CELEX: 31976D0550
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 June 1976 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the Republic of Senegal

No L 161 / 22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 6 . 76
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 11 June 1976
               relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the Republic
                                                              of Senegal
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (76/550/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         agency) shall conclude a private contract for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                           purchase on the Community market of 3 974 metric
                                                                       tons of common wheat flour for delivery to the Repu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  blic of Senegal .
Economic Community,
                                                                       2. In concluding the private contract, ONIC must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           seek the least onerous terms possible.
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
Regulation (EEC) No 11 43/76 (2),                                      supply of the products delivered to the quay at the
                                                                       port of Dakar.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3 ), and            4.     The product shall be delivered in new 50 kg
                                                                       cotton sacks .
in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           The sacks shall be marked by printing :
2752/75 of 29 October 1975 derogating from Regula­
                                                                       ' Farine de froment — Don de la Communauté écono­
tion (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures
laid down for the mobilization of food aid to the coun­                mique européenne à la République du Senegal .'
tries of the Sahel and Ethiopia (4),
Whereas on 3 March 1975 the Council of the Euro­                                              Article 2
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way
of Community action , to grant 3 974 metric tons of                    The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
common wheat flour to the Republic of Senegal under                    following standards :
its 1974/75 food-aid programme ;
                                                                       — moisture content : maximum 14% ,
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                   — protein content : minimum 10-5 % (N x 6-25 on
agreement ;
                                                                            dry matter),
                                                                       — ash content : maximum 0-52 % of dry matter.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                      If the product does not meet these requirements it
ment Committee for Cereals,                                            shall be refused .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                                   Article 3
                                                                        1 . A security of a value of 10 units of account per
                              Article 1
                                                                       metric ton shall be given by the party concerned on
                                                                       the signature of the contract. It shall be released on
 1.     In accordance with the first Article of Council
                                                                       the completion of the operations in question within
Regulation (EEC) No 2752/75 of 29 October 1975,                        the time limit laid down and also for those quantities
the Office National Interprofessionel des cereales                      not realised due to force majeure.
(ONIC), Avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (the intervention
                                                                       2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
(')  OJ  No L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 1.                             given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
(2 ) OJ  No L  130 , 19 . 5 . 1976,  p. 1.
(3)  OJ  No L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 89 .                            issued by a credit institution conforming to the
(4)  OJ  No L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 93 .                           criteria laid down by the Member State.
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                        Article 4                           The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
                                                            tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15 July
1976 .
                                                            received together with a copy of the private contract.
                        Article 5                                                 Article 6
The intervention agency shall request the interested        This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
party to specify the following information :
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
     the quantities loaded, the quality of the products      Done at Brussels, 11 June 1976.
     and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
     expected date of arrival of the products at their                              For the Commission
     destination ;
                                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
     during transportation of the products.                                      Member of the Commission