; Article 3 Whereas it is necessary to designate the storage depots from which the quantity in question is to be taken ; 1 . A tendering procedure shall be held to determine delivery costs incurred between removal of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the goods from the intervention agency's storage are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; depot and the time when the presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at port of unloading is verified, such costs not to include unloading costs (for example shifting, hoisting, reception costs) or lighterage costs. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. The French intervention agency shall carry out Article 1 the procedure provided for in paragraph 1 .

1 . In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3 . The rates and rules for any demurrage costs at 2721 /72, 2 000 metric tons of skimmed milk powder the port of unloading to be borne by the country of destination and any dispatch money to be paid to that (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (5) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p. 34. (4) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 28 (6) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 7.

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country shall be specified in the contract between the loading date, the quantity and the quality of the successful tender and the shipper, and shall be agreed goods as recorded on shipment, and the port of upon in advance between the successful tenderer and destination ; the reception agent in the country of destination . 2. at least ten clear days in advance, inform the recip­ ient country of the expected date of arrival of the Article 4 goods at the port of destination ; 1 . The intervention agency shall take effective 3 . at least two days in advance, inform the recipient supervision measures to ensure that the skimmed country of the probable date of arrival of the goods milk powder supplied is actually delivered to the port at the port of destination . of destination . 2. It shall notify to the Commission as soon as Article 6 possible the name, business name and address of the No refund or compensatory amount may be granted firm to which the contract is awarded and the amount in respect of skimmed milk powder supplied pursuant of the delivery costs referred to in Article 3(1 ). to this Regulation .

Article 5 Article 7 The French intervention agency shall : This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 1 . motify to the recipient country, as soon as possible following its publication in the Official Journal of after the goods have left the port of shipment, the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 April 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

— Magasins généraux à Chateauroux (Indre) — Centrale laitière de Penthièvre à Crehin (Côtes-du-Nord) — Entrepôts généraux d'Arnor à Guingamp (Côtes-du-Nord) — Magasins généraux à Roubais (Nord) — Société anonyme Maury Potmaugis — Sedan (Ardenne) — Prospérité fermière à Saint Pol sur Terrenoire (Pas-de-Calais) — SA.R.S.O. Villeneuve sur Lot (Lot-et-Garonne) — Les Docks sur Sursol — Montreuil-Belay — (Maine-et-Loire)