CELEX: 51976PC0219
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Date: 1976-05-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid to the Republic of Zaire for the population of the Lake Kivu area under Regulation (EEC) No 1348/75 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(76)219 final.
                                      \             Brussels . 19 May 1976
                                        Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                    on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid to
                  I trie Republic of Zaire for "the population of the Lake
                    Kivu area under Regulation ( EEC ) No 1348/75
                         ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
0(76 ) 219 final .
 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL OH THE
SUPPLY OF SKIMMED MILK POWDER TO THE REPUBLIC QF ZAIRE
    AS AID FOR THE VICTIMS OF MALNUTRITION IN fcHE
                    LAKE KIVU AREA
 ---pagebreak--- 1.  When the Council 's Working Party on Pood Aid examined, the emergency aid
measure for the Angolan refugees in Zaire at the beginning of March , the
Commission representative drew the attention of the Member States to the
extremely critical and urgent food supply situation in the Lake Kivu area of
Zaire and informed them that as a result ef this situation a request for
food aid was to be submitted ^by the Zairian G®veamaewt.
In the light of this information, The Council gave *4 B ««gp><e£»ent to an aid
measure consisting of the supply of modest tpisniitifls te certain sections of
the population in the Lake Kivu area, on condition thai aa official request
was made to the Community and provided that the eacact $uaaa$iti»s involved in
this measure did not give rise to any objections token tk«y were notified to
the Member States by telei^.
2. The Commission has now reoeived tjie official r*cfu#st froea the Zairian
authorities for aid in the form of an air freight «ara»igBan«ttt of 6 metric
tons of skimmed milk powder .
3.  The Commission Delegate and varions raedioal i»»titnitiens (Fondation
Médicale de l'Université de Leuvain en Afrique Centrai® »> FCMOL.AC , Centre
Scientifique de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles ea. Afriflpie G-entp&le - CMUBAC ,
Institut de Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale – dSAC ) eenfirm the
existence of a very serious food supply situation in the Lake Kivu area
affecting children in particular .  The mortality rate aœwtg ehildren is
increasing, particularly as a resuit of exhsastioa of the local stocks of
milk powder.                                              '
4*  In view of the above situation, the Commission considers that the
Community should meet the request of the Zairian Ooverrawmit
 This procedure replacing the customary procedure (examination by the ad hoc
 Working Party and Tor Coreper).
 ---pagebreak--- (a) by supplying emergency food aid in the form of 6 metric tons of skimmed
      milk powder to the victims of malnutrition in the Lake Kivu area;
( b) by delivering this quantity free at airport of destination.
5 . The cost of this measure is estimated at 11 028 u.a. , but no additional
expenditure is involved since it is covered by a programme and appropriations
already adopted by the Council * The measure would be counted against the
reserve under the 1975 skimmed milk powder programme , which at present has
an unused balance of 2 250 metrio tons . To finance it approximately
3 228 u.a. , corresponding to the cost of the raw material y would be charged
to Item 9210 of the 1976 Budget ( 26. 40 million u.a. carried over automatically
from 1975) and approximately 7 800 u.a., corresponding to the cost of the air
transport , would be charged to Item 9240 of the 1976 Budget ( entry of
1 million u.a.).
In oonclusion, the Commission proposes that the Council :
( l ) decide to grant food aid to the people of the Lake Kivu area in the
      form of 6 metric tons of skimmed milk powder to be delivered free at
      airport of destination, this aid being counted against the reserve
      under the 1975 skimmed milk powder programme :
( 2) adopt the Regulation annexed hereto.                i
 ---pagebreak---                                   PROPOSAL FOR
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) No       /76
on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid to the Republio of Zaire
for the population of the Lake Kivu area under Regulation (EEC ) No 1348/73
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1347/75 of 26 May 1975 laying
down general rules for the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organizations under the
              1
1975 programme , and in particular Articles 3 and 7 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 1347/75 provides for the supply of 43 010 metrio
tons of skimmed milk powder as food aid to certain developing countries and
international organizations ;
Whereas Counoil Regulation (EEC ) No 1348/75 of 26 May 1975 on the supply of
skimmed milk powder as food aid to certain developing countries and
                                                     2
international organizations under the 1975 prggramme provides for a reserve
of 3 800 metrio tons of skimmed milk powder :
1-               _            _ !
'OJ No L 138, 29.5.1975 , P . 1 .;
2OJ No L 138, 29.5.1975, P>3*
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas "the Government of the Republic of Zaire has submitted, a request for
food aid because of          the extremely serious malnutrition
affecting the population of the Lake Kivu area ;     whereas the needs of these
people justify food aid from the Community ; whereas , in view of the
situation , the transport costs up to the point of destination should be
borne by the Community ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
Of the 3 800 metric tons of skimmed milk powder set aside as a reserve under
Regulation (EEC ) No 1 348/75 t 6 metric tons shall be allocated to the Republic
of Zaire for the people of the Lake Kivu area .
                                Article 2
    Community financing shall cover the transport oosts up to the point of
destination .
                                Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                1976
                                       For the Council
                                       The President