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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)402 final
Brussels ,16July 1975
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL •
regarding additional emergency food aid toGuinea Bissau
and Cape Verde Islands
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
onthesupply ofskimmed milk powder as .food aid to
Guinea Bissau andCape Verde Islands under Regulation
(EEC )No3236/74 .
COM(75 )402final

A.GUINEA BISSAU
!• Anurgent request forfurther food aidhasbeen received
from thegovernment ofGuinea Bissau ,tosupplement aidalready
granted thisyearbytheEEC^andother donors .
2. Needs forfood aidincereals forJune/December 1975 are
estimated intherequest atsome 23.000 tons ,mainly rice .This
would beconsistent with amonthly requirement of10kgbyan
2estimated population of600000 v ,after taking into account
planned food aiddeliveries .According toinformation from the
World Pood Programme (WFP),8000tons ofthetotal rice requirement
areneeded with extreme urgency .
3. Milk products requirements aregiven as300tons powdered
milk and500tons condensed milk .This appears conservative ifone
takes thenormal basis of30g/person /day ,even after considering
aiddeliveries inprogress from WPPandEEC .
4. TheCommission therefore proposes thegrant toGuinea
Bissau of2500tons cereals and250tons skimmed milk powder ,
fordelivery cif .Aswith theearlier grant ,theaidwould be
partly distributed free andpartly sold onthemarket ,thepropor­
tions tobenegotiated .
5. Thequantities would betaken from the Sahel reserves
setupunder the 1975 cereals andmilkpowder aidprograms .No
supplementary expense isincurred since the cost ischargeable
toexisting appropriations inthe 1975 budget .Afinancial annex
isattached .
0
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(1)3000tons cereals ,250tons milkpowder ,350tons butteroil ,
delivered cif.(0JL78of27.3.75 ).
(2)excluding 150000refugees from neighbouring countries .

B.CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
1. Therequest from Guinea Bissau referred also tothe Cape
Verde Islands ,now independent since 5July 1975 *
2. According toWPP ,minimum annual needs incereals canbe
calculated atsome 17500tons maize and 2000tons rice ,assuming
apopulation of300000including 90000children ,andanaverage
consumption ofonly 5l/2kg/month .Imports inrecent years have
"been much higher ,reaching 50000tons in1974 »Itisclear inany
case that alarge deficit remains ,even after taking into account
planned andknown foodaiddeliveries' ^.
3- Milk requirements areestimated "bytheauthorities at
200tons milkpowder and300tons condensed milk ,forJune/December
1975 *This also appears very conservative .
4. Inview oftheabove ,theCommission proposes thegrant
totheCape Verde Islands of1500tons cereals and150tons
skimmed milk powder ,delivered cif ,with part tobedistributed
free andpart tobesold onthemarket .
5. Thequantities would betaken from theSahel reserves in
the1975 food aidprograms ,andthecost charged toexisting
appropriations inthe 1975 budget .
C.DECISIONS PROPOSED
TheCommission proposes that theCouncil :
1.Decide togrant asfood aid ,f-ordelivery cif ,
a)toGuinea Bissau 2500tons cereals and250tons skimmed milk
powder ; i:
b)toCape Verde Islands 1500tons cereals and150tons skimmed
milk powder .
1 r>
p.! ••/••
(l)EECfood aid :2500tons cereals ,150tons skimmed milk powder ,
100tons butteroil ,delivered cif (0JL^Sof27.3.75 )•

Adopt inconsequence proposed Council Regulation concerning the
supply ofskimmed milk powder asfood aidtoGuinea Bissau and
Cape Verde Islands under Regulation (EEC)U° 1347/75*
Draft text isattached .

MÎÏEXI
FINAÏTCIAL AMEX
I.COSTOFOPERATION
a)GUINEABISSAU
Cerealsu.a.
Commodity,2500tx.115ua/t„287500
Transport 2500tx40ua/t 100000
Milkpowder
Commodity - 250tx696ua/t 174000
Transport 250tx120ua/t 30000
591500
S39SSS3
b)CAPEVERDEISLAEDS
Cereals
Commodity 1500tx115ua/t 172500
Transport 1500tx40ua/t 60000
Milkpowder
Commodity 150tx696ua/t 104400
Transport 150tx170ua/t 18000
354900
c)TOTAL 946.400
II.APPROPRIATIONS 1975BUDGET
*
Item9201Cerealsfoodaid-1975program 91»3Muc
Item9211Skimmedmilkpowderfoodaid-1975program42,9Muc

АЖЕХII
ALLOCATION OPQUANTITIES IM)ERINTERIMFOODAIDPROGRAMME
FORSAHELANDNEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
A.CEREALS
(1)From1974programme:
Allocated 17OOOt
(2)From1975programme: "
Allocated - 22000t
Reserve 48000t
70000t
(3)Presentproposals :
GuineaBissau 2500t
CapeVerdeIslands 1500t
4.000t
Reserveremaining 44000t
48000t
B.SKIMMEDMILKPOWDER
(1)From1974programme:
Allocated 5000t
(2)From1975programme:
Allocated 7850t
Reserve ■ 1150t
9000t
(3)Presentproposals:
GuineaBissau • 250t
CapeVerdeIslands ' 150t
400t
Reserveremaining 750t
1150t
NOTE:Theabovetabledoesnotcover
(a)ButteroilSahelprogramme(4050t-alifrom1974programmoandali
allocated)
(*>)TheinitialtrancheofaidtoGuineaBissauandCapeVerdeIslands,which
wasdecidedseparatelyunderthoicwcuxluer1975programmes.

ANNEXIII
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC)N° OFTHECOUNCIL
of
onthesupplyofskimmed ,milkpowderasfoodaid"toGuineaBissauand
CapeVerdeIslandsunderRegulation (EEC)N°3236/74
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)N0804/68^of27June1968
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,as
lastamended "byRegulation(EEC)N°740/75^»311(1particularArticle^
§4,thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)N®3236/74^of17December1974
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesupplyofskimmedmilkpowLerasfood
aidtoSahelcountriesandEthiopia,andin'particularArticle1thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°3236/74^^of17December1974onthe
supplyofSkimmedmilkpowderasfoodaidtoSahelcountriesandEthiopia
providedforareservestockof1150metrictonsofskimmedmilkpowder;
whereaspartofthatstockshouldbeallocatedtoGuineaBissauandCape
VerdeIslands; •'
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
(1)OJN°L148of28.6.68,p.13.
!
(2)OJN°L74Of22.3.75»p.1.
(3)OJN°L346of24.12.74,p.4.
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Article1
Thereshall"bemadeavailableasfoodaidtoGuineaBissau2^0metric
tonsandtoCapeVerdeIslands150metrictonsofskimmedmilkpowder
fromthereservestockprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)N°3236/74#
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebeindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1
FortheCouncil
ThePresident