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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 19 MAY 1981

ON THE 1981 FOOD-AID PROGRAMME ( CEREALS )

( 81/367/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS DEPOSITED A DECLARATION OF PROVISIONAL APPLICATION OF THE FOOD AID CONVENTION 1980 ;

WHEREAS THAT CONVENTION ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1980 ;

WHEREAS THE COUNCIL APPROVED ON 27 JUNE 1980 AN AD HOC ALLOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY ' S COMMITMENT OF 1 650 000 TONNES OF CEREALS UNDER THE FOOD AID CONVENTION 1980 , WHEREBY 927 663 TONNES WOULD BE DELIVERED AS A COMMUNITY ACTION AND THE REMAINDER ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AS NATIONAL ACTIONS ;

WHEREAS CERTAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES HAVE REQUESTED FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF CEREALS FROM THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS THE COUNCIL APPROVED ON 22 MARCH 1977 CERTAIN BASIC CRITERIA FOR SELECTING FOOD-AID RECIPIENTS AND DETERMINING QUANTITIES , OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS ALSO BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER FOR THE AID TO BE USED EFFECTIVELY , ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE IN CERTAIN CASES TO FINANCE CERTAIN TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

AN AMOUNT OF 927 663 TONNES OF CEREALS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES UNDER THE 1981 FOOD-AID PROGRAMME , BY WAY OF COMMUNITY ACTION AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ' S COMMITMENT UNDER THE FOOD AID CONVENTION .

ARTICLE 2

THE COUNTRIES AND AGENCIES TO RECEIVE THIS AID , TOGETHER WITH THE QUANTITIES ALLOCATED AND THE DELIVERY TERMS , SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX .

ARTICLE 3

IN THE CASE OF AID ALLOCATED TO AGENCIES , WHERE SO PROVIDED IN THE CONDITIONS AGREED WITH THE RECIPIENT , THE COMMUNITY MAY ALSO FINANCE DISTRIBUTION COSTS .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 MAY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . F . VAN DER MEI

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ANNEX

1981 CEREALS FOOD-AID PROGRAMME

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RECIPIENT COUNTRIES AND BODIES // QUANTITY ( TONNES ) // DELIVERY TERMS //

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COUNTRIES //

ANGOLA // 8 000 // FOB //

BANGLADESH // 130 000 // CIF //

BENIN // 3 000 // CIF //

CAPE VERDE // 7 000 // CIF //

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC // TOKEN ENTRY //

COMOROS // 3 000 // CIF //

JIBUTI // 4 000 // CIF //

EGYPT // 135 000 // FOB //

ETHIOPIA // 20 000 // CIF //

GAMBIA // 3 000 // CIF //

GHANA // 10 000 // FOB //

GUINEA ( CONAKRY ) // 10 000 // CIF //

GUINEA BISSAU // 7 000 // CIF //

GUINEA ( EQUATORIAL ) // 1 000 // CIF //

GUYANA // 1 000 // FOB //

// TOKEN ENTRY //

HONDURAS // 4 000 // FOB //

JAMAICA // 1 000 // FOB //

JORDAN // 14 000 // FOB //

KENYA // 15 000 // FOB //

LESOTHO // 4 000 // FAD //

LEBANON // 10 000 // FOB //

MADAGASCAR // 15 000 // FOB //

MALI // 15 000 // FAD //

MAURITANIA // 10 000 // FOB //

MOZAMBIQUE // 25 000 // CIF //

NICARAGUA // 10 000 // FOB //

PAKISTAN // 35 000 // FOB //

PERU // 7 000 // FOB //

PHILIPPINES // 5 000 // FOB //

RWANDA // 2 000 // FAD //

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE // 1 000 // CIF //

SENEGAL // 20 000 // FOB //

SIERRA LEONE // 4 000 // CIF //

SOMALIA // 30 000 // CIF //

SRI LANKA // 32 000 // FOB //

SUDAN // 10 000 // FOB //

TANZANIA // 20 000 // CIF //

UPPER VOLTA // 8 000 // FAD //

YEMEN A.R . // 10 000 // FOB //

YEMEN ( DEMOCRATIC ) // TOKEN ENTRY //

ZAIRE // 10 000 // CIF //

ZAMBIA // 15 000 // FAD //

OTHER COUNTRIES // 2 000 // CIF //

BODIES //

WFP ( PROJECTS ) // 55 000 // FAD //

WFP ( IEFR ) // 30 000 // FAD //

UNRWA // 40 000 // FAD //

UNHCR // 15 000 // FAD //

ICRC // 15 000 // FAD //

LICROSS // 2 000 // FAD //

NGO // 18 500 // FAD //

RESERVE // 76 163 // FAD //

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TOTAL // 927 663 //

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