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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)6 final .
Brussels ,20January 1977 •
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
CONCERNING EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR SYRIA .
COM(77 )6final .

Onthe basis ofthe above calculations ,thetotal requirements for a
fchree-mrnth period are asfollows :
5000 tofcereals
700 tofskimmed milk powder
500 tofbutteroil .
It,should benoted that Syria has not asyet received any other aid
tocover these requirements (l)«
The Commission 'sproposals
Inthes ecircumstances ,theCommission considers that theCommunity
should decide onanemergency food aid measure infavour ofSyria ,
designed tocover requirements over athree-month period ,which isin
accordance with the Community 'snormal practice inthis type ofsituation ;
this would involve the quantities mentioned above ,namely :
5000 tofcereals
700 tofskimmed milk powder
500 tofbutteroil .
These products would bedelivered totheport ofunloading .The
quantities involved would becounted against thegeneral reserves under
the1976 programmes (2).
The cost ofthe aid isestimated at1.50 million u.a.,which would
not involve theCommunity inany expenditure inaddition tothat already
prcvided forinthe1976 budget (3)*
(1)i.n1976 ,Syria received normal delivered food aid from theEEC inthe
form of2500t cfcereals delivered fob .The normal aid inthe form
ofcereals proposed for Syria bythe Commission under the 1977 programme
involves aquantity of10000 t{tobedelivered fob).
(?)After this operation infavour ofSyria ,theposition regarding the
197^reserves will beasfollows :k950 tofcereals ,k599 tof
skimmed milk powder and 239 tofbutteroil .
(■*) see theFinancial Annex .

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I. ,Rp"i:eot from the Syrian Government and analysis ofr^n -nren^nt ?
A.Rpnucrst
overnr.ent
tothe
of :
20.000 ofcereals
2.000 ofskimmed milk powder
1.000 ofbutteroil
10.000 ofsugarInview ofcurrents events intheMiddle East ,the G
oftheSyrian Arab Republic has submitted arequest
Community foremergency food aid involving the su^-ol
tofeed approximately pOO 000 people atleast untj ]tie end of
1977 .
B.Requirements
The number ofpeople inneed isconfirmed byinformation ,obt^in^d
from other sources ,according towhich ^00000 Syrians who h-^ve
returned from Lebanon and 20000 Lebanese rdugees inSyri ^srn
inneed offood aid .
The requirements ofthe first group arevery limited (mainly became
they arestaying with relatives orfriends )whereas theneeds of
thesecond group (housed incamps ,schools ,etc.)areconsiderably
grea ter .
Inthese circumstances ,the cereals ,skimmed milk powder and
butteroil requirements ofthe ?20000 people inquestion have
been calculated asfollows :
(i)forthefirst group onthebasis ofdaily rations per r.rson
of100 gofcereals ,15gofskimmed milk powder and 10g
ofbutteroil :
(ii)forthesecond group ,onthebasis ofthe r^aily rations
perperson normally used bytheCommunity (i.e. ^OOgnc
cereals ,J>0gofskimmed milk powder and 20gofbuttero
1)'plinrvi-ar hosnotbeen taken into consideration ,since thin product does not
TV'IrtoftheCommunity 'sregular food aid progi "Times .

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CONCLUSION
Inview ofthe foro~oing itisproposed that the Council ;
(i)approve thesupply toSyria ofemergency food aid intheform
of5000 tofcereals ,700 tofskimmed milk powder and
500 tofbutteroil tobedelivered tothe port ofunloading ;
(ii)adopt the act6 annexed hereto

Annex T
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I-'T?OPOSM FOT?COTTNCII REOULATTON (EE)No. /77
of
<->•1 i-Vin ^linrly ofbutteroil tothe Syri.an Arab Republic asemergency -
food aidpursuant toRegulation (EEC )No.695/76
IMK COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Raving regard tothe Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,
Having rogard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No.69^/76of2SMarch 1^76
laying down general rules for the supply ofmilk fats tocertain developing
countries andinternational organizations under the 1976 food-aid programme
rnd inparticular Article 8thereof ,
Hnving r^gm-d tothe proposal from the Commission ,
(1)OJNo.L8?,30.3.1976 ,p.k.

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC )No.695/76of25March 1976 onthe
supply ofmilk fata tocertain developing countries and international
organizations under the1976 food-aid programme (1)provides for a
reserve of36^0 tons ofbutteroil ;
Whereas theSyrian Arab Republic has requested emergency food aid in
the form ofmilk fats }whereas the needs ofthe country concerned warrant
food aid from the Community .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
ofthe 36^0 tons ofbutteroil provided for asareserve byRegulation
(EEC )No.695/76,500tons shall beallocated totheSyrian Arab Republic
asemergency food aid .
Article 2
This regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
its publication intheOfficial Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly applicable
in sill Member States .
Done atRrussels ,
For the Council
The President
(1)ojNo.L8?,30.3.1976 .p.6

Arm^x IT
DPAFTPROPOSAL FOR COTTNQT Tl-R^O TTLATION (EEC )NO. /l?
of
onthesupply ofskimmed milk powder totheSyrian Arab Republic ss
emorrency food aidpursuant toRegulation (EEC )No.2018 /76
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No.1298/76of1June 1976
laying down general rules for thesupply ofskimmed milk powder as
food aid tocertain developing countries and international organizations
und^r the1976 programme (l),asamended byRegulation (EEC )No.2017/76 (2),
and inparticular Article 7thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ,
Wherecs R^gulati^n (F^C )No.2L18/76of27July 1976 ontheadditional
supply ofskimmed milk powder asfood aid tocertain developing countries ,
international organizations and non-governmental organizations under the
107ft programme (3)provides for areserve of8200tons ofskimmed milk
po'-'der ;
Wh<^rea ^theSyrian Arab Republic has submitted arequest for emergency
food aid inthe form ofskimmed milk powder ;whereas its needs warrant
food aid from the Community ,
(1)OJMo.L146 ,4.6.1976 ,p.3.
(2)OJNo.L224 ,16.8.1976 ,p.l
(3)OJNo.L224 ,16.8.1976 ,p.2.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Ofthe 8200tons ofskimmed milk powder provided forasareserve
byRegulation (EEC )No.2018/76,700tons shall beallocated tothe '
Syrian Arab Republic asemergency food aid .
Article 2
Thjs Regulntion shall enter into force onthe third day following its
publication intheOfficial Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Herniation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

Annex III
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Financial Annex
,H®lpvnnt budr^t h*ndin^cod^s
Article 920 -item 9200 of1977 budget (appropriation =5million u.a.)
Article 921 -item 9210 of1977 budget (appropriation :p.m.)
which will befunded byatransfer within chapter 92orbyasum of
approximately 7million u.a .carried forward from 1976 ,arequest
for which will besubmitted tothe Council .
Titles ofbudget headings
■'■torn 9200 -cereal food aid -previous programmes to1977 .
Item 9210 =milk products food aid -previous programmes to1977'
Legal basis
Couroi.l Decisions of?5March 1976 (1976 cereal andbutteroil programmes
Council Decisions of2-?March and ?7July 1976 (1976 milk powder
■programme ).
υascription ,objective and justification ofthe project
Allocation of5000 tofcereals ,700 tofmilk powder and 500 tof
butteroil tothe Syrian Government .

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5.Appropriations
5.1 Method ofc*lculn.tion
Raw material
Cereals 5000 tx 8?.9°u.a«/t
Milk ?00tx271.2 u.a./t
Butteroil 5°0 txl39^.^9 u.a./t
Transport (onaCIF basis )
Cereals 5000 tx30u.a„/t
Milk 700 tx35u.a./t
Butteroil 500 txbOu.a./t
Total=0.42 million u.a .
=0.19 million u.a .
=0.70 million u.a .
lo31million u.a .
=0.15 miilion u.a .
=0.02 million u.a .
=0.02 million u.a .
0.19 million u.a .
=1.50 ôiillion u.a .u.a .
u.a .
u.a .
5.2 Implications inrespect ofexpenditure
This project would not involve any expenditure inaddition to
that already envisaged for theimplementation ofthe1976 programmes .
6.Type ofcontrol tobeapplied
Financial Regulation of25April 1973 applicable tothegeneral
budget ofthe European Communities .