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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheallocation offoodaidincerealsto
Madagascar andMauritius
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )COM(81)362 final
Brussels,3July1981
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Introduction
Consequent uponnaturaldisasters (cyclones,drought)tJie
CommissionhasreceivedrequestsforfoodaidfromMadagascar
andMauritius.
*
TheCommissionherebyproposestotheCouncilthatthe
followingfoodaidbeallocated :
-6000tonnesofcerealstoMadagascar
-2000tonnesofcerealstoMauritius.
Thisaidistobechargedagainstthegeneralreserveunder
the1981foodaidprogrammeanddeliveredtotheFOBstage.
Theestimatedcostoftheoperationsis1350000ECUfor
theaidtoMadagascar and392000ECUinthecaseoftheaidto
Mauritius. ,Consequent uponnaturaldisasters (cyclones,
Commissionhasreceivedrequestsforfoodaidfrom
andMauritius.

1.
A.Madagascar
Asaresultofadroughtaffectingtheplateauregionof
theDemocraticRepublicofMadagascar,notablytheareaaround
LakeAlaotra,thecountryhasrecentlyaskedtheCommission
forfoodaidintheformof30000tonnesofriceand
20000tonnesofflour.
BetweenOctober1980andFebruary1981,thecrucialperiod
forriceplanting,lessthan60%ofthenormalamountofrainfell,
withtheresultthatproduction wascutbyhalfintheregion
concerned,whichisthemainrice-growing area,sendingcloseon
100000tonnestoAntanarivoeachyear.
Asaresultofthepoorcrop,Madagascar'sriceimports,
whichhavebeenveryhighforthelasttwoyears,willprobably
exceed200000tonnesthisyear,andthiswillplaceanintolerable
burdenonthecountry'sslenderforeigncurrencyreserves.Witha
viewtopartiailyremedyingthissituation,theMalagasy
Governmentproposestoimportseedsoffast-growing varieties,
whichwillmakeitpossibleforsomericetobegrownoutof
season.
Nevertheless,therewillbeasubstantial cerealshortfall
andtheCommissionconsidersthatitwouldbeadvisabletomake
availabletoMadagascar acertainquantityofcerealsintheform
ofricefromthereservesearmarkedunder
the1981foodaidprogramme.

2.
Itshouldbepointedoutthatunderthe1981foodaidprogramme
15000tonnesofunprocessedcerealsissetasideforMadagascar,
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whichisaround5000tonnesriceequivalent.TheCommissionconsiders
thatthecountryshouldbe'givenadditionalaidintheform
of6000tonnesofunprocessedcereals,equivalenttoaround2000
tonnesofrice,tobedeliveredCIF. '
B.Mauritius
*'
ThecycloneswhichhitMauritiusin1980causedmajordamageto
agriculture aswellastobuildingsandservices.Effortstore-seed
orre-plantwerenullifiedbysuccessivecyclonesandfloods.The
country'slowforeigncurrencyreserveshadtobeusedtopayfor
importsofthemostessentialfoodstuffs.Theresulthasbeena
worseningofthepaymentsimbalance,sothatnowtheMauritian
Governmentiswithoutthemeanstopayfortraditional cerealimports.
Whendrawingupthe1981foodaidprogramme,theCommission
lookedattheprecedingyearscommercialimportsanddecidedthatit
wasnotnecessarytoproposefoodaidintheformofcereals.
However,inviewofthecountry'sdwindlingforeignexchangereservesas
aresultofthesjccessivenaturaldisasterstheCommunityshouldrespond
morefavourablytotherequestforemergencyaidfromtheMauritian
Authorities .
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3.
accordingly,theCommissionconsidersthattheCommunityshould
makeavailabletoMauritiusfoodaidiritheformof2000
tonnesofcerealsfromthereserveunderthe1981programme,soasto
coverpartoftheneedsofthiscountry,whichinnormaltimesimports
around63000tonnesofwheat.
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C.Conclusion
TheCommissionproposesthattheCouncildecide:
-tomakeavailabletotheDemocraticRepublicofMadagascar aquantity
of6000tonnesofcerealsforsaleonthelocalmarket;
-tomakeavailabletoMauritiusaquantityof2000tonnesforsaleon
thelocalmarket;
-tocoverthecostsoftransportingthisaidtotheFOBstage.
Thequantitiesinquestionaretobechargedagainstthegeneral
reserveunderthe1981foodaidprogramme-

Proposalfora
£QyN£IL_DE£ISION
on-theallocation offoodaidincerealsto
Madagascar andMauritius
I
TheCouncilofthe-EuropeanCommunities,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic Commu­
nityandinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
1
WhereasbyitsDecision 81/.../EECtheCouncil,inthecontextofthe
1981cerealsfoodaidprogramme,reservedcertainquantitiesforemer
gencyoperations andotherunforseensituations ;
Whereasacertainquantityisstillavailable underthatreserve;
WhereastheCommunity hasreceivedcertainrequestsforemergency
foodaid;
WhereastheCommunityshouldrespondfavourably tothoserequests,
>decided; * '
Sole_Arti.cle
Emergencyfoodaidincerealsfromthereserveofthe1981programme
shallbeallocated asfollows: »
(1)0J

-2-
S££2Q2§Q£ ^£2. D6tiy0ry terms
Madagascar ■ 6000
Mari tius . 2000
Done atBrussels
For the Council
The PresidentF0B
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