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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)606 final
Brussels.1October1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingDecision82/270/EEConthe1982cerealsfood-aidprogramme
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
INTRODUCTION
1.InitsCommunication of1February 1982 ,theCommission proposed to
theCouncil andParliament anoverall allocation of1087963tonnes forthe
21982 cereals food-aid programme .TheCouncil ,initsDecision of26April ,
approved anallocation of927663tonnes forthis programme .TheCommission
atthe same time stated that itwasmaintaining andwould continue tomaintain
itsinitial proposal regarding both theprogramme anditstotal tonnage .
2.Following theagreement reached onthe1982 Community Budget andinparticular
the "joint declaration bytheEuropean Parliament ,theCouncil andtheCommission
onvarious measures toimprove thebudgetary procedure "^,adecision should
nowbetaken onadditional allocations soastobring the total tonnage inthe
1982 cereals programme uptothefigure specified intheprogramme initially
proposed bytheCommission andsubsequently approved byParliament .
QUANTITIES OFCEREALS AVAILABLE
1
3.Thedifference between thetotal quantity approved bytheParliament (1087963 t)
andthat intheprogramme approved bytheCouncil (927663tonnes )is160300tonnes .
Tothis figure must beadded thereserve under theCouncil programme ;this was
initially 152663tonnes butnowstands at128663tonnes ^.Thetotal quantity
available istherefore 288963tonnes .
1C0M(81)804 final ;4922/82(ALIM 21).
^82/270/EEC;0JNoL120,1.5.1982 ,p.27.
^Signed byrepresentatives ofthethree institutions on1.7.1982 .
Cf. resolution conveying advice oftheEuropean Parliament ontheproposals
oftheCommission totheCouncil concerning thefood aidregulations in1982 ,
..adopted atthesession of20April 1982 (document 6325 /82of21April 1982 ).
Emergency aidalready approved forallocation from the 1982 reserve :
Lebanon ,20000 t;Peru ,2000 tandNicaragua ,2000 t.Total :24000 t.

PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS
4.Accordingly ,theCommission nowproposes asupplementary cereals aidprogramme
which contains part ofitsinitial proposal andalso supplements it.Theproposed
allocations amount to247500tonnes ;thebalance of41463tonnes would remain
inreserve *
5.Under this supplementary programme ,therecipients would "bedivided into
thefollowing categories :
(a)Small countries with atoken entry inthe 1982programme approved bythe
Council
This category comprises five African countries -Cape Verde ,Comoros ,Djibouti ,
Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome andPrincipe -which would receive the same quantities
asin1981 ,i.e. atotal of22000tonnes . '
(b)Small countries notincluded inthe1982 programme
Thecountries inthis category areBenin ,Guyana ,Honduras ,Rwanda andSierra Leone .
Forallthese countries ,itislikewise proposed that thesame quantities be
allocated asin1981 except inthecase ofRwanda (slight reduction ),Benin
andGuyana (increase onaccount ofanexceptional food shortage ).
(o)Agroup offive southern African countries suffering from severe drought
Allthese countries (Botswana ,Mozambique ,Swaziland ,Tanzania andZambia )are ,
according toFAOstatistics ,either affected byexceptional food shortages orare
reoording unsatisfactory crop production levels .Zambia hadnotbeen included
intheCommission 'sproposal because afull request hadnotbeen received .
Mozambique iscertainly thecountry most seriously affected bydrought andits
food situation continues toworsen .

Theincrease of20000tonnes which isproposed here would simply restore the
allocation of45000tonnes whioh wasinitially proposed bytheCommission but
wasreduced to25000tonnes under theprogramme approved bytheCouncil on
26April ^.Tanzania wasallocated 20000tonnes under the1982programme ;a
supplementary amount of5000tonnes isnowproposed *
(d)Speoial allocations forLatin America :direct aidallocations of10000tonnes
forPeru and20000tonnes forsupply viaNGOs toChile ,Costa Rica ,ElSalvador
and Guatemala *
Since Peru hasavery large cereals shortfall ,aidinthis form ismost appropriate
allthemore soasitwill beused toensure food security inareas where there
isahigh risk ofmalnutrition .TheNGO-Chile programme ,also directed towards
theneediest sections ofthepopulation ,merits continued support from theCommunity
(15000tonnes )*Lastly ,thesituation inCentral America andthedeterioration
inthefood position justifies specific Community assistance ;anallocation of
5000tonnes isproposed forNGOs with projects inElSalvador ,Guatemala and
Costa Rica^.
(e)Twocountries whose needs hadnotbeen ascertained when theinitial
programme was drawn up
Theoountries concerned here areKampuchea andYemen (Arab Republic ).Inthecase
ofKampuchea ,theWorld Food Programme (WFP)hasaaked theCommunity toprovide
rice sothat itcancontinue itsprogramme intheregion .Theminimum quantities
still tobecovered would amount toapproximately 30000tonnes forKampuchea
itself and 21000tonnes fortheborder area .TheCommission proposes that
20000tonnes beallocated viatheWPPtobesplit equally between thetwoareas .
Inthecase ofYemen ,anallocation of10000tonnes isproposed ;this ismodest
inrelation totheoountry 'simport requirements ;however ,full reports onthe
implementation oftheprogrammes forprevious years arestill pending .
Note that twoallocations ofemergency aidwere approved forMozambique tobe
drawn from the1981 programme reserve :5000tonnes inMarch 1982 and13581tonnes
inJuly 1982 .
2The intention istoreserve ,against this total ,asubstantial quantity infavour
ofCosta Rica (distribution through NGO's)onthebasis ofcomplete information
ontheprogramme(s )envisaged ,which will besupplied totheCommission by
the NGO 'sconcerned .

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(f)Otherrecipientswhoseallocations had,to"bereducedwhenthe927663tonne
programme wasapproved
TheallocationsinquestionconcernBangladesh,Egypt,Ethiopia,Ghana,Madagascar,
SriLanka,ZaireandtheWPP.Ineachcase,exceptforEthiopia,Zaireandthe
WPP,itisproposedthattheinitialquantities "berestored.ForEthiopia,a
totalof35000tonnesisproposed(initialproposal:30000tonnes),taking
accountofthedeterioration inthefoodsituation.InthecaseofZaire
(15000tonneshadbeenproposedand10000tonnesapproved "bytheCouncil),
certainquestionshavestillto"beresolved.InthecaseoftheWPP,the
Commissionproposesthat,inviewofthelimitedvolumeofcerealsaidcurrently
available,theadditionalallocationbereducedto20000tonnes(10000tonnes
projects,10000tonnesIEFR).TheCommunity'stotalcerealscontributionto
theWPPwouldaccordinglyaincvntto105000tonnes(65000tonnesprojects,
40000tonnesIEFR),whichrepresentsanincreaseof23.5^onthe1981programme.
RESERVE
6.TheCommissionconsidersthatatthisstageinthefinancialyear,itwould
beprudenttoholdinreservebetween40000tonnesand45000tonnesinorder
tobeabletorespondtoanyemergencysituationsbetweennowandtheendof
1982.Itthereforeproposesthatthebalanceof41463tonnes,stillavailable
afterallocationofthe247500tonnesproposedabove,beusedforthispurpose.

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TABLE:StTMWAHYOFPROPOSE!)ALLOCATIONS
(a)CapeVerde
Comoros
Ouine&»Bissau
Djibouti
SaoTomeandPrincipe
(t>)Benin
Gviyana
Honduras
Rwanda
SierraLeone
(o)Botswana
Mozambique
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zaabia
(d)NGOs–Chile ^NGOs-Central America
Pera
(e)Kampuchea(WPP)
YemenAR
fBangladesh
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ghana
Madagascar
SriLanka
WFP
Reserve
ReserveadoptedbytheCouncil
lesssubsequentallocations
Additionalquantities
lessallocations proposed
Finalreserve7000
3000
7000
4000
1000
5000t
3000t
4000t
1500t
4000t
3000
20000
000
000
15000
5
515000t
5ooot
10000t
20000t
10000t
10000
40000
15ooo
5ooo
5ooo
8000
2000022000t
17500t
45ooot
30000t
30000t
103000t
247500t
152663t
24000t
128663t
160300t
288963t
247500t
41463t1CostaRica
ElSalvador
Guatemala

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l'KAtfSÏ'ORT
7.AsintheCommission'finitialproposalforthe1982programme,
transportcostswillbebo:bytheCommunity:
freeatdestination (fad)inthecaseofspecializedagenciesor
landlockedcountries;
cifinthecaseofcountrieswithapercapitaCJNPoflessthan
^250orlessthan$300inthecaseofAfricancountries;
fobinthecaseofallothercountries.
PROPOSALS
8.Tosummarize,theCommissionproposestheallocationofan
additional 160300tonnesofcerealsaidaswellasof87200tonnes
tobedrawnfromthereserveundertheprogrammealreadyadopted*
TheCouncilDecisionof26April1982wouldbeamendedaccordingly
bytheDecisionannexedhereto,whichtheCouncilisrequestedto
adoptassoonaspossiblesothatimplementation canbecarriedout
swiftlyinaccordancewiththebudgetrules.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
amending Decision 82/270/EEGonthe 1982 cereals food-aid programme
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
1Whereas ,inaccordance with theCouncil Decisions 82/77/EEC and
281/407/EEC ,theEuropean Economic Community hasdeposited adeclaration
ofpro-visional application oftheFood AidConvention 1980 andofthe
1981 Protocol forthefirst extension oftheConvention to30June 1983 ;
Whereas certain developing countries andspecialized agencies have
requested food aidintheform ofcereals from theCommunity ;whereas
their situation and that oftheCommunity warrant atotal allocation
of 1087963tonnes ofCommunity aid;
Whereas ,byDecision 82/270/EEC"^,theCouncil adopted aprogramme ofcereals
aidamounting to927663tonnes ;whereas this quantity should be
increased to 10879^3tonnes bywayofanappropriate amendment tothat
Decision -
0JNoL43,15.2.1982 ,p.26.
20JNoL155,1*3.6.1981 ,p.24.
30JNoL120,1.5.1982 ,p.27.

HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
Decision82/270/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1)Article 1isreplacedbythefollowing :
"Article 1
Anamountof1087963tonnesofcerealsshallbemadeavailabletodeveloping
countriesandspecialized agenciesunderthe1982food-aidprogramme,byway
ofCommunityactionaspartofthecommitment bytheCommunityanditsMember
StatesundertheFoodAidConvention 1980."
2)TheannexisreplacedbytheannextothisDecision.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

AMEX
1982CEREALSPOOD-AIDPROGRAMME
(amendedversion)
(tonnes)
Quantities
already
annrnvftfiAdditional
quantitiesTotal
quantitiesDelivery
terms
1.Countries
Angola 10000 10000 cif
Bangladesh I4O000 10000 150000 cif
Benin 5000 5000 cif
Botswana 3000 3000 fad
CapeVerde tokenentry 7000 7000 cif
Comoros tokenentry 3000 3000 cif
Djibouti tokenentry 4000 4000 cif
Egypt 140000 40000 180000 fob
Ethiopia 20000 15000 35000 cif
Ghana 10000 5000 15000 fob
Guinea 10000 10000 cif
Guinea-Bissau tokenentry 7000 7000 cif
Guyema - 3000 3000 fob
Honduras 4000 4000 fob
Kenya 15000 15000 fob
Lebanon 200001 20000 cif
Lesotho 6000 6000 fad
Madagascar 15000 5000 20000 fob
Mali 15000 15000 fad
Mauritania 10000 10000 fob
Mozambique 25000 20000 45000 fob
Nicaragua 2ooo1 2000 fad
Peru 2ooo1 10000 12000 fob^
Rwanda - 1500 1500 fad
SaoTomeandPrincipe tokenentry 1000 1000 cif
Senegal 20000 20000 fob
SierraLeone – 4000 4000 cif
Somalia 35000 35000 cif
SriLanka 37000 8000 45000 cif
Sudan 13000 13000 fob
Swaziland 2000 2000 fad.
Tanzania 20000 5000 25000 cif
UpperVolta 8000 8000 fad
YemenAR - 10000 10000 fob
Zaire 10000 – 10000 cif
Zambia tokenentry 15000 15000 fad
^Quantitiesapprovedafte
2Pordeliveryfobexceptr26.4.1982by1rayofemergencyaid.
for2000tonneiιcif.

I©
AKIT5X(cont'd)
1932CEREALSPOOD-AIDPROGRAMME
(amendedversion)
(tonnes)
Quantities
already
atjnrovedAdditional
quantitiesTotal
quantitiesDelivery
terms
..Bodies
ICRG
L1CROSS
JKnCR
UNRWA
WPP(projects)
WPP(IEFR)
tfFP(Kampuchea)
LTGOs(LatinAmerica)
Reserve
Initialamount
Subsequentallocations
Finalamount15000
2000
62000
42000
55000
30000
10000
152663
(24000)10000
10000
20000
2000015000
2000
620003
42000
65000
40000
20000
300004
(87200)
41463
927663 160300 1087963fad
fad
fad
fad
fad
fad
fad
fad
4Ofwhich50000tonnes
refugeesinThailand..
PorprojectsinthefoljLCostaRica.ElSalvadorfortheAfghanriefugeesinPakistanand12000tonnesforthe
owingcountries:
andGuatemala(p:Chile(15000tn
5000tonnesovera!.nnes)fHaiti(10000tonnes),
1). I