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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75 )480final
Brussels ,25September 1975
COMMUNICATION FORM THE COMMISSION
TOTHE COUNCIL
ONFOOD ".AID INTHE FORM OFSKIMMED-MILK
POWDER AND CEREALS THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTEE OFTHE RED CROSS FOR DISTRESSED SECTIONS OF
THE POPULATION ININDIA
COM (75)480final

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Summary
TheCommission hereby requests theCouncil todecide ontheallocation of 1000 t
ofskimmed-milk powder and 3534 "tofcereals totheInternational Committee of
theRed Cross asfood aidforcertain distressed sections ofthepopulation in
India .These quantities would bedelivered cifunder theagreement of
3February 1975 concluded between theEECandtheICRC .

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inaletterdated30June1975"theInternational CommitteeoftheRedCross
requested,undertheagreementconcludedwithiton3February 1975»"theallocation
totheIndianRedCrossofcertainquantitiesoffoodaidintheformof1000t
ofskiramed-milk powderand3534"tofcereals.
2.The1000tofskimmed-milk powderreqxiestedbytheICRCismadeupasfollows:
(a)760tofmilkfor550centreswithatotalpopulationof110000people(women,
children,elderlypeople);theprogrammeistolastapproximately sevenmonths
andthemilkistobedistributedattherateof1kgperpersonpermonth;
(b)240tofmilkfor45centresforPakistanirefugeesintheStateofRajasthan;
theprogrammeistolastoneyearwithadistributionof1kgofmilkperpersonpa*mcnth
for20000people(women,children,elderlypeople,sickpeople).
3.Concerningthecereals,theICRCisrequesting 1400tofwheatgrainand
2134"tofhuskedricesothattheIndianRedCrosscancontinueforafurther
sixmonthswithitsdistribution programmes-itsfoodstockswillbeexhausted
byAugust1975-"totheneedypopulationofthethirteenIndianStatesaffected
bydrought.
Thetotalrequest,therefore,isfor3534tofcereals(thebalanceofthe
quantityavailableundertheagreementof3February1975)•
4.Inaccordancewiththetermsoftheagreement,deliverywillbemadecifport
ofunloading.
5.Thisprogrammemaybeassessedatapproximately 1560000u.a.atworld
prices,tobechargedagainstChapter92ofthe1975Budget.Thissumdoes
notinvolveanynewbudgetaryexpendituresinceitfallswithintheagreement

concluded with theICRC on3February 1975 aspart ofthe 1974 food aidprogrammes .
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PROPOSED DECISION
Inconclusion ,theCommission proposes that theCouncil decide togrant the
International Committee ofthe Red Cross food aid inthe form of :
1000 tofskimmed-milk powder and
3534 tofcereals
to "bedistributed free ofcharge todistressed sections ofthepopulation inIndia ,
tobedelivered cifport ofunloading ,under theagreement signed on3February 1975
with the ICRC .