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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)386 final
Brussels .18th June 1982
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING
THE GRANT OFCEREALS FOOD AID TOTHE POPU­
LATIONS OFLEBANON AFFECTED BYRECENT EVENTS
(presented by'the Commission totheCouncil )
C0M(82 )336 final

I.INTRODUCTION
1.TheCommission indicated,initscommunication totheCouncilfor
the1982(1)foodaidprogramme,thatcertaincountrieswouldbedealt
withunderseparateproposals,especially asregardscereals,takinginto
accountparticularsituations ,ThisappliestocerealsforLebanon.
2.Lebanonhasrequestedthefollowingfromthe1982programme :
-22000twheatflour,
5000trice,
4700tskimmedmilkpowder,
2350tbutteroil„
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Thesequantities areforfreedistribution to125,000familiesvictimsor
displaced (around625,000people)inBeirutanditssuburbs,inthesouth
ofthecountryandBekaaandthenorth.
3.Thisfreedistribution programme hasbeenorganisedforsomeyears
bythe"Comitesuperieur desecours"whichreceivedfromtheEECin1981
10000tofcerealsFOB(intheformof3448tofrice),1100tofmilk
powderand1000tofbutteroil (2).
Areporttotheuseofthis1981aidisannexedtothiscommunication .
(1)Doc.C0M(81)804finalof27.1.82.
(2)Tothevalueof4.63MECUatworldpricesand8.09MECUatEEC
prices.

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II.PROPOSAL
TocontinueEECfoodaidtoLebanonandtogiveassistance needed
becauseofthelatesteventssufferedbythecountry,itisproposedto
agreefortheaffectedpopulations theattribution of20000tofcereals
tobedelivered CIF.Thisquantitywillbetakenfromthe1982programmes
generalreserve.
Thecerealswillbedistributed freetothepopulationaffectedbyrecent
events,byseveralspecialist organisations ,tobedetermined bytheCommission
toensureequitable andefficientdistribution oftheaid.
Theworldpricecostofthisfoodaidisestimatedat4.2MECUandthe
EECpriceat5.5MECU.Itisnotasupplementary expenditure asithas
alreadybeenincludedintheprogrammesforwhichcreditshavealreadybeen
agreed.
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**
Inconclusion the
annexedhereto.Commission proposestheCounciladoptstheDécision

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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL DECISION
CONCERNING THEGRANTOFCEREALS FOODAID
TOTHEPOPULATIONS OFLEBANON AFFECTED BYRECENTEVENTS
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeaneconomicCommunity ,,
havingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
whereastheCouncilbyitsDecisionof26April1982hasreserved,within
the1982cerealsfoodaidprogramme,certainquantitiesforemergency and
otherunforeseensituations,
whereasthequantities arestillavailablefromthatreserve,
whereastheCommunity hasreceivedrequestsforemergencyfoodaidfor
thepopulations affectedbyeventsinLebanon,
whereastheCommunityshouldgiveafavourablereplytotheserequests,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Solearticle
Acerealsfoodaidfromthe1982programmes reserveisallocatedasfollows
Beneficiary -Quantity Deliveryconditions
Lebaneseandother 2Qqqqt CIp
populationsQuantity Deliveryconditions
20000t CIF
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident

ANNEX
Delivery and use of EEC food aid toLebanon in1981
1.Food_a2d_de.k2"EÊ^_iQ_12^1_"_L"ËQ 2D
In1981 ,Lebanon received the following direct food aid :
ProgrammesProduce and Arrival dateValue inMillion ECU
quant ities and ships nameWorId
priceEE.C
price
1980 (1) 850 tmilk powder January 81
"Batroun "0.43 1.13
700 tbuttero !1II II0.84 2.73
1981 3,448 triz 4août 81
"Nadag "1.63 2.25
1,100 tlait 1erseptembre 81
"Victoria K"
21octobre 81
"Beiteddine "0.95 1.61
1,000 tbut-
tero !121octobre 81
"Beiteddine "2.05 4.23
Total 5.90 11.95
2.Food aidd|st ri_buted_2n_1 981_2n_Lebanon
This aid (plus abalance of547 tofbutteroil delivered in1980 )have been
distributed bythe "Comite superieur desecours "inthree areas ofthecountry .
a.Beirut and itssuburbs :to50,000 families aration of50kgofflour ,
5kgofmilk powder and 5kgofbutteroil .
Twodistributions were made inApril andJuly 1981 .
(1)Inaddition :
-10000 tcereals from the1980 programme delivered 29.10.80 by"Euro Ferry
anddistributed in1981 intheform of7500 tofflour (value estimated at
1.1MECUatworld prices and1.75 MECUatEEC prices ).
-250 tmilk powder from the1980 programme were delivered 11.8.80 by
"Slanic "and distributed in1980 .

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b.SouthandWestBekaato82,000families.
Thefirstdistribution wasmadeinJanuary1981.Therationsdistributed
were100kgflour,5kgmilkpowderand5kgbutteroil.
Theseconddistribution of5kgbutteroilwasmadeinJuly1981.
Thethirddistribution,inOctober1981,wasof20kgrice,5kgof
milkpowderand10kgbutteroil.
c,Zahleto10,000families.
Firstdistribution (April1981),5kgmilkpowderand5kgbutteroil.
Seconddistribution (August1981),5kgrice,5kgmilkpowderand5'kg
ofbutteroil;
Total:7,500tflour
1,690trice
1,170tmilkpowder
1,580tbutteroiI•
weredistributed in1981to117,000families(around585,000people).
3.Stocks_at_the_end_of_1981
Quantitiesoffoodaidinstockattheendof1981were:
667tofbutteroil (1),
780tofmilkpowder,
-1,758tofrice.
Thesehavebeendistributedatthebeginningof1982.
(1)including547tstockavailable31.12.80anddistributedin1981.