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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2020/88

of 7 July 1988

permitting suppliers of Community food aid to purchase skimmed-milk powder from the intervention agencies and derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,

Whereas, in view of the situation on the market for skimmed-milk powder, prices are such that it appears difficult to meet food-aid supply requirements; whereas giving suppliers of such food aid the possibility of purchasing intervention powder at the prices fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 of 10 September 1976 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1384/88 (4), must result in less pressure on prices accompanying tenders lodged for Community food aid; whereas a derogation should be provided for along such lines from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76; whereas the Commission is always able to turn down tenders which are too high in terms of the said derogation; whereas it should be specified that the food-aid suppliers concerned are those defined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 (5);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76, each supplier of Community food aid may purchase from intervention agencies in a Member State skimmed-milk powder held by the latter which entered storage before 1 September 1987.

The sale shall be subject to the presentation of proof in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2330/87 (6) that the party concerned is a supplier of the same quantity of skimmed-milk powder.

Article 2

Article 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 shall apply.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply to supplies allocated after that date.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27.

(3) OJ No L 249, 11. 9. 1976, p. 6.

(4) OJ No L 128, 21. 6. 1988, p. 18.

(5) OJ No L 204, 25. 7. 1987, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 210, 1. 8. 1987, p. 56.