CELEX: 31976D0549
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 June 1976 relating to the urgent supply of grain sorghum as food aid to the Republic of Niger

No L 161 /20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 6 . 76
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                                            (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 11 June 1976
              relating to the urgent supply of grain sorghum as food aid to the Republic of
                                                             t Niger
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                           (76/549/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 143/76 (2),
                                                                                            Article 1
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           1.     In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                     tion ( EEC) No 2752/75 of 29 October 1975, the
                                                                     Office National Interprofessionel des Cereales (ONIC)
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (the intervention agency)
2752/75 of 29 October 1975 derogating from Regula­                   shall conclude a private contract for the purchase on
tion (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures                   the Community market of 10 000 metric tons of grain
laid down for the mobilization of food aid to the coun­              sorghum for delivery to Niger.
tries of the Sahel and Ethiopia (4),
Whereas on 3 March 1975 the Council of the Euro­
                                                                     2.     In concluding the private contract, ONIC must
                                                                     seek the least onerous terms possible.
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way
of Community action, to grant 10 000 metric tons of
grain sorghum to Niger under its 1974/75 food-aid                    3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
programme ;                                                          supply of the products delivered to Cotonou .
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                4.    The product shall be delivered in new 50 kg jute
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                 sacks .
agreement ;
                                                                     The sacks shall be marked by printing :
(') OJ No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
0   OJ No  L  130 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 1.
(3) OJ No  L 281 ,  1. 1 1.  1975, p. 89 .                           'Sorgho — Don de la Communauté économique euro­
(4) OJ No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 93 .                           péenne à la République du Niger'.
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                        Article 2                                                     Article 5
The product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair          The intervention agency shall request the interested
and sound merchantable quality, be free from odour,           party to specify the following information :
with a moisture content not exceeding 14 % .
                                                              (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
If the product does not meet these requirements it                 the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
shall be refused .                                                 and their packaging ;
                                                              (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
                         Article 3                                 expected date of arrival of the products at their
                                                                   destination ;
1.     A security of a value of five units of account per
metric ton shall be given by the party concerned on           (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
the signature of the contract. It shall be released on             during transportation of the products.
the completion of the operations in question within           The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
the time limit laid down and also for those quantities         tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
not realised due to force majeure.                             received together with a copy of the private contract.
2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee                                 Article 6
issued by a credit institution conforming to the
criteria laid down by the Member State.                       This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
                         Article 4
                                                               Done at Brussels, 11 June 1976.
Shipment shall be carried out between :
— 1 and 15 July 1976 (lots 1 and 2 — 2 500 metric                                        For the Commission
     tons and 2 500 metric tons),
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
— 15 and 30 July 1976 (lots 3 and 4 — 2 500 metric
     tons and 2 500 metric tons).                                                    Member of the Commission