CELEX: 31977D0087
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 January 1977 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the International Committee of the Red Cross

No L 24/46                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 1 . 77
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 14 January 1977
                relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the Interna­
                                                    tional Committee of the Red Cross
                                               (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                                 (77/87/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           of common wheat flour for delivery to the Interna­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             tional Committee of the Red Cross .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    2.    In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
 Economic Community,                                                     seek the least onerous terms possible.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                       3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                   supply of the products delivered to the quay or on
 Regulation (EEC) No 3138 /76 (2),                                        lighter at the port of Beirut with option Limassol.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            4.     The product shall be delivered in new 50 kg
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­                       cotton sacks .
 tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
 in particular Article 6 thereof,                                        On the sacks shall be printed a red cross, 1 5 cm by 1 5
                                                                         cm as well as the following :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                      ' Farine de froment / Don de la Communauté écono­
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                        mique européenne / Action du Comité International
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),                        de la Croix-Rouge / Pour distribution gratuite au
                                                                          Liban '.
Whereas on 21 December 1976 the Council of the
 European Communities declared that it proposed by
way of Community action , to grant 1 590 tonnes of                                               Article 2
 common wheat flour to the International Committee
of    the   Red      Cross      under       its   1975/76   food-aid
                                                                         The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
 programme ;
                                                                         following standards :
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                    — moisture content : maximum 14% ,
 is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;                                                              — protein content : minimum 10 5 7o (N x 6*25 on
                                                                              dry matter),
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                         — ash content : maximum 0-52 % of dry matter.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Cereals,
                                                                          If the product does not meet these requirements it
                                                                         shall be refused .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                 Article 3
                               Article 1
                                                                          1.    A security of a value of 10 units of account per
 1.     In accordance with the first Article of Council
                                                                         tonne shall be given by the party concerned on         the
Regulation ( EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976 the                         signature of the contract . It shall be released on    the
Office Beige de 1'Economie et de l'Agriculture                           completion of the operations in question within        the
(OBEA), 82, rue de Treves, 1040 Brussels (intervention                   time limit laid down and also for those quantities     not
agency) shall conclude a private contract for the                        realised due to force majeure.
purchase on the Community market of I 590 tonnes
                                                                         2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
(')  OJ  No I. 281 , I. I I. 1 V7 S , p . I.                             given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
(-') OJ  No I. i 54 , 24 . 12 . 1976 , p . I.
(')  OJ  No L  281 , 1 . I I. I97S , p . 89 .                            issued by a credit institution conforming to criteria
H    OJ  No L  8 M).         1976 , p . 8 .                              laid down by the Member State.
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                        Article 4                           The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
                                                            tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
Shipment shall be carried out between 8 and 15
                                                            received together with a copy of the private contract.
February 1977 (lot No 1 — 795 tonnes) and between
 15 and 30 March 1977 (lot No 2 — 795 tonnes).
                                                                                  Article 6
                        Article 5
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
The intervention agency shall request the interested        Belgium .
party to specify the following information :
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
     the quantities loaded, the quality of the products     Done at Brussels, 14 January 1977.
     and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
     expected date of arrival of the products at their                              For the Commission
     destination ;                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
     during transportation of the products.                                             Vice-President