CELEX: 31976D0351
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1976 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the Lebanese Republic

No L 91 / 28                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 4. 76
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 19 March 1976
               relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the Lebanese
                                                                 Republic
                                             (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                               (76/351 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           2. In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
COMMUNITIES,                                                             seek the least onerous terms possible.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    3 . The contract shall be for supply to the port of
Economic Community,                                                      loading, loading charges and transport of the product
                                                                         delivered Beirut, that is at the moment when the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                       goods are actually removed from the ship's hold at the
tion of the market in cereals ( J ), as amended by Regula­               port of unloading.
tion (EEC) No 3058 /75 (2),
                                                                         4.    The product shall be delivered in bulk.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
                                                                                                 Article 2
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                         The   product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             and   sound merchantable quality and correspond at
374/76 of 17 February 1976 derogating from Regula­                       least   to the standard quality for which the interven­
tion (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization                         tion  price is fixed, except that the moisture content
procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid for                    shall not exceed 1 5 % and that a maximum of 3 % of
the benefit of the Lebanese Republic (4),                                sprouted grains and 1-5 % of miscellaneous impuri­
                                                                         ties shall be allowed .
Whereas on 17 February 1976 the Council of the
European Communities declared that it proposed, by                       If the product does not meet these requirements it
way of Community action, to grant the equivalent of                      shall be refused .
2 589 metric tons of common wheat to the Lebanese
Republic under its 1974/75 food-aid programme ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
is necessary to have recourse to contracts my mutual
                                                                          1 . A security of a value of five units of account per
agreement ;
                                                                         metric ton shall be given by the party concerned on
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                       the signature of the contract. It shall be released on
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                        the completion of the operations in question within
ment Committee for Cereals,                                              the time limit laid down and also for those quantities
                                                                         not realized due to force majeure.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                              2.    The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
                                                                         given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
                                                                         issued by a credit institution conforming to the
                              Article 1                                  criteria laid down by the Member State.
 1.     In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­
tion (EEC) No 374/76 of 17 February 1976, the                                                    Article 4
 Belgian Intervention Agency (OBEA), 83 , rue de
Treves, Brussels, shall conclude a private contract for                   Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 7 April
 the mobilization of 2 589 metric tons of common
                                                                          1976 .
wheat in stock in its intervention stores for delivery to
the Lebanese Republic.
                                                                                                 Article 5
(>)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p . 3 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 281 , 1.11 . 1975 , p . 89 .                               The intervention agency shall request the interested
  4) OJ  No  L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 8 .                                  party to supply the following information :
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(a) a statement giving details of the quantities loaded,                         Article 6
    the quality of the products and their packaging ;
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
(b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the            Belgium .
    expected date of arrival of the products at their
    destination ;
                                                            Done at Brussels, 19 March 1976.
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
    during transportation of the products.                                         For the Commission
The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
tion indicated to the Commission as soon as it is
received together with a copy of the private contract.                          Member of the Commission