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REGULATION ( EEC) No 1501 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 June 1973 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to Bangladesh as Community aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (Bangladesh) 2 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk COMMUNITIES, powder bought in pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 . Such milk powder shall be taken Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European from the stocks held by the Belgian intervention Economic Community ; agency.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall, as regards 804/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ quality and packing, satisfy the requirements laid tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last down in Annex I of Commission Regulation (EEC) amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of No 1 108/ 68 (4) of 27 July 1968 concerning the Accession and the Adaptations to the Treaties, and in methods of public storage of skimmed-milk powder, particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof ; as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/72 (5).

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2721 /72 (3) of The packing of the skimmed-milk powder shall be 19 December 1972 on the supply of skimmed-milk marked in letters at least 1 cm high : powder as food aid provides that there shall be made available inter alia 19 450 metric tons of skimmed­ 'Skimmed milk powder — Gift of the European milk powder for shipment to the People's Republic of Economic Community to the People's Republic of Bangladesh ; Bangladesh'.

Whereas subparagraph (b) of Article 3 ( 1 ) of the said Regulation provides for payment of a sum to cover Article 2 delivery costs up to the point of delivery cif ; whereas the amount of this sum is to be determined by means of a tender procedure ; whereas the intervention 1 . The skimmed-milk powder shall be delivered agency responsible for supplying the milk powder after 19 August 1973 and before 6 September 1973. should be called upon to organize such tender proce­ dure ; 2. The skimmed-milk powder shall be taken from the storage depots listed in the Annex hereto. Whereas, having regard to the stocks held by the inter­ vention agencies and to the situation of the market in skimmed-milk powder, it would seem that the quan­ Article 3 tity in question might be supplied to the People's Republic of Bangladesh by the Belgian intervention agency ; 1 . Tenders shall be invited to determine delivery costs incurred between removal of the goods from the Whereas it is necessary to designate the storage depots intervention agency's storage depot and the time from which the quantity in question is to be taken ; when the presence of the goods in the hold of the ship at port of unloading is verified, such costs not to Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation include unloading costs (for example shifting, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ hoisting, reception costs) of lighterage costs. ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; 2. The Belgian intervention agency shall carry out HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the procedure provided for in paragraph 1 .

3 . The rates of and rules governing any demurrage Article 1 costs at the port of unloading, to be borne by the country of destination and any dispatch money to be 1 . In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No paid to that country shall be specified in the contract 2721 /72, there shall be delivered cif at Chittagong between the successful tenderer and the shipper, and shall be agreed upon in advance between the (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . I1) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (■♦) OJ No L 184, 29 . 7. 1968 , p . 34. (3 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 28 . (5 ) OJ No L 244, 27. 10 . 1972, p . 22.

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successful tenderer and the reception agent in the 2. at least ten clear days in advance, inform the country of destination . recipient country of the expected date of arrival of the ship at the port of destination ; Article 4 3 . have included in the terms of the charter-party a 1 . The Belgian Government shall see that there are provision stipulating that the ship's captain shall, at effective checks to ensure that the skimmed-milk least 72 hours in advance, notify the probable date of powder supplied is actually delivered at the destina­ arrival of the ship in port ; tion . 4. send to the Commission as soon as possible the 2. It shall notify to the Commission as soon as information specified at points 1 and 2 above. possible the name, registered business name and address of the firm to which the contract is awarded Article 6 and the amount of the sum referred to in Article 3 . No refund or compensatory amount may be granted Article 5 in respect of skimmed-milk powder delivered pursuant to this Regulation . The Kingdom of Belgium shall : 1 . notify to the recipient country, as soon as Article 7 possible after the goods have been loaded on board ship, of details of the ship, the loading date, the quan­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tity and the quality of the goods as recorded on ship­ following its publication in the Official Journal of ment and the port of destination ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 June 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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ANNEX

Laiterie coop . Walhorn, 945 t Chemin de la Laiterie 14 , 4711 Walhorn

MS V Lilac, 300 t Genkerbaan 71-75 , 3520 Zonhoven

SV INZA, 475 t Langestraat 121 , 2240 Zandhoven

SC Laiteries Sambre-et-Meuse, 280 t Rue Rivière, 5750 Floreffe