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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)COM(73 )752final
Brussels ,10May 1973
concerning thesupply ofskimmed milk powder
asfood aid tothe countries ofThe Sahel
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheopening ofnegotiations with the
countries oftheSahel forthesupply of
skimmed milk powder asemergency food and
ontheadvance implementation ofthe
agreements negotiated with those countries
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73 )752final

VIII/541/73-E
Explanatory Mémorandum
A.-GeneralSituation
ThedroughtaffectingthecountriesoftheSahelhasnotonly
considerablyreducedtheharvestsoffoodproducts,"buthas
alsoinmanycasesdecimatedthelivestock.Asoneresultofthis,
thepopulationsaffectednolongerhavetheamountsofmilk
necessaryforsubsistence .
Thegovernmentsofthecountriesconcernedhavethereforeasked
theCommunitytoconsidersettingupanemergencyprogrammefor
supplyingmilkpowder.
ThefollowingdetailshavebeencollectedbytheCommissionjthey
confirmthosecollectedbyotherinternational organizations ,
ν
inparticulartheFAOwhichhaslaunchedanappealtotheworld
community,estimatingthat"sixmillionpeoplearefacingdeath"
asaresultofdrought.
B.Situationcountrybycountry
I-îal.i:
Numberofvictims:2470000people(Gao,Mopti,Kayes,Segon,
Sikasso).FirstissuesoffoodnecossaryattheendofJuly;
thereforebeginloadinginEuropeattheendofMay.
.muritanior
600000victims(Westernregion),
inJuneatthelatest.Firstissuesoffoodnecessary

Niger : >
800000victims ,most seriously intheNorth andinAgades in
particular .First issues offood arenecessary immediately .
Senegal ?
1300000victims (North oftheDakar –Kidira railway andalso
thedepa.r treats ofKedougou ,Tacbacovtida ,Bigncna ,Oussouye , .
llbour aadliioro j.First issues offood arenecessary inJune
atthe Is.bos-c . ....
Chid S '
2:*>0DCOOvictims ("Northern part ofthecountry ).First issues
cff.x>d arenecessary inJune atthelatest .
Upv>er volts ,î
About 600 000 victims .
C.-Proposa?.' from the Cordai s3ion
1)Anwurts tj'bosupplied
Inview ofthecurrent situation intheassociated .&&el countries ,
andoftheir requirements ofskiamed milk pov.ier ,theCommission
proposes toass?gxi thefollovi-ig -amounts ofthis product ,tohe
distributed free ofcharge bothevictims ,"byF2,yofemergency
aid :
Mali , 2100 tons
M'>ny»i +«an -ï«a Pf\C \ ff Mauritania 'SOC
Niger 2530
Ssnegal T40C »
CTiad P/LJO »
«Upper Volta J800 "
13000 "
Various factors have "been taken into consideration inworking out
these amounts .The first factor isthenumber ofpersons affected
ineach country .Thus ,onthebasis ofaconsumption of25gfar
person perday ,theamounts provided forMauritania andUpper Volta
represent four months *supply .

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Had this sole criterion been applied totheother countries ,
larger amounts would have had to "beprovided than areproppsec }..
Owing toproblems oddispatch anddistribution ,pnthespot ,
inparticular owing totherainy season ,allotments tothese
countries have been limited toamaximum of2500 tons each .
Because ofthis ,theCommission reserves theright topropose
supplementary aidif,after distribution ofthese amounts ,
further amounts are needed .
Terms ofdelivery
Theamounts will bedelivered bytheCommunity totheplaces
ofdestination which will befixed inagreement -.with thecountries
ofdestination ,inaccordance with thefollowing details :
–thebullc ,after dispatch byship toanAfrican port ,would
then betransported byroad ,river orrail ;should these
means prove inadequate totransport thegoods insufficient
time ,itwould ,benecessary toconsider thepossibility
ofsetting upanairlift ,beyond thec.a-f *stage ,to
transport thegoods .Some Member States ,using military
aircraft ,forexample ,could carry itout .
-Asnail amount of .200tons (6aircraft-loads )forNiger ,
where thesituation isparticularly serious ,would be
dispatched immediately byairfrom Europe toHiamey ,and
from there toitsdestination -ifnecessary again byair–
ifpossible wi±hin theframework oftheabove –mentioned
programme ;ifthesituation demanded it,itwould beadvisable
toentrust theCommission with thetask ofproviding other
emergency airlifts tothis ortoother countries ,uptoa
ceiling of,forinstance ,another 200tons .
Inview oftheemergency ,procedures bacod oaamutual agrofenent
would beadopted inselecting theundertakings which aretobe
responsible forthetransport ofparts ofthis relief .

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Itisimpossible tofixprecisely thetotal oost ofthis operation .
Nevertheless ,itispossible togive thefollowing estimated break -
Cost ofrawmaterial onworldemarket 420u.a .x13,000 »5j460 .000
Freight costs from theCommunity 15u.a ,x13,000 ■195.000
Transport bysea 50u.a ,x12,800 «640>000
Airfreight ,Community –lianey 550u.a,x 200* 110,000
Internal ground freight *43.2u,a .x13,000 «560000
6965000
This amount does notcover theeventual cost ofsupplementary amounts
which would beairlifted from Europe ,
Budgetary Heading
As .thegoods will betaken from intervention agencies these operations
will befinanced byEAGGF (guarantee section ).
*onthebasis of7*2u.a./tper100kmonanaverage distance of600km.

VI11/541A>E
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)
concerningthesupplyofskimmedmilkpovderasfood
aidtothecountriesofTheSahel
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMIUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)Ho804/68^^of27June1963
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts »aplast
amendedbyRegulation(Ei3C)IIO141l/?1»andinparticularArticle7(4)thereo.;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereasthecountriesofTheSahelhaveinformedtheCommunitythat
thedeterioration intheclimaticsituationhasseriouslyaffeotedtheir
supplyofpowderedmilkandtheireconomicandfinancialsituation,
whereas,consequently ,thereisanurgentneedfortheCommunityto
supplycertainquantitiesofthatproducttothosecountries;
Whereaswhenconsidering thesupplyofskimmedmilkpowderasaforesaid
itisnecessarytota^ceintoaccounttheavailablestocksofthat
productintheCommunityandtheneednottodisturbthemarket}
T'Thereastheavailablestocksheldbytheintervention agenciesare
sufficienttoenable1?000metrictonsofskimmedmilkpowdertobe
supplied;
Whereastoenableeffectiveusetobemadeoftheaid,provisionshould
bemadeforthefinancingofallorprrtofthecostoftransportation
tothedestinations ; :
(1)OJFoL14°',2?Jioièp.13.
(2)OJIToL143,3 p.4-

whereas inview oftheurgency ofthecase itwould beadvisable to
provide that transportation ofthegoods from thewarehouses ofthe
intervention agencies totheir destinations becarried outbymeans
ofaprocedure decided onbymutual agreement ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
11000metric tons ofskimmed milk powder shall beputatthedisposal
ofthe countries listed below and allocated asfollows :
Republic ofUpper Volta
Republic ofMali
Republic ofMauritania
Republic ofNiger
Republic ofSenegal
Republic ofChad1800metric tons
2100metric tons
1800metric tons
25^0metrio tons
2400metric tons
2400metric tons
Article 2
I
Theskimmed milk powler referred toinArticle 1shall befrom milk
purchased inconformity with Article 7(1)ofRegulation (ESC)ITo804/6^.
Article ?
1.For thepurposes referred toinArticle 1anamount shall bepaid
tocover thecost oftransportation tothedestinations asfixed inthe
terms ofapplication .
2.Theamount referred toinparagraph 1shall bedetermined bytendering
procedure .However ,asregards those parts oftheaidwhich are
especially urgent aprocedure decided onbymutual agreement and
involving theleast onerous conditions possible maybeemployed .

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Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshall "bobindinginitsentirety -anddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,t9. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

VIII/540(73)B-4-E
ProposalforaCouncilDecisionontheopeningof
negotiations withthecountriesoftheSahelfor
thesupplyofskimmediailkpowderasemergencyfood
aidandontheadvanceimplementation oftheagreements
negotiatedwiththosecountries
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticles113,114and228thereof
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
Whereasrequestsforthesupplyofskimmedmilkpowderhavebeen
submittedbytheRepublicsofUpperVolta.KaliMauritania,
i . .. ■
Niger.|SenegalandChadbecauseofthedeterioration intheir
foodsituationasaresultofextremelyunfavourable climatic
conditions ;whereastheserequestsforatotalquantityof
13,000metrictonsofskimmedmilkpowdershouldreceivea
positiveresponseandtheCommissionshouldthereforebe
authorizedtoopennegotiations withthosecountries.
Whereas,inviewoftheurgencyoftheneedsofthosecountries,
theCommissionshouldbeauthorizedtobeginthesupplyof
skimmedmilkpowderuponconclusionofthenegotiations .

νΐΙΐ/540(73)Β·4 ~Ε
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS *
*
TheCommission isauthorized toopen negotiations forthe
conclusion ofagreements between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublic ofUpper Volta ,Mali ,Mauritania ,
Nigerj Senegal andChad relating tothesupply ofskimmed
milk powder asfood aid .
Thenegotiations shall beconducted inaccordance with the
directives set out intheAnnex .
.Article 2
TheCommission isauthorized tobegin thesupply ofskimmed
milk powder totheCountries referred toinArticle 1upon
conclusion ofthenegotiations .
Done atBrussels ,19 FortheCouncil
The President

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âNÏÏSX
A.Quantities tobe_supplied
Republic ofUpper Volt a
Republic ofMali
Republic ofMauritania
Republic cfNiger .
Republic ofSenegal
Republic ofChad
B.Termsofsuppl y
Thegoods shall beput atthedisposal oftheRepublics ofUpper
Volta,Mali ,Mauritania ,Niger \Senegal andChad free ofcharge
attheir destinations .
C.Quality andpacki ng
Tobedecided bytheparties but ,inanyevent ,atleast inconformity
with theprovisions contained intheAnnex toCommission Regulation
(EEC)No1108/68of27July 1968 1.
1<0JNoL184 ,29J°.y1968 ,p.34.