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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)407 final
Brussels/14July1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onthegrantingofemergencyfoodaid(cereals)
itotheKingdomofMorocco
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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PROPOSAL . ■
FORA.-COUNCILDECISION
ONTHEGRANTING OFEMERGENCY fOODAID(CEREALS).
TOTHEKINGDOMOFMOROCCO
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,/^
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCouncil,byDecision81/367/EECof19May1981onthe1981food
1aidprogramme (cereals),setasidecertainquantitiesforemergencies
andotherunforeseensituations;
Whereasquantitiesarestillavailableunderthatreserve;
WhereastheCommunityhasreceivedarequestforemergencyfoodaid;.
WhereastheCommunityshouldrespondfavourably,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
SOLEARTICLE
Emergencyfoodaidintheformof7500tofcerealsfromthereserve
underthe1981programmeshallbeallocated,,anddeliveredcif,tothe
KingdomofMorocco. .
DoneatBrussels, '.
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FortheCounciI
ThePresident
1.0JNOL141,27.5.1981,p.37

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Y
Moroccoexperienced anexceptional droughtthisyear,astherewas
averyseriousshortageofraininmostregions(between44%and
'52%oftheaverageforthelastfouryears).Combinedwiththepoor
weatherinDecemberandJanuary,thishashadveryseriouseffects
ontheentireagricultural sector,andparticularly oncrops.
In1980/91cerealproduction shouldreachamaximumof2milliont
(asagainst4.5milliont<in1979/80),causingatotalshortfallof
4milliont,inrelationtototalconsumption requirements of6mil-
liont.
Ifcommercial importsaredoubled(expectedtobe3.5milliontin
1981,asagainst1.7milliontin1980)>thisshortfall maybere-
1ducedto500000t.
Otheragricultural sectors(livestock,citrusfruit,sugarproduction,
oil,etc.)havealsobeenhit,andtodealwiththissituationthe
Moroccanauthorities havesetupanemergencyaidplantohelpthe
farmingpopulationaffectedbythedrought.
Ourfoodaidwouldbeusedaspartofthisprogrammeofaidforthe
2victimsofthedrought.
1.Thisverylargeincreaseincommercial importswillplaceasevere
strainonthecountry'sbalanceofcurrentpayments,whichin1979
showedadeficitofUS1500million. ?
2.ItshouldbenotedthattheWFPhasprovidedemergencyfoodaidin
theformof20000tofcerealsfor556000people.

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II.POSSIBLE COMMUNITY ACTION ,
FollowingMorocco'srequest,itisproposedthatfoodaid,in
theformof7500tofcerealstobedeliveredcif,beallocated
1tothatcountry.
Thisquantity,whichrepresentstherequirementsof166000people
overthreemonths,correspondstoabout10%ofthegeneralreserve
asdecidedonbytheCouncilon19May1981underthecerealspro­
gramme.
Thecostofthisoperation,whichmaybeestimatedat1295000ECU,
doesnotinvolveadditionalexpenditure,sinceitcanbefinancedby
fundsavailableunderthegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities
for1981.
III.CONCLUSION
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TheCommissionproposesthattheCouncildecide:
i.togrant7500tofcerealstotheKingdomofMorocco;
ii.topaythetransportcostsofthisaiduptothecifstage.
Thisquantityistobetakenfromthegeneralreserveofthe1981
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foodaidprogramme.
1.Underthe1981programme,foodaidintheformof1500tof
skimmedmilkpowderand200tofbutteroilfordistribution
freeofchargetotheneedyhasbeenmadeavailabletoMorocco.
Thevalueofthisaidmaybeestimatedat1.38millionECUat
worldpricesand2.92millionECUatinternalprices.Itisin
theprocessofimplementation .
2.Attherateofa500grationperpersonperday.