25.11.81 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL338/37
COMMISSION DECISION
of11November 1981
onthetransportofcommonwheattotheRepublicofZambiaasfoodaid
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(81/944/EEC)
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.TheBundesanstalt furlandwirtschaftliche Mark­
tordnung(BALM),D-6000Frankfurt/Main,Adisckes­
allee40(interventionagency),shallconcludeoneor
moredirectawardcontractsforthetransportfrom
EastLondonof15000tonnesofcommonwheat
destinedfortheRepublicofZambia,namely15000
tonnesdeliveredunloadedatLusaka.
2.Inconcludingthedirectawardcontract,the
BALMmustseekthemostfavourableconditions .
Article2THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1949/81(2),andinparticular
Article28,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975layingdownthecondi­
tionsforthemobilizationofcerealsasfoodaid(3),and
inparticularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
696/76of25March1976derogatingfromRegulation
(EEC)No2750/75inrespectofmobilizationproce­
duresforcerealstobesuppliedasfoodaid(4),
Whereas,bymeansofRegulation (EEC)No
3183/81(5),theCommissionhasopenedaninvitation
totenderforthesupplyciftotheportofEastLondon
of15000tonnesofcommonwheatdestinedforthe
RepublicofZambiaasfoodaid;
Whereasthesegoodsmustbetransportedfromthe
portofEastLondontotheirfinaldestinationof
Lusaka;
Whereas,inordertosatisfytheparticularrequire­
mentsofthemeasureinquestion,andtotakeaccount
oflocaltransportconditions,useshouldbemadeofa
quickerandmoreflexibleprocedurethantheinvita­
tiontotender;whereas,therefore,theintervention
agencyresponsibleforthetenderingprocedureforthe
supplycifshouldbeallowedtoconclude,fordelivery
tothefinalstage,contractsrelatingtoallorpartof
thetransporttobecarriedout;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,1.Asecurityof6ECUpertonneofproductshall
belodgedbythepartyconcernedatthetimeofthe
signatureofthecontract.Itshallbereleasedon
completionoftheoperationsinquestionandas
regardsthequantitiesnotdeliveredintheeventof
forcemajeure.
2.Thesecurityreferredtoinparagraph 1maybe
lodgedincashorintheformofaguaranteegivenby
acreditestablishment satisfyingtherequirementslaid
downbytheMemberState.
Article3
Theinterventionagencyshallrequirethefollowing
informationfromthepartyconcerned :
(a)aftereachshipment,anattestationdetailingthe
quantitiesloaded,thequalityoftheproductsand
theirformofpacking;
(b)thedateofdepartureandthedatesetforthe
arrivaloftheproductsattheirdestination ;
(c)anyincidentwhichmayoccurduringtransportof
theproducts.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL198,20.7.1981,p.2.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(4)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.8.
5OJNoL318,7.11.1981,p.10.

NoL338/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.11.81
DoneatBrussels,11November1981. Theinterventionagencyshallforward,assoonasit
hasreceivedthem,theaboveparticularstothe
Commissiontogetherwithacopyofthedirectaward
contract.
Article4FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommissionThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.