CELEX: 31980D1140
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-26 00:00:00
Title: 80/1140/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 November 1980 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour and maize meal as food aid to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Only the Italian text is authentic)

13. 12. 80                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 336/43
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 26 November 1980
               relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour and maize meal as food
                               aid to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
                                                   (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                             (80/ 1 140/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           — 752 tonnes of common wheat flour,
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                         — 555 tonnes of maize meal ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    for delivery to the United Nations High Commission
Economic Community,                                                      for Refugees.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             2. In concluding the private contract, AIMA must
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                       seek the least onerous terms possible.
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 870/80 (*),                                        3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             supply of the products delivered unloaded at Kousseri
                                                                         via Douala .
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,                                            4.     The product shall be packed in 50 kg new jute
                                                                         sacks lined with cotton sacks .
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                       The sacks shall be marked by printing :
( EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),                        common wheat flour
Whereas on 8 May 1979 the Council of the European                        'Wheat flour / Gift of the European Economic
Communities declared that it proposed, by way of                         Community / For free distribution / UNHCR assis­
Community action, to grant the equivalent of 2 000                       tance for Chadian refugees in Cameroon / Kousseri
                                                                         via Douala .'
tonnes of cereals to the United Nations High Commis­
sion for Refugees under its 1979 food-aid
                                                                          maize meal
 programme ;
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                    'Maize meal / Gift of the European Economic
                                                                         Community / For free distribution / UNHCR assis­
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
                                                                         tance for Chadian refugees in Cameroon / Kousseri
agreements ;                                                             via Douala .'
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                        To allow for the possibility of re-bagging, the
 ment Committee for Cereals,                                             successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of new empty
                                                                         sacks, of the same quality as those containing the
                                                                         goods but with the printing followed by a capital
                                                                          letter ' R'.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                             Article 1                                                           Article 2
 1.     In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­                   1 . The product referred to in Article 1 must meet
 tion (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the Azienda                       the following requirements :
 di Stato per gli Interventi sui Mercati Agricoli (AIMA)
 via Palestro 81 , Rome (intervention agency) shall                       common wheat flour
 conclude a private contract for the purchase on the
                                                                          — moisture : 14 % maximum ,
 Community market of :
                                                                          — protein content : 10-5 % minimum (N x 6-25 on
(')  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                     dry matter),
(-)  OJ  No  L 184, 17 . 7 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(^)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 89 .                              — ash content : 0-62 % maximum referred to dry
  4) OJ  No  L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 8 .                                      matter .
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If the product does not meet these requirements, it                                   Article 5
shall be refused .
                                                             The intervention agency shall ask that the interested
maize meal falling within subheading 11.02 A V a) 2           party specifies the following information :
of the Common Customs Tariff :
                                                             (a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
— moisture content : maximum 13 % ,
                                                                  the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
— acidity : 0-6 % maximum .                                       and their packaging ;
If the product does not meet these requirements it            (b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
shall be refused .                                                expected date of arrival of the products at their
                                                                  destination ;
2. For this purpose the intervention agency of the
                                                             (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
country of shipment shall arrange for a check at the              during transportation of the products.
port at the time of loading on the nature, quality and
packaging of the goods. Following inspection an attes­       The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
tation shall be issued. The costs relating thereto shall      tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
be borne by the successful tenderer.                          received together with a copy of the private contract.
3 . Samples intended for analysis shall be taken and
the inspection shall be carried out in accordance with                                Article 6
the trade practices in force in the country of ship­
ment.                                                         As regards this action , the intervention agency is
                                                              authorized to make an initial payment of 80 % of the
                        Article 3                             value of the quantity given in the bill of lading, on
                                                              presentation of that document arid subject to the
 1 . A security of a value of 12 ECU per tonne shall          taking of a security for an amount equal to the initial
be given by the party concerned on the signature of           payment.
the contract. It shall be released on the completion of
the operations in question within the time limit laid                                 Article 7
down and also for those quantities not realized due to
force majeure.                                                This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
 2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
 issued by a credit institution conforming to the              Done at Brussels , 26 November 1980 .
 criteria laid down by the Member State.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                         Article 4
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
 Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 31
 December 1980 .                                                                            Vice-President