CELEX: 31981D0943
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-11 00:00:00
Title: 81/943/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 November 1981 on the transport of common wheat to the Kingdom of Lesotho as food aid (Only the German text is authentic)

25. 11 . 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 338 /35
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 11 November 1981
                on the transport of common wheat to the Kingdom of Lesotho as food aid
                                                 (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                            (81 /943/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                       1.    The Bundesanstalt fiir landwirtschaftliche Mark­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    tordnung (BALM), D-6000 Frankfurt/Main, Adisckes­
tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by                 allee 40 (intervention agency), shall conclude one or
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                    more direct award contracts for the transport from
                                                                      Durban/ East London of 4 000 tonnes of common
Article 28,
                                                                      wheat destined for the Kingdom of Lesotho, namely
                                                                      4 000 tonnes delivered unloaded at Maseru (Railways
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          siding 4457).
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                      2.     In concluding the direct award contract, the
                                                                      BALM must seek the most favourable conditions .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­
dure for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),                                              Article 2
Whereas, by means of Regulation (EEC) No                               1 . A security of 6 ECU per tonne of product shall
3182/81 (5), the Commission has opened an invitation                  be lodged by the party concerned at the time of the
to tender for the supply cif to the ports of Durban/                  signature of the contract. It shall be released on
East London of 4 000 tonnes of common wheat
                                                                      completion of the operations in question and as
destined for the Kingdom of Lesotho as food aid ;                     regards the quantities not delivered in the event of
                                                                      force majeure.
Whereas these goods must be transported from the
port of Durban or East London to their final destina­
tion of Maseru ;                                                      2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be
                                                                      lodged in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by
                                                                      a credit establishment satisfying the requirements laid
Whereas, in order to satisfy the particular require­                  down by the Member State.
ments of the measure in question, and to take account
of local transport conditions, use should be made of a
quicker and more flexible procedure than the invita­
tion to tender ; whereas, therefore, the intervention
agency responsible for the tendering procedure for the                                        Article 3
supply cif should be allowed to conclude, for delivery
to the final stage, contracts relating to all or part of              The intervention agency shall require the following
the transport to be carried out ;                                      information from the party concerned :
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    (a) after each shipment, an attestation detailing the
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                          quantities loaded, the quality of the products and
ment Committee for Cereals,                                                their form of packing ;
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             (b) the date of departure and the date set for the
(2) OJ No   L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2.                                  arrival of the products at their destination ;
(3) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ No   L 83, 30. 3. 1976, p. 8 .                                  (c) any incident which may occur during transport of
(5) OJ No   L 318 , 7. 11 . 1981 , p . 7.                                  the products.
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The intervention agency shall forward, as soon as it       Done at Brussels, 11 November 1981 .
has received them, the above particulars to the
Commission together with a copy of the direct award
contract .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 4
                                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Germany.                                                                       Member of the Commission