CELEX: 51982PC0386
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Date: 1982-06-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE GRANT OF CEREALS FOOD AID TO THE POPULATIONS OF LEBANON AFFECTED BY RECENT EVENTS (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                      PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING
                      THE GRANT OF CEREALS FOOD AID TO THE POPU­
                       LATIONS OF LEBANON AFFECTED BY RECENT EVENTS
                     (presented by 'the Commission to the Council )
 C0M(82 ) 336 final
 ---pagebreak--- I.    INTRODUCTION
1.    The Commission indicated , in its communication to the Council for
the 1982 ( 1 ) food aid programme , that certain countries would be dealt
with under separate proposals , especially as regards cereals , taking into
account particular situations , This applies to cereals for Lebanon .
2.    Lebanon has requested the following from the 1982 programme :
      -   22 000 t wheat flour ,
           5 000 t rice ,
           4 700 t skimmed milk powder ,
           2 350 t butteroi l „
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These quantities are for free distribution to 125,000 families victims or
displaced ( around 625,000 people ) in Beirut and its suburbs , in the south
of the country and Bekaa and the north .
3.    This free distribution programme has been organised for some years
by the " Comite superieur de secours " which received from the   EEC    in 1981
10 000 t of cereals FOB ( in the form of 3 448 t of rice ), 1 100 t of milk
powder and 1 000 t of butteroil ( 2 ).
A report to the use of this 1981 aid is annexed to this communication .
(1)   Doc . C0M(81 ) 804 final of 27.1.82 .
(2)   To the value of 4.63 M ECU at world prices and 8.09 M ECU at    EEC
      prices .
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II .   PROPOSAL
To continue    EEC    food aid to Lebanon and to give assistance needed
because of the latest events suffered by the country , it is proposed to
agree for the affected populations the attribution of 20 000 t of cereals
to be delivered CIF . This quantity will be taken from the 1982 programmes
general reserve .
The cereals will be distributed free to the population affected by recent
events , by several specialist organisations , to be determined by the Commission
to ensure equitable and efficient distribution of the aid .
The world price cost of this food aid is estimated at 4.2 M ECU and the
EEC      price at 5.5 M ECU . It is not a supplementary expenditure as it has
already been included in the programmes for which credits have already been
agreed .
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In conclusion the   Commission proposes the Council adopts the  Décision
annexed hereto .
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                      PROPOSAL    FOR  A   COUNCIL  DECISION
                CONCERNING   THE    GRANT   OF  CEREALS   FOOD   AID
      TO THE   POPULATIONS    OF   LEBANON    AFFECTED   BY   RECENT  EVENTS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European economic Community ,,
having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
whereas the Council by its Decision of 26 April 1982 has reserved , within
the 1982 cereals food aid programme , certain quantities for emergency and
other unforeseen situations ,
whereas the quantities are still available from that reserve ,
whereas the Community has received requests for emergency food aid for
the populations affected by events in Lebanon ,
whereas the Community should give a favourable reply to these requests ,
HAS DECIDED AS   FOLLOWS :
                                      Sole article
A cereals food aid from the 1982 programmes reserve is allocated as follows
      Beneficiary            - Quantity            Delivery conditions
   Lebanese and other              qqq tt
                               2Q 000
                               20                          CI Fp
                                                           CI
      populations
 Done at Brussels ,                                 For the Council ,
                                                    The President
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     Delivery and use of              E E C      food aid to Lebanon in 1981
1.    Food_a2d_de.k2"EÊ^_iQ_12^1_"_L"ËQ2D
In 1981 , Lebanon received the following direct food aid :
                                                                   Value in Million ECU
                     Produce and              Arrival date
   Programmes         quant i t ies          and ships name        Wor Id      E E. C
                                                                   pri ce      price
     1980 ( 1 )      850 t milk powder        January 81           0.43        1.13
                                              " Batroun "
                                                 II   II
                     700 t buttero ! 1                             0.84        2.73
     1981            3,448 t riz              4 août 81            1.63        2.25
                                              " Nadag "
                     1,100 t lait             1er septembre 81     0.95        1.61
                                              " Victoria K"
                                              21 octobre 81
                                              " Beiteddine "
                     1,000 t but-             21 octobre 81        2.05        4.23
                         tero ! 1             " Beiteddine "
   Total                                                           5.90       11.95
2.    Food aid d|st ri_buted_2n_1 981_2n_Lebanon
This aid ( plus a balance of 547 t of butteroil delivered in 1980) have been
distributed by the " Comite superieur de secours " in three areas of the country .
a.    Beirut and its suburbs        :   to 50,000 families a ration of 50 kg of flour ,
      5 kg of milk powder and 5 kg of butteroil .
      Two distributions were made in April and July 1981 .
(1)    In addition :
      - 10 000 t cereals from the 1980 programme delivered 29.10.80 by " Euro Ferry
          and distributed in 1981 in the form of 7 500 t of flour ( value estimated at
          1.1 M ECU at world prices and 1.75 M ECU at EEC prices ).
       - 250 t milk powder from the 1980 programme were delivered 11.8.80 by
          " Slanic " and distributed in 1980 .
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b.    South and West Bekaa to 82,000 families .
      The first distribution was made in January 1981 . The rations distributed
      were 100 kg flour , 5 kg milk powder and 5 kg butteroil .
      The second distribution of 5 kg butteroil was made in July 1981 .
      The third distribution , in October 1981 , was of 20 kg rice , 5 kg of
      milk powder and 10 kg butteroil .
c,    Zahle to 10,000 families .
      First distribution ( April 1981 ), 5 kg milk powder and 5 kg butteroil .
      Second distribution ( August 1981 ), 5 kg rice , 5 kg milk powder and 5' kg
      of butteroil ;
Total   :  7,500 t flour
           1,690 t rice
           1,170 t milk powder
           1,580 t butteroi I •
were distributed in 1981 to 117,000 families ( around 585,000 people ).
3.    Stocks_at_the_end_of_1981
Quantities of food aid in stock at the end of 1981 were :
                 667 t of butteroil ( 1 ),
                 780 t of milk powder ,
           -  1,758 t of rice .
These have been distributed at the beginning of 1982 .
(1)   including 547 t stock available 31.12.80 and distributed in 1981 .