CELEX: 51979PC0762
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Date: 1979-12-31
Title: COUNCIL DECISION CONCLUDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES (UNRWA) ON AID TO REFUGEES IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE NEAR EAST FOR THE YEARS 1979 AND 1980#COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO UNWRA AS FOOD AID (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(79)762 final
                                                 Brussels , 51 December 1979
                    ,.          COUNCIL DECISION
     . CONCLUDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
       AND THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFU
       GEES ( UNRWA ) ON AID TO REFUGEES IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE NEAR EAST
                           FOR THE YEARS 1979 AND 1980
                            COUNCIL . REGULATION ( EEC ?
                  ON THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO UNWRA AS FOOD AID
                  ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(79 ) 762 final
 ---pagebreak---                           I. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this Commission communication is to propose that the Council
authorize the continuation, for 1979 and. 1980, of the assistance given
by the Community to the United Nations Relief and. Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA) under the mult iannual Convention concluded
                        *                                                   ^
with that agency on 20 July 1976, with effect from 1 July 1975 , and
subsequently renewed each year , most recently on 21 December 1978 for the
year 1978 ( see Annexes I, II, III and IV ).
This communication also puts . forward a proposal for a regulation on the
 supply to UNRWA of 6 086 t of white sugar as food aid.
 It is proposed that a Convention be concluded with the UNRWA for 1979
 and 1980, replacing, with some amendments , the previous Convention .
 As regards sugar , the proposal is to continue providing similar quantities ,
 but for a two–year period ( 1 979 and 1980) rather than three years as
 previously.  1                                                            •*'
 OPERATION 0P_THE_C0N7ENTI0N IN_THE_Pm^D JAm^-DEC]MBERJ9781
 1.  Basic Rations Programme
 The 6 000 t of sugar programmed for 1978 was delivered in January of that
 year and distributed during the year as a monthly ration of 600 g a head,
 the average number of recipients being 825 000.
The other EEC contributions to the Basic Rations Programme ( 27 300 t of
 wheat flour and 3 200 t of butteroil ) came from non–Convention sources
 under the normal food aid procedures ( annual programmes and exchange of
 official letters incorporating standard terms ).
  This Convention was renewed each year for a one-year period, the period
. in question ( January-December 1978 ) being the last renewal .
 ---pagebreak---  2.   Supplementary Feeding Programme *
This programme , designed to assist the most vulnerable among the refugees ,
 continued more or less as usual in 1978, with skimmed–milk powder, hot
meals and extra rations going to young children, pregnant women, young
mothers , tuberculosis sufferers and other types of patient .
 As regards actual distribution, numbers of recipients fell off slightly,
 probably because of the improved economic situation in certain countries
 in this region, and the fact that Ramadan fell in August .
This meant that a residue of 360 t of wheat flour, 24 t of rice and
 16 t of sugar, which otherwise would have gone to waste, could be
 distributed under the Basic Rations Programme .
  Skimmed milk, whioh had previously been distributed in liquid form, is
 now provided as milk powder by the Mother and Child Health Clinics .      This
 new arrangement , adopted as a response to problems encountered in the
 distribution of liquid milk, will increase requirements to about
 1 100 t a year .
 3.   Cash contribution to the Supplementary Feeding Programme
 In 1978 expenditure in connection with the Supplementary Feeding Programme
 totalled US      284 456, broken down as follows :
                                                                  US J5
 – purchase of preserved foodstuffs                              550 423
 – other expenditure                                           2 720 449
    of which staff oosts ( remuneration)            ,1 98O 812
  Net expenditure in 1978 ( after deduction of debt recovery) was US fo 242 456
 as against a total paid–up contribution of US /$3 384 600.
 There was thus a surplus contribution of US ,#142 144, whioh will be deducted
 from the 1979 contribution ^( see Annex V).
^ Plus a further US       000 for capital expenditure ( replacement of
   deteriorated premises ) which is normally excluded from the EEC 's cash
   contribution.    Thus the total to be deducted from the 1979 contribution
   is US £191 144 .
1
    Including initially 135 T. of sugar .
 ---pagebreak--- 4.   Emergency aid for South Lebanese refugees
A decision was "taken on 27 April 1979 "to provide 1 460 t of cereals and
40 t of butteroil through the UNRWA for Lebanese refugees , following
the conflict in South Lebanon.     Distribution in the field has run into
numerous difficulties ( intermittent fighting, continual movement of the
population). It has been possible to distribute 500 t of wheat flour
and 26 t of sugar to refugees, while the remainder ( 500 t of flour,
14 t of sugar and 40 t of butteroil) has been used either as part of
the normal programme or for emergency distribution in South Lebanon in
the course of the year.
   Plus 40 t of sugar, set off against the 6 153 t earmarked for UNRWA
  under the three–year Convention.           .
 ---pagebreak---                                       - 4 ~
   1979 AND 1980 REQIJStJrs AND PROPOSED ACTION
                           1
  1•     UMWA*s ' requests                              •
  UHRWA has asked the Commission to continue :
  ( a) Contributing to the Basic Rations Programme and. defraying some of the
                                                                           ?
  transport costs .      The 1979 requests for cereals and milk products     have
  been examined in connection with the 1979 programmes .        UNRWA 's 1980
  requests are for:
        36 700 "t of unprocessed cereals      "
         1 350 "t of skimmed–milk powder                                 . .
         4 000 "t of butteroil
         6 000 t of sugar
  These supplies will provide some 825 000 refugees with a monthly per capit a
. ration of 5-7 kg of flour and 375 g of butteroil .        The skimmed–milk powder
  will be distributed to about 56 000 hardship cases , who will each receive
  2 kg a month .
  For a complete programme ( approximately 10 kg per person/month ), the annual
  cereals requirement would be about 100 000 t .       In 1980, therefore, UNRWA
  is restricting itself to a slight inorease in the cereal ration ( up from
  5 kg to 5.7 kg), supplying supplemented rations of 2 kg per person/month
  to about 56 000 hardship cases among the recipients, and raising the
  butteroil ration from 325 g to 375 S Per person/'' month .                   1
          • • '      •                                     -I
  UI'j RWA is also asking for a cash contribution of US ^35 per tonne for 1979
  and US $40 per tonne for 1980, to cover interna! transport and distribution
  costs .
  1
    As the 1979 request for foodstuffs ( cereals , slciramed-^ilk powder and
    butteroil ) was dealt with in connection with the 1979 progr-armes , it
    is mentioned here only for the record.      As far as these products are
    concerned, therefore , the only new element is the r.-"*0 request .
  2
    For 4-0 000 t of unprocessed cereals f 700 t of skimmed–milk powder, and
    3 200 t of butteroil .
 ---pagebreak---  ( b ) Supplying the products required ( flour:       2 150 t ;   rice:    152 t ;
"butteroil :      165 t ;   skimmed-oailk powder:  900 t and sugart      86 t ) for
the Supplementary Feeding Programme , and contributing to the cost of
 purchasing other products ( mainly in the EEC ), and to the running costs of
the programme .                                            ,
 ( c ) Financing the purchase of the following with a cash contribution of
 US $3 457 200' in 1979 and US $4 097 000 in 1980:
   ( i ) preserved foodstuffs ( approx. 320 t corned beef , 26 t tomato pastel-
          pulses, • burgh ol ), the first two produots to be bought in the EEC .
      . ■ Estimated costj US $599 600 ( in 1979 )*
                                                                    v
 ( ii ). other foodstuffs, supplies, rental of premises , contractual services
          and staff costs ( the largest item). Estimated oost : US $2 881 000
          ( in 1979 ).                                                     -
 The 198O request for milk products is up on the 1979 quantities ( by 1 550 t
  of skimmed–milk powder and 965 t of butteroil ).           The increases .are due to
 UNRWA 's desire to restore the animal fat ration from its present 325 g to
  375 S a bead and step up its programme for hardship cases by ^distributing
 a 2 kg milk ration.                             .
 For cereals , the request remains the same .
 The 1979 cash contribution request is up US $73 200 on the 1978 payment
  of US $3 384 000 - a 2.2$ increase – vfliile the 1980 request (US$4 097 000)
  is 18$ up on the 1979 figure^.
 The aggregate request for 1980 can be estimated at 17*3 million EUA,
 as compared with the 1978 allocation of 13.06 million EUA, constituting
 a 24.5% increase over two years .                                      -
   For 198O in particular, the figure for the contribution is an estimate,
    and payments are adjusted to actual expenditure ( see footnote '1 on p. 2).
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2.      Proposed response
Products                                                                  -
 , X _                   1        .....         . ' -       .
(a ) For 1979 » "the decision has already been taken to provide :
40 000 t of cereals
   3 200 t of butteroil
      700, t of skimmed–milk powder.                                                               _
These quantities , therefore , are included in the Convention for the record
only.      Their value at world prices ( cif ) is estimated at 10.25 million EUA.
(b ) For 1980 , it is proposed to provides
40 000 t of cereals
   3 900 t of butteroil
   1 550 "t of skimmed–milk powder                    ,   .
   6 086 t of sugar2 •
The increases over 1979 levels go some way towards meeting UNRWA 's larger
requirement s r particularly as regards the Basic Ration Programme , which
includes increased rations for hardship cases .
The value of these products at world prices (cif ) can be estimated at
 12.19 million EUA.
Cash contribution
 ( c ) Taking account of past differences between estimates (and UTfRWA ts
requests ) and actual expenditure"^, and the necessary deductions (capital
expenditure not covered by the Convention ), the annual cash contribution
could be set at US $3 266 000 ( i.e. 2.4 million EUA at the current con­
version rate of US $1.38 ), for 1979 »                        for 1980 , the equivalent in
US $ of 2.6 million EUA (approximately US $3 600 000 at the current
conversion rate of US $1.38 to the EUA ).
^ In addition, item 9221 of the 1979 Community Budget provides for 1 418 000 EUA
  to cover the supply of 6 153 t of sugar , and a token entry under item 940 to .
  allow for a transfer from a 2 600 000 EUA appropriation in Chapter 100 .- . 'Oho
^ competent authority has been asked to effect a hransfer .
2A 729 . 000 EUA appropriation under item 9?21 of % i s I9O0 Community Draft Euo'got is
  for the sup-pl y in 1980 of ^ ?<">0 t of sugar .                   (       ,,,       ... ,.. q     vv; ir-h
    •
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                                           '                    .                . 1
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 3.   Changes in the new Convention                         -               '
 The draft of the new Convention which follows differs from the previous
 Convention in two significant respects ;
            '                   ' ' x                     '          " ■
  i . the new Convention incorporates the Basic Rations Programme , thus
 bringing all aid to UNRWA under a single set of procedures and allowing ,
 it to be assessed as a whole ;
 ii .  the new Convention covers two years only, and not three , as previously.
 This takes account of the fact that UNRWA 's mandate has been extended until
 31 June 1981 ( see Resolution 32/90 of the UN General Assembly).
                                      *   *
 PROPOSED ACTION'
                                                                      * -
 The Commission considers that Community support for UNRWA should be continued ,
 and accepts the request that a new Convention be concluded for 1979 and- 1980 *
'It therefore proposes that the Council adopt the following decision , the text ,
 of which is annexed :                                        1
 Council Decision (EEC ) concluding the Convention between the European Economic
 Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
 (UNRWA) on aid to refugees in the Middle East .
 The Council should also adopt :                 .       4         .
 a Regulation on the supply of food aid in sugar to the United- Nations Relief
 and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA),                                 .
                                                     r "        V
                                              ^                 *'
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for a
                    Council Decision concluding "the
          Convention "between the European Economic Community
          and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
          Palestine Refugees (UNRWA ) on aid to refugees in the
          countries of the Near East for the years 1979 and 1980
                                    EEC
The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Articles 43 and 235 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,"
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas the Community wishes to continue its programme of aid to Palestine
refugees in the Middle East ;
                        1
Whereas the Convention    concluded with the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA ) on 20 July 1976 on aid for such refugees
expired on 30 December 1978,
Whereas a new Convention should, be concluded with UNRWA so that the Community
                                                                      Community''s
aid can continue to be provided as part of a comprehensive operation offering
a measure of continuity,
                      /
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                            x  1
Article 1       *
The Convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA ) on aid to refugees in
the Middle East is hereby concluded on behalf of the Community.    The text of
the Convention is annexed to this Decision.
    No L 203 , 29.7.1976 , p. 40
 ---pagebreak---                                                     9
                                   - 2 -
  Article 2                   '
  The agreement of the Community wider Article VIII of the Convention will be
  given by the Commission.
■ Article 3
  The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons
  empowered to sign the Convention and to confer on them the powers required
  to bind the Community;
  Done at Brussels . ~ '                            For the Council
                                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                  CONVENTION
BETWEEN- THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
THE   UNITED  NATIONS  RELIEF  AND WORKS ,
AGENCY FOR   PALESTINE  REFUGEES ON AID TO
 REFUGEES IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE NEAR EAST
 FOR THE YEARS 1979 AND 1980
 ---pagebreak---                               ARTICLE I
  With a view "bo continuing its programme of assistance to the
  Palestine refugees , the European Economic Community ( referred to              ■
  as "the Community") concludes this Convention with the United Nations
  Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (referred to as "UNRWA") ,
  providing for contributions to UlffiWA in kind and in cash during a -
    two year period , for use in the Basic Rations Programme and the Supple­
  mentary Feeding Programme .
                              ARTICLE II
  Basic Rations Programme                  v.
  1 . The Community shall supply to UNRWA for each year of this Convention
        the following products for use in the Basic Rations Programme ;
      1979               \                        ^
     - 27.593 tonnes of wheat flour ( equivalent to 36.700 tonnes of cereals )
     -    3.200 tonnes of butteroil                             -
     -    6.000 tonnes of sugar .
      1980 '      '  . . ■ . - ,                -    -
     - 27.593 tonnes of wheat flour ( equivalent to 36.700 , tonnes of cereals )
     -    3.735 tonnes of butteroil
      -     650  tonnes of skimmed milk powder
      -   6.000 tonnes    of sugar
2 . The Community shall be responsible for transport of the products up
      to ports of unloading .      Detai led arrangements shall be agreed between
      the two parties .
3 . The Community shall pay to UNRWA the sum of 35 US dollars per tonne
      of each product delivered , as a contribution to costs of inland
           ■                         '                                         /
      transport and distribution during 1979 and 1980 .
 4. UNRWA shall distribute the products as rations to Palestine refugees
      eligible for the Basic: Rations Programme , free of charge and for their
    . own consumption .
 5 . UNRWA shall send to the Community before 1 March of each year' a
       report upon the Basic Rations programme including           use of the
' ^ products and cash contributed under this agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                               -A2-
                          ARTICLE III
 Supplementary Feeding Programme
 1 . The Community shall supply to UNRWA for      each year of this Convent ion
     the following products for use in the Supplementary Feeding Programme :
     - 2.150 tonnes of wheat flour ( equivalent to 2.860 tonnes of cereals )
     - 152 tonnes of rice ( equivalent to 440 tonnes of cereals )
     - 700 tonnes of- skimmed milk powder for 1979 and
        900 tonnes of skimmed milk powder for 1980 .
     -   86 tonnes of sugar .
                                                                         m
 2 . The Community shall he responsible for transport of the products
     up to ports of unloading .   Detailed arrangements shall he agreed
     between the two parties *        .
 3 . a) The Community shall pay to UNRWA for each year of this Convention
the sum of 3 266 000    US dollars for 1979 and 3 600 00.0     .
US dollars for 1980 as a contribution to the costs of operating the
Supplementary Feeding Programme ;             -                      ,
     b ) Part of this sum shall be spent upon the pirchase on the market of
                                            r
         the Community of products to be used in the Supplementary Feeding
         Programmes including not less than 340 tonnes           of corned beef
         and not less than 26     tonnes  ■ of tomato paste during each year
         of this  Convention .                          '
 4 . UHRWA shall distribute the products free of charge as prepared foods
     or drinks to Palestine refugees eligible for the Supplementary
     Feeding Programme . The skimmed milk powder may      also be distributed
     in     the form of powder in Health Centers .
 5 . Any products supplied in excess of requirements shall be, used exclu­
     sively in other programmes of UNRWA .     Any cash paid in excess of
     requirements shall be transferred to URRWA 's general budget , provided
     agreement has been given by the Commission of the European Communities .
     In these circumstances the Community may reduce its contributions in
     kind or cash for the following year .
 6 . UHPWA shall send to the - Community twice each year before 1 March
 ---pagebreak---                               3
   and       1 September          a report upon the Supplementary Feeding
   programme .   This report shall cover t -
   - Oper . ation of the programme including number , category and location
     of "beneficiaries , and services provided ;
   - Cost of the programme including costs of staff , purchase of
      foodstuffs and other materials ;
   - Use of Community contributions in kind and in cash .
                           ARTICLE IV
Care of products
UNRWA shall be responsible for transport and distribution of the products
after delivery has been made#      It shall exercise every care over the. ,
products and shall insure them against loos or damage to the extent that
this is feasible .    In case of loss or damage , whether covered by insuran­
ce or not , UHRWA shall replace the products so as to restore the
Community 's contribution, except in case of riots , civil commotions .
or armed conflicts , or of risks against which insurance could not have
been effected on reasonable terms . - .
                           ARTICLE V
Information
UNRWA shall take all reasonable steps to inform the Palestine refugees
and the authorities of the host countries of the support received
from the Community and from its Member States .                  -
                           ARTICLE VI
Duration of' a,qreement
                      ( ■       "
This Convention covers the two calendar years 1979 anH 198H .      Tt
may however be reviewed at the request of either party, to be made
before 1      October in any year in respect of the following year .
 ---pagebreak---             The two parties may then decide by mutual agreement to amend the Convention .
            If they have not so decided by 31 December * operation of the Convention shall
            be suspended until they do .
                                                                                 /
                                    - *  '
                                  .     ARTICLE VII
            UNRWA shall give every facility to any person nominated by the Community
            for the purpose of observing the agency 's receiot , storage Bnd distribution
            of the Community 's aid . UNRWA shalL also provide such supplemental informa­
            tion as may reasonably be requested by the person so nominated .
                                                            *                  0
                                          ARTICLE VIII
            Any questions arising out of this Convention shall be settled between the
            two parties by consultation , at the request of either *
                            .              ARTICLE IX
         .. This Convention is drawn up in two copies in the Danish Dutch English :
" ' *<■>     French Germaa.and Italian; languages ^ each version being equally authentic ." <- J s
 ---pagebreak---                       Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
               on the supply of sugar to UNWRA as food aid
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Articles 43 and 235 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
has asked the Community to provide food aid in the form of white sugar :
                                »
Whereas the white sugar required should be obtained on the Community market ;
Whereas, in view of the need to ensure regular supplies , it must , however , "be
possible to purchase white sugar on the world market if need be ;
Whereas to enable this aid to be used effectively the Community should, bear
the cost not only of the sugar butX also of transport to the port of unloading
and final destination, plus the cost of distribution;
Whereas supplies should be obtained at the best price ; whereas a tendering
procedure should be arranged for that purpose ; whereas it may nevertheless
prove necessary in exceptional cases to use other procedures in order to save
"time ;        -                           -                           ,
Whereas detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted
 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 36 of Council Regulation ( EEC )
                                                   ■  .       1
No 3330/ 74 on the common organization of the market in sugar , as last amended by .
Regulation ( EEC) No 1396/78^, .
                                                                                    »
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  OJ No L 359 , 31.12.1974, P. 1 .
  OJ No L 170, 27.6.1978 , P. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                 46
                                        - 2 -
                                      Article 1
1 . 'The following quantities of white sugar produced and in free circulation
      in the Community shall be made available to UBRWA as food aid : ■
      – 6 086 tonnes in respect of the sugar marketing year 1978 / 79 ,
      - 6 086 tonnes in respect of the sugar marketing year 1979 / 80 .
2.    Should the said white sugar not be available on the Community market on
      normal terms , it may be purchased on the world market .
3.    The sugar shall be delivered to the port of unloading following a
      tendering procedure . In exceptional circumstances other procedures may
      be used .
4 . ■ The tendering conditions and other arrangements for the implementation of
: . this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
      in Article .36 of      - . ; Regulation (EEC ) Ho 3330/74 •         A
                                   . Article 2
For the purposes of Articled , the Community shall bear :-
– the cost of the sugar delivered to the port of unloading;
– the cost of transport to destination and distribution.
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 3
The Commission shall make a lump-sum contribution to UNRWA to meet the
expenditure referred to in the second indent of Article 2 * .
                              " Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . .
                           i                 .
 *         '                                   «
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States . '                         -
Bone at
                                                   For the Council
                                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                             FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
 1.    RELEVANT BUDGET HEADINGS
 ( a) 1979 Budget
– Food aid programmes :          items 9201 }
                                           . )
                                       - 9211' ) and related refund items under
                                               )
                                         9213 ) Title VI of the EEC Budget
                                               )
– Sugar food aid programme :     item 9221 )
– Cash contributions ;          Article 940
 ( b ) 1980 Budget
– Food aid programmes :          items 9201 )
                                      , 9203 )   and related refund items under
                                         9211 }        VX of* "th© EEC BucLg©"fc
                                         9213 )
                                               )
 - Sugar food aid programme :    item    9221 )
– Transportation of
     food aid in I98O :          item    924I
– Cash contribution :           Article 925
 2.    DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION
Establishment of a new EEC-UNRWA Convention covering food aid and a cash
 contribution towards the feeding programmes for Palestine refugees .
3.     LEGAL BASIS  • ■
( a) Cereals
1971 Food Aid Convention extended until 30 June I98I .
( b ) Skimmed–milk powder and butteroil
Article 43 of the EEC Treaty and Regulation No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on
the common organization of the market in milk and milk products .
 ---pagebreak---                                                        M
       ( e ) Sugar
       Ootmoll Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74 on th« oommon organisation of the
       market in sugar1 , and in partioular Article 19 thereof.
       Proposal for a Counoil regulation on the supply to UNRWA of food aid
       in sugar .
                                                                      \
       ( d ) Cash
       Proposal for renewal of the EEC-UNHWA Convention .
       4.     FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
       ( a) Cereale :    annual quantities delivered :    40 000 t .
                           Estimateid oost '               Export refund                 Total
                           at world prices
                       Cost/t           Cost/EUA      Cost/t          Cost/EUA           Cost/EUA
I.
Wheat
39 560 t                109.53 -        4 330 000   ;     65 . 63        2 600 000      6 930 000 '
Rice
440 t       '
                        264                  60 000      176                40 000      . 100 000
( i.e . 220 t
husked rioe )
Total
40 000 t                                                                                7 030 000
        (b ) Milk produot s :   1 . Annual quantities delivered in 1979 s       700 t skimmed-oilk
                                                                                      powder
                                                                              3 200 t butteroil
                           Estimated oost                   Export refund               Total
                           at world prices
                       Cost/t          Cost/EUA        Cost/t        Cost/EUA          Cost/EUA
II .
Skimmed–milk
                        503.26            . 350 000      822.31            576 000        926 000
Butteroil
 3 200 t             1 206              3 859 000     2 698             8 634 000      12 493 ΟΠΟ
       No 359 , 31.12.1974 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                    IV
                                            - 3 -
                             2 . Annual quantities delivered in 1980s     1 550 t skimmed-milk
                                                                                   powder
                                                                          3 900 t butteroil
                          Estimated cost                 Export refund                 Total
                           at world prioes
                     Cost/t           Cost/EUA       Cost/t         Cost/SUA        Cost EUA
II . b
Skimmed-milk
powder                503.26          780 000         822,31        1 275 000         2 055 ono
1 550 t                                                ?
Sutteroil
3 9OO t              1 206          4 700 000       2 698          10 522 000    .   15 222 000
       ( o ) Sugar
       1979 :   items 9221 and 6301 .
                6 086 t of white sugar :    appropriations entered in 1979 Budget .
       1980 :   item 9221
                                                                           EUA _
                6 086 t of white sugar !    cost per tonne J               117.4
                                         : estimated expenditure :       715 000
                export refund item ( 6401 )                          1   882 000
       ( d) Transport costs for delivery of produots under ( a), ( b ) and ( c ).
       In the I98O Budget , the costs to the oif stage :
                                                                           EUA
      – 29 897 t of flour at 30 EUA/t                                   896 910
      – 1 550 t of skimmed-milk powder at 50 EUA/t                       77 500
      –     3 900 t of butteroil at 80 EUA/t                            312 000
      – 6 086 t of ragar at 50 EUA/t                                    304 300
                                                             Total    1 590 710
       plus payment of the lump-sum contribution of US ^35/t (= 25.4 EUA) for
       a total quantity of 38 143 t will be set off against item 9243- to a
       total of 2 926 000 EUA .
       In the 1979 Budget transport oosts are not itemized as such and the
       relevant expenditure will be set off against items 9201 , 9203 , 9211
       and 9221 .
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( e ) Cash contribution
In these circumstances , and. taking into account the details given in
the actual proposal , the 1979 contribution works out at 2 400 000 EUA '
and. the 1980 contribution at 2 600 000 EUA .     This will cover the
implementation of UNRWA's' Supplementary Feeding Programme for the
poorest among the Palestinian refugees in several Middle Eastern
countries , in line with UNRWA 's aim of meeting the minimum nutritional
requirements of beneficiaries .     The annexes show the planned, breakdown
of expenditure for 1979 and. 1980 .
In -all , the value of aid to UNRWA will be :   27 271 000 EUA in 1979
                                                32 430 000 EUA in 1980 .
5.    EXPENDITURE FINANCED FROM :
                 \       '              .     •
This Commission Communication to the Council does not entail any new
expenditure : appropriations entered in the 1979 and. I98O Budgets will,
cover all UNRWA-related expenditure .
6.    TYPE OF CONTROL TO BE APPLIED
Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general
budget of the European Communities .
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                   REVISED ESTIMATE OF THE CASl ! CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED FO..
                           UNIlWA' S SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING PROGRAMME
                                                                                                                           t
                                                                               1979                                        !
                                                   Hot   Milk     .            Othor
                                                   Meal  Pro granane           Rations         Admin·          Total        !
 ,   .                  -  -                    - * .           8                     δ             $                5
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                                                 "  '  .
Am       Purchnso of »                                                                                       •
         a)   Corned beef~hot noal                                                                             '
                                                                                                                         -
              quality          «           165,000                                                             165,000
         b)   Corned beof-protoin
   «
              supplement quality                                               247,300                         247,300
         c)   Tomato pasto                     22,400                                                              22,4C0
         tl)  Pulsos                       116,800                    . ,
                                                                                                                116,000
         β)   Burghol                          48,100                                                              40,100
                         Total "A"         352.390                             247,300                           599 , 6C0
                                                                                        •
Β* Ι . Other purchasod food                 Ν
         supplicai                                                                                                     -
         a ) Local purchases ( in
              particular fresh fruit·
              and vegetables)              58o,ooo        , .
                                                                                                                 580,000
         b)   Vitamins                         12,000                                                               12,000
   , 2* Other supplies !     .                 50,000      11,500                   1,900          1,500            64,900
     3· Premi sesi
         a)   Kunt al s                         9,000         3,500                 •
                                                                                                                    12,500
         b)   Maintenance                      30,ooo         8,500 r                            ■
                                                                                                                    38,500
         c)   Utilities & cleaning              9,000           900                                                . 9,900
     4. Contractual Services »
         Principally baking of bread           45*000                                                               45,000
                                                                            •  ■
     5 » Staff Conts :                                              <
         a)  Remuneration                1,503,000       318,000                              279,000       2,100,000
         b)  Travel costs and                •   -
                                                                                               /
              clothing                        11,300 -        3,000                                4,500           18^00
                          Total " B"     2,249,300       345,400                   1,900      285,000       2,881,600
C·       Costs to be recovered
         from Jordan Gover nment           ( 24,000 )                     •
                                                                                 -
                                                                                                                 ( n'«, oc
                                                                                                                            ;
                          ase TOTAL      2,577,600       345,400              249,200         285,000       ■μ
             •
                                       -
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                            ANNEX I
               PALESTINE REFUGEES AND THE UNRWA
A.  POPULATION FIGURES
   Palestinians                      3.5 million ( estimate )
   Refugees and displaced, persons   2.0 million ( estimate )
   Registered with UNRWA             1.8 million
   Receiving rations                 O.83 million
   Living in camps                   0.67 million
B.  BREAKDOWN OF POPULATION BY UNRWA SECTORS
    ( registered refugees )
   Jordan                            699 000
   West Bank                         317 000
   Gaza Strip                        363 000
   Lebanon .                         219 000
   Syria                             203 000
C. UNRWA AID ( revised 1979 estimate )
                                     ( in US §Q
–  Education                           92.3 million
–  Assistance                          42.7 million
-  Health care                         26.7 million
–  Other                                4 .6 million
                          Total      166.3 million
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                               ANNEX II
Conventions sifrned with UNRWA
First Convention ( 1972-75 )
Signed. 18 December 1972
Renewed for 1973/74 on 16 July 1973
Renewed for 1974/75 on 2 October 1974
Second Convention ( 1975-78 )
Signed on 20 July 1976
Renewed for 1976/77 on 21 December 1978
Renewed for 1977/78 on 21 December 1978.
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                            ANNEX III
            STRUCTURE OF EEC CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA
A.  PRESENT SYSTEM ( Conventions I and II - 1972-78 )
Products        Used for                  Legal framework
                Basic Rations Programme   Annual Programme + official
                                          exchange of letters/lump–sum
                                          transport contribution
Cereals
                Supp.~ Feeding Programme  Annual programme + 3-year Convention
                                          with aggregate cash contribution
Skimmed milk    Supp . Feeding Programme  Annual programme + 3-year Convention
                                          with aggregate cash contribution '
Butteroil·.·     Basic Rations Programme  Annual programme + official exchange
                                          of letters/lump-sum transport "
                                          contribution
                 Basic Rations Programme  Ad hoc 3-year reg. + 3–year
                                          Convention with lump-sum contribution
Sugar     ■   v
                 Supp . Feeding Programme Ad hoc 3-year reg. + 3-year Convention
                                          with lump-sum cash contribution
 Cash            Supp . Feeding Programme  3-year Convention
                 ( transport costs )
B. PROPOSED SYSTEM ( Convention III - 1?7?-8o )
Products         Used for                 Legal framework
 Cereals "       Basic Rations Programme  2-year Convention + 1£7¿ annual_prog .
                 Supp . Feeding Programme 2-year Convention + 1979 annual prog .
 Skimmed-milk    Supp . Feeding Programme  2–year Convention + annual programme
 powder
 Butteroil       Basic Rations Programme  2-year Convention + annual programme
                 pásic Rations Programme  Ad hoc 2–yearly regulation
Sugar
                 Supp . Feeding Programme 2- Year Convention
 Cash            Supp . Feeding Programme 2–year Convention
                 ( transport costs and
                 purchase of other
                 products )
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                                                       UNRWA : Estimations EEC - contributions 1971-1978
                                                                                                                             1   ■
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                                                  1971       1972           1973   1974          1975     1976      1977              1978    TOTAL
                                                                                            -
                                                                                                                  '        ι   ,
 COMMODITIES ( mtn ) '                           ' «
                                                4500         21945          20000     20000       25000    25000    35000             41460 192905
 Cereals : .
   in form of :                                      t
                                                                                                        '
                                                2980          11765         11T84     13117       14241 .  17842  - 25984          - 30743 . 127856
               f lour "
                                                     -         3240          2412       150          171       85       171      ·       221    645C
               Rie *
                                                                  «          11QQ    * 1600        2000      700                         700    61 00
   Skimr.ed silk powder
                                                                  -          2000      2000        3000     3000      3200             3240   1644C
   Butteroi I                                        «
                                                     -                       6150      6062        6094     6153      6102             6102   36663
    ^jugar
                                                   240         1441 .        4614     12479       10334    10554    12596             13454   64612
» Estimated corrrodity value it 000 )
]                                                                                                                                        -
                                                                       •
'Sas * contributions it 000 )                                                  >
                                                                                                                         •
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                                                                  50          107       110          167     221      . 972            1118     2745
 ¡Basic rations                                    -
 '                                    -,                                     2170      2571        3270     3546      3 C0Q            3384   18860
                                                                919
 jSucplenentary feeding ·
                                                                                 •     8881        ' *         •
                                                                                                                                                8881
  -. tdjcation
  i
  *                     1                · · «
                                                                969          2277     11562        3437     3767     39.72             4502   30486
   i T c 1 3 1 cash                                -
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    1                     .
                                               ; 240           2410          6891     24041       13771    14321    16568 .           17 956   95098
        Tctjv cc-~cdi t ies. and cash
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                                 '               ANNEXE V
                                                                                                .
                                                      Hot         ^    f : ilk                Other            Admin·       Total
                                                      Ileal             Pro­                  Rations
                                                                       gramme
                                                      $                 $                     H                ί
A.      Purchase of
(a )       Corned beef - hoc meal                     135,000                                                          _    135,000
           nuality
(b)        Corned beef - protein                                        254,200                           -            -    254,?O0
           supplement quality
(c)        Tomato paste                                  20,423                                                              70,423
(d)        Pulses                                      105,100                                                              105 , 30Π
 (e )      Burahol                                       35,500                                                              35,500
      Total o£ "A "                                    296,223           254,200                  _       -            -
                                                                                                                            550,423
B.l .         Othor purchased
              food supplies
                                                                                                                                   •
 (a)        Local purchases ( in                       490,914                         mm                 .                 490,914
            particular fresh fruit
            and vegetables )
 (b)        Vitamins                                        fi , 33 ?                  -                  -       ■- " -        8,332
 B . 2 . ' - Other supplies '                            46,777               15,990           1,815 -            1,942       66,524
 B.3 .        Prenises
 (a)        ".entals                                         Β , 254           3,570                                          11,824
 (b)        Maintenance                           ,      34,566                6,449                                         41,015
 (c)        Utilities and cleaning                  •        5,920              1,837                     •M         128        7,885
  (d)       Peplacenent of                               49,000                        -                               a»    49,000
            deteriorated premises
  B.4 .       Contractual services                                                                  • ■
                                                                                            »
  Principally baki.n ?, of bread                         48,079                    608                  ψ
                                                                                                                      70     48,757
  B.5 .        Staff costs
  (a)        Remuneration                          1,367,252              369,554                               244,006   1,930,812
  (b)        Travel costs and clothing                        7,577             2,545                        *
                                                                                                                  5,264       15,386
        Total of "B "-                             2,066,671              400,553              1,81 5           251,410   2,720,449
   C.      Costs recovered from Jordan                  ( 28,416 )                      mm                -            -      ( 28,416 )
           Government
        NET TOTAL ( all parts )                   :2 , 334 , 478           654,75*             1,815            251,410   3,242,456      *
    30 April 1079/