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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (73)1551 final
Brussels ,11September 1973
PROPOSAL OFTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
EMERGENCY FOOD AIDFOEPAKISTAN ,INDIA AND
■ETHIOPIA
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COM (73)1551 final

VHI/949/73-E
I*EmergencyfoodaidforPakistan .
(a)PakistanGovernmentsrequestand"thefloodtoll
Intwolettersreceived ,on^2S>August,andfurther
communications receivedon5September,thePakistan
GovernmentrequestedtheCommunitytosupplyemergency
foodaidforthevictimsofthefloodswhichoccurred
inPakistanattheendofAugust.
ThePakistanGovernmentrequeststheCommunityto
supplythefollowingproductsinparticular !
(£)asmuchwheatascan"beshippedduringthemonth
ofSeptemberj
(ii)skimmedmilkpowderto"betransported "byairto
meetthevictims*mosturgentneeds;
(iii)"butteroiltohedeliveredwithinthenextfew
months.Information receivedindicatesthat
thesituationisparticularly serious.The
PakistanGovernmentestimatesthefloodtoll'
asfollowsimorethan300milliondollars'
worthofdamage,367deadyover8millionvictims
inall,5millionhectaresofcropslaidwaste,etc.
.(h)Foodrequirements ;
Asaresultofthecontactsestablished by'the
CommissionwithIfflDRO(UnitedNationsDisasterRelief
<Office),whichisresponsibleforcoordinatingaid
duringthefirstpha^eofthereliefoperation,the
•\lattersuppliedthefollowinginformation ?
(i)duringthefirstphaseoftheoperation,i.e.until
r.theend,ofOctober,thefoodstocksavailableonthe
spotbeingtakenintoaccount,the.followingwould
beneededî : -••
.150000-metrictonsofwheat''0
12000metrictonsofedible,oils
x ;''..60000metrictonsofmaizesorghum.
r;• •■■■vegetr.bles ,•.■
3600metrictonsof.skimmedmilkpowder
and'milkproducts."+

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These quantities arecalculated onthebasis that sone eight
totenmillion people (four million children forthemilk )
will need tohefed .
Furthermore ,UEDRO points outthat those products ,inparticular
theoils andskimmed milk powder ,arerequired within thenext
fewweeks .
(ii)forthesecond phaseofthe^operation ,i.e.from
November 1973 totheendofApril 1974 *the
Pakistan Government hasrequested !
1000 000 metric tons ofwheat
27000metric tons ofedible oils
27000metric tons ofskimmed milk powder
500000metric tons ofvegetables ,maize ,
sorghum
Themain offers ofaid sofarhave come from the United States
(lOO000metric tons ofwheat )andfrom Canada (80000metric
tons ofwheat )andvery probably these quantities vrf.ll be
available only forthesecond phase oftheoperation .As
forthefirst phase ,the -World Pood Programme hassaid itwill
supply 9543metric tons ofxvheat and733metric tons ofsugar •
2•TheCommission 1sproposais
r
xnview ofthe seriousness ofthe situation the Commission has
proposed initial emergency food aidintheform ofcereals and
skimmed milk powder ,which canbemobilized within arelatively
short period oftime .
(a)Since theentire .1972/73Reserve ,ofcereals hasbeen
exhausted ,theCommission proposes that ,the10000metric
tons jbfwheat intended forPakistan under the1972/73
programme asnormal food aidbutnotyetdelivered be
,used asejaegency aid..Inother words ,this fobaid ?which
would have hadtobesold onthelocal market ,should
•beconverted into cif aid tobedistributed free of
charge tothedistressed population .Inorder to
compensate fortheloss innormal aidandtoassist
thedistressed population ,adequate quantities would ,
consequently ,beearmarked forPakistan inthe1973/74
aidpicigTSJime forcereals .

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(b)Aidintheform of'skimmed milk powder would amount to15^0metric
tons andwould besetoffagainst theagreement negotiated with theICRC
andatpresent being examined bytheCouncil.' TheICRC ,which hasbeen
requested toundertake this assignment ,replied intheaffirmative but
pointed outthat itwasnotinaposition tosupervise distribution
since there wasnopossibility ofitbeing jaslced todoBObythePakistan
Government *Thus ,itcould only hand over thegift tothat Government
onbehalf oftheCommunity .Under these conditions andpursuant to
Article XoftheAgreement ,itwould berelieved oftheobligations
devolving upon itunder Articles IV(1 )andthesecond indent ofArticle
VII .Ithasfurther been agreed that corresponding quantities would
bereturned totheICRC under theprogramme shortly tobeputbefore
the Council .
Like thecereals ,theskimmed milk powder would bedistributed free of
charge tothedistressed population anddelivered oncifterms .However ,
following therequest putforward bythePakistan Government that the
skimmed milk powder betransported t^yair ,theCommission proposes ,that
theCouncil "leave' theCommission thepossibility ofusing this means of
transport foraquantity ,notexceeding 200metric ,tons 1.TheCommission
would decide .whether this wasnecessary inthelight ofrequirements
when theoperation commences .
II-Briergenc.y food aid for India
Back /Ground
Thefloods have also devastated northern India and ,according topress
reports ,,caused very extensive damage :several hundred dead ,around
10million victims inall ,more than 5million hectares laid waste . •
However ,unlike ,the ...Pakistan Government ,theIndian Government hasnot
sought international aid ,inline with itstraditional polioy inthis
field . .. . . .,
Nonetheless ,theCommission considers that ,forpolitical Eindhumanitarian
reasons ,theCommunity should make aspontaneous offer ofaidtothe
Indian Government ,asithasalready done inthepast inrespect ofother
countries which have suffered natural disasters .
1Thetransport of200metric tons byairwould entail additionalexpenditure of --around 200000u,a »

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IftheIndian Government accepted this offer ,theaidwould
probably "beprovided onthebasis ofasimplified agreement ,
perhaps even solely onthebasis ofadecision ofprinciple
bytheCommunity tooffer aspecifio amount offood aidto
the ,Indian Government .
(2)TheCommission 'sproposals
Inview ofthelack ofprecise information astotheextent of
requirements ,theCommission proposes emergency aidsimilar to
that planned forPakistan ,namely ,10000metric tons ofwheat
and 1500metric tons ofskimmed milk powder (cifdelivery and
distribution free ofcharge ),which ,however ,trould only very
partially meet therequirements since theflood victims number
10million#
The 10000metric tons ofwheat would bedirect aid from the
Community ;this quantity wasallocated totheICRC under the
1971/72programme andthelatter irould agree toleave itat
theCommunity 'sdisposal ontheunderstanding that asimilar
quantity would beallocated toitunder the1973/74programme .
The 1500metric tons ofskimmed milk powder would behanded over
through theICRC inaccordance with thesame procedure asthat
described forPakistan andthesame quantity would also be
allocated totheICRC inthenext programme formilk products .
III.Sncrgency food aid forEthiopia
1«Background
Initsletter of10September 1973 theEthiopian Mission tothe
European Communities requested from theCommunity cereals andskimmed
milk powder asemergency food aidfollowing 1thedrought
from which thecountry hasbeen suffering andwhich hasresulted
inadeterioration inthefood situation .Thedrought hasled ,
inparticular ,toextensive losses ofcattle andhasmade the

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food situation extremely difficult forsome 2000000people ,
including several hundred thousand children .
TheEthiopian Government further requests that acertain
amount ofskimmed mill ?powder "betransported urgently ,by
airtomeet themost pressing needs .
2*TheCommissions proposals ......
Inview ofthesituation described above theCommission proposes
that emergency food aidcomprising 5000metric tons ofcereals
'- · ·Λ
and120metric tons ofskimmed milk powder besupplied toEthiopia !
(a)the5000metric tons ofcereals ,which have been made
available quite recently ,would besetoffagainst the
1972/73programme .Afghanistan ,which should have been
therecipient ofthese 5000metric tons under thesame
programme ,informed theCommission on7September that it
wasforegoing theCommunity ^offer since theoffer wasonfob
terms andnotoafasithadrequested andthat itpreferred to
2besupplied with oils andfats .
(b)The120metric tons ofskimmed milk powder would behanded
over bytheICRC ,which requested this allocation inthe
agreement recently negotiated with it.Asregards the
transport byairofacertain amount ofthetotal ,the
Council could ,asinthecase ofaidtoPakistan ^leave
ittotheCommission whether tousethis means oftransport
foraquantity notexceeding 50metric tons^inthelight
ofrequirements when theoperation commences .
120metric tons ofskimmed milk powder xd.ll feed 100000children
foronemonth with each child receiving adaily ration of40g*
2Theagreement concerning the20000metric tons (fob)tob*oupplied
toAfghanistan under the1971/72programme isstill being
negotiated with theAfghan authorities .
^Thetransport byairof50metric tonswould entail additional
expenditure ofapproximately 30000u.a.

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Inaccordance with "thepractice adopted "bytheCommunity
forexecuting emergency measures ,theCommission would
"begin advance implementation ofthese op*3rations tthat is,
once thenegotiations with therecipient countries had "been
completed andonce appropriate arrangements had "been agreed
with the ICRC ,
Finally ,theCommission reserves theright topropose that
additional measures hetaken infavour ofthese three
countries within theframework oftheprogrammes offood
aidintheform ofcereals andmilk products shortly to
"beputbefore theCouncil .

νΠΐ/949/73-Ε
PROPOSAL FOR
ACOUNCIL DECISION
rninM>ir i
onCommunity financing ofcertain
expenditure concerning emergency food aid
intheform ofcereals forEthiopia ,India
and Pakistan

VIII/949/73-E
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPE/HICOEIUIITTIES,
Havingregard "totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community^
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)Ho1703/72of3
August'1972amendingRegulation(EEC)ITo2052/69onCommunity
financingofexpenditurearisingfromtheimplementation of
the1967FoodAidConventionandlayingdowntherulesfor
Communityfinancingofexpenditurearisingfromtheimplementation
ofthe1971FoodAidConvention,andinparticularArticleVIII(l)
andArticleX(l)thereof?
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasemergencyfoodaidintheformofcerealsshouldhe
offeredtoEthiopiafollowingthedroughtfromwhichthat
countryhassuffered;
Whereas,followingtherecentfloodsinIndiaandPakistan,
emergencyfoodaidintheformofcerealsshouldalsohe
offeredtothosecountries;
Whereas,onaccountoftheemergencyaidnatureofthesemeasures,
theCommunityshouldhearthecostoftransporttotheportsof
destination ;
HASDECIDID:SoleArticle
Forthepurposeofimplementation oftheCommunityemergency
foodmeasuresinvolving10000metrictonsofcerealsforIndia
underthe1971/72programme,10000metrictonsofcerealsfor
Pakistanunderthe1972/73programmeand5000metrictonsof
cerealsforEthiopiaunderthe1972/73programme,Community
financingshallincludethecostoftransportofthegoodsto
theportsofdestination.
DoneatBrussels.19–
FortheCouncil
ThePresident