CELEX: 31982D0095
Language: en
Date: 1982-01-20 00:00:00
Title: 82/95/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 January 1982 on the transport of maize to the Republic of Niger as food aid (Only the French text is authentic)

No L 42/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                13 . 2. 82
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 20 January 1982
                       on the transport of maize to the Republic of Niger as food aid
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (82/95/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                  1 . The Office National Interprofessionnel des
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Cereales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e, the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           intervention agency, shall conclude one direct-award
                                                                  contract for the transport from Cotonou of 5 000
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/ 81 (2), and in particular
Article 28 thereof,                                               tonnes of maize intended for the Republic of Niger,
                                                                  that is to say :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      — 3 500 tonnes delivered unloaded at Niamey,
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
                                                                  — 1 500 tonnes delivered unloaded at Dosso
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  (OPVN, BP 474, Niamey).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/76
of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation (EEC)                 2.     In concluding the direct-award contract, the
No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization procedures for              ONIC must seek the most favourable conditions.
cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
Whereas, by means of Regulation (EEC) No                                                    Article 2
3666/81 (*), the Commission has opened an invitation
to tender for the supply cif to the port of Cotonou of             1 . A security of 6 ECU per tonne of product shall
5 000 tonnes of maize intended for the Republic of                be lodged by the party concerned when the contract is
Niger as food aid ;
                                                                   signed. It shall be released on completion of the
                                                                   operations in question and as regards quantities not
Whereas these goods must be transported from the
                                                                   delivered by reason of force majeure..
 port of Cotonou to their final destination of Niamey
and Dosso ;
                                                                   2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be
Whereas, in order to satisfy the particular require­               lodged in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by a
 ments of the measure in question and to take account              credit institution satisfying the requirements laid down
of local transport conditions, use should be made of a             by the Member State .
quicker and more flexible procedure than an invitation
 to tender ; whereas, therefore, the intervention agency
 responsible for the tendering procedure for the supply                                     Article 3
 cif should be allowed to conclude, for delivery at the
 final stage, contracts relating to all or part of the trans­      The intervention agency shall require the following
 port to be carried out ;                                          information from the party concerned :
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                (a) after each shipment, a statement detailing the
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  quantities loaded, the quality of the products and
 Committee for Cereals ,                                               the type of packing ;
                                                                   (b) the date of departure and the date set for the
 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .                              arrival of the products at their destination ;
 (2) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2.
 O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
 M OJ No L 83, 30 . 3. 1976, p. 8.                                 (c) any incident which may occur during transport of
 0 OJ No L 366, 22. 12. 1981 , p . 15 .                                the products.
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The intervention agency shall forward the above parti-     Done at Brussels, 20 January 1982.
culars to the Commission as soon as it has received
them, together with a copy of the direct-award
contract .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 4                                                     Poul DALSAGER
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                            Member of the Commission