CELEX: 31981D0944
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-11 00:00:00
Title: 81/944/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 November 1981 on the transport of common wheat to the Republic of Zambia as food aid (Only the German text is authentic)

25. 11 . 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 338 /37
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 11 November 1981
                 on the transport of common wheat to the Republic of Zambia as food aid
                                                  (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                             (81 /944/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           1.    The Bundesanstalt fur landwirtschaftliche Mark­
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                     tordnung (BALM), D-6000 Frankfurt/Main, Adisckes­
tion of the market in cereals (*), 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
Article 28 ,                                                           East London of 15 000 tonnes of common wheat
                                                                       destined for the Republic of Zambia, namely 1 5 000
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           tonnes delivered unloaded at Lusaka .
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                                             Article 2
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
Whereas, by means of Regulation (EEC) No                               1 . A security of 6 ECU per tonne of product shall
3183/81 (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 port of East London                signature of the contract. It shall be released on
of 15 000 tonnes of common wheat destined for the                      completion of the operations in question and as
Republic of Zambia as food aid ;                                       regards the quantities not delivered in the event of
                                                                       force majeure.
Whereas these goods must be transported from the
port of East London to their final destination of                      2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be
 Lusaka ;
                                                                       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                                         Article 3
 agency responsible for the tendering procedure for the
 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 . 10 .                               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