CELEX: 31978D0625
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 July 1978 on the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to Zaire

No L 202/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               26. 7. 78
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 17 July 1978
                              on the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to Zaire
                                                  (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                            (78/625/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         2. In concluding the private contract, AIMA must
COMMUNITIES,                                                           seek the least onerous terms possible.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  3. The contract shall be for the purchase and
Economic Community,                                                    supply of the products delivered to Matadi.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                     4. The product shall be delivered in four lots in
tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by                 new jute sacks of 50 kilograms net weight lined with
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2),                                       sacks of six-ply Clupak paper.
Haying regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           The following shall be printed on the sacks :
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and             'Semoules de maïs / Don de la Communauté écono­
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                       mique européenne à la république du Zaïre'.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           To allow for the possibility of re-bagging, the
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                     successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of new empty
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                     sacks of the same quality as those containing the
dure for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),                       goods but with the printing followed by a capital
                                                                       letter 'R'.
Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the Euro­
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way
of Community action, to grant 5 555 tonnes of maize                                           Article 2
meal to Zaire under its 1975/76 food-aid programme ;
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                  The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                   following requirements :
agreement ;
                                                                       — moisture content : 12% maximum,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                     — acidity : 0-6 % maximum,
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals,                                            — fat content by weight : 1 -5 % maximum.
                                                                        Products not meeting these requirements shall be
                                                                        refused .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                             Article 1                                                        Article 3
 1 . In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­                    1 . A security of a value of 10 units of account    per
tion (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the Azienda                      tonne shall be given by the party concerned on      the
di Stato per gli interventi sui Mercati Agricoli (AIMA),                signature of the contract. It shall be released on  the
Via Palestro, 81 , Roma (intervention agency) shall                     completion of the operations in question within     the
conclude a private contract for the purchase on the                     time limit laid down and also for those quantities  not
Community market of 5 555 tonnes of maize for                           delivered owing to force majeure.
delivery to Zaire.
                                                                        2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
(1)  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
(2)  OJ No L  156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .
(>)  OJ No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.                               issued by a credit institution conforming to the
  4) OJ No L  83, 30. 3. 1976, p. 8.                                    criteria laid down by the Member State.
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                       Article 4                                                   Article 6
Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15
August 1978 for Lot 1 (1 500 tonnes), 15 and 30            As regards this action, the intervention agency is auth
August 1978 for Lot 2 (1 500 tonnes), 1 and 15             orized to make an initial payment of 80 % of th(
September 1978 for Lot 3 (1 500 tonnes) and 15 and         value of the quantity given in the bill of lading, or
30 September 1978 for Lot 4 (1 055 tonnes).                presentation of that document and subject to th<
                                                           taking of a security for an amount equal to the initial
                                                           payment.
                       Article 5
The intervention agency shall ask that the interested
                                                                                   Article 7
party supplies the following information :
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of     This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic
    the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
    and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
    expected date of arrival of the products at their       Done at Brussels, 17 July 1978 .
    destination ;
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
    during transportation of the products.                                           For the Commission
The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­                                   Finn GUNDELACH
tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
received together with a copy of the private contract.                                   Vice-President