CELEX: 51983PC0245
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Date: 1983-04-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 82/836/EEC on the 1982 cereals food-aid programme (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                            Proposal f o r a
                                          COUNCIL DECISION
   amending D e c i s i o n 82/836/EEC on t h e 1982 c e r e a l s f o o d - a i d            programme
                  ( s u b m i t t e d t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commission)
 COM(83) 245 f i n a l
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 E x p l a n a t o r y memorandum
                        The f i r s t      i n s t a l m e n t of the 1982 c e r e a l s food a i d programme
 adopted by t h e C o u n c i l on 25 A p r i l 1982 (1) a l l o c a t e d Mozambique
 25 000 t of c e r e a l s t o be d e l i v e r e d CIF.
                       When the C o u n c i l adopted the supplementary c e r e a l s
                             J
 programme on 3 December 1982 a f u r t h e r 15 000 t was a l l o c a t e d t o Mozambique,
 bringing          i t s t o t a l a l l o c a t i o n t o 40 000 t .
                       On t h a t second o c c a s i o n i t was s p e c i f i e d by mistake t h a t the
whole a l l o c a t i o n was t o be d e l i v e r e d FOB; a c o n t r a d i c t i o n i n respect of
the f i r s t        a l l o c a t i o n and i n a c c u r a t e i n r e s p e c t of the second.
                       The     r e s u l t i s t h a t the Commission            f i n d s i t s e l f unable t o
m o b i l i z e t h i s a i d though i t i s u r g e n t l y r e q u i r e d . The                Commission
a c c o r d i n g l y p r o p o s e s t h a t the C o u n c i l adopt the d e c i s i o n at annex and
amend the annex t o i t s D e c i s i o n of 3 December 1982 so t h a t the a i d t o
Mozambique can be d e l i v e r e d CIF i n s t e a d of                      FOB.
(1) O.J. L 120, 1 May                      1982, p. 27.
 ---pagebreak---                                            Proposal f o r a
                                          COUNCIL DECISION
amending D e c i s i o n 82/836/EEC on t h e 1982 c e r e a l s f o o d - a i d     programme
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having r e g a r d t o t h e T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e European Economic Community,
  and i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 113 t h e r e o f ,
  Having r e g a r d t o t h e p r o p o s a l from the Commission,
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whereas, i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h       C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n s 81/407/EEC         (1) and 82/77/EEC              (2),the
European Economic Community has d e p o s i t e d                        a d e c l a r a t i o n of p r o v i s i o n a l
a p p l i c a t i o n of t h e Food A i d C o n v e n t i o n 1980 and of t h e 1981 P r o t o c o l f o r
the f i r s t       extension       of t h e C o n v e n t i o n t o 30 June 1983;
whereas c e r t a i n d e v e l o p i n g    c o u n t r i e s and s p e c i a l i z e d a g e n c i e s have        requested
food      a i d i n t h e form of c e r e a l s from t h e Community; whereas t h e i r                            situation
and     t h a t of t h e Community w a r r a n t a t o t a l a l l o c a t i o n o f one m i l l i o n t o n n e s of
Community a i d ;
whereas, by D e c i s i o n 82/270/EEC ( 3 ) , t h e C o u n c i l adopted a programme o f c e r e a l s
a i d amounting t o 927 663 t o n n e s ; whereas by i t s D e c i s i o n 82/836/EEC                                  (4) t h a t
q u a n t i t y was i n c r e a s e d t o one m i l l i o n       tonnes;
whereas t h e l a t t e r D e c i s i o n          contains            a c l e r i c a l error regarding              t h e terms
governing           the d e l i v e r y of t h e food        a i d t o Mozambique,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                 Sole       article
The e n t r y f o r Mozambique i n t h e Annex t o D e c i s i o n 82/836/EEC i s hereby amended
as f o l l o w s :
   Mozambique                       25 000                 15 000                      40 000                     CIF
Done a t B r u s s e l s ,
                                                                                 For t h e Counci I
                                                                                 The      President
(1)    0J No       L 155, 13.6.1981, p. 24
(2)    0J No       L 4 3 , 15.2.1982, p. 26
(3)     0J No       L 120, 1.5.1982, p.27
(4)     0J No       L 352, 14.12.1982, p. 21