CELEX: 31976D0956
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 December 1976 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the League of Red Cross Societies

31 . 12 . 76                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 364 /49
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 3 December 1976
                relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the League of Red Cross
                                                                    Societies
                                               ( Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                                 (76/956/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              Office beige de l'economie et de l'agriculture
COMMUNITIES ,                                                                ( OBEA ), 82, rue de Treves, 1040 Brussels
                                                                            ( intervention agency) shall conclude a private
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                contract for the purchase on the Community market
European Economic Community,                                                of 35 metric tons of common wheat for delivery to
                                                                            the League of Red Cross Societies .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75      of   29    October        1975      on   the  common           2.     In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
organization of the market in cereals (*), as last                          seek the least onerous terms possible .
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1143 /76 (2),
                                                                            3.     The contract shall be for the purchase and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                supply of the products delivered to the quay or on
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the                                  lighter at the port of Puerto Cabezas .
conditions for the mobilization of cereals as food
aid (3 ), and in particular Article 6 thereof,                              4.     The product shall be delivered in new 50 kilo­
                                                                            gramme cotton sacks .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/
76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                              A red cross 15 X 15 cm shall be printed on the sacks
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization                                 together with the following :
procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
                                                                            'Trigo/Donación de la Comunidad Economica
Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the                                  Europea/Acción de la liga de sociedades de la
European Communities declared that it proposed by                           Cruz Roja/Por distribución gratuita .'
way of Community action, to grant 35 metric tons of
common wheat to the League of Red Cross Societies
under its 1 975 /76 food-aid programme ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                       The product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                        and sound merchantable quality and correspond at
agreement ;                                                                 least to the standard quality for which the
                                                                            intervention price is fixed , except that the moisture
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                          content shall not exceed 15 °/o and that a maximum
are in accordance with the opinion of the                                   of 3 %» of sprouted grains and 1-5 %                 of
Management Committee for Cereals ,                                          miscellaneous impurities shall be allowed .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                 If the product does not meet these requirements it
                                                                            shall be refused .
                               Article 1
                                                                                                     Article 3
1.     In    accordance        with     Article     1   of  Council
Regulation (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976 the                              1.    A security of a value of five units of account
                                                                            per metric ton shall be given by the party concerned
(!)  OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . I.                               on the signature of the contract. It shall be released
(2)  OJ   No  L  130, 19 . 5 . 1976, p . 1 .                                on the completion of the operations in question
(3)  OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 .                             within the time limit laid down and also for those
(4)  OJ   No  L  83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 8 .                                quantities not realized due to force majeure.
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2.      The  security provided for in paragraph 1 may          ( c) all possible contingencies which might occur
be given     in the form of a cash deposit or of a                  during transportation of the products .
guarantee     issued by a credit institution conforming
to criteria  laid down by the Member State .                   The intervention agency shall transmit the
                                                               information provided for to the Commission as soon
                                                               as it is received together with a copy of the private
                          Article 4                            contract .
Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15
 January 1977.                                                                          Article 6
                          Article 5                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                               Belgium.
The intervention agency shall request the interested
party to specify the following information :
                                                               Done at Brussels , 3 December 1976.
 ( a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
      the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
      and their packaging ;                                                              For the Commission
( b ) the date of the departure of the ships ; the                                          P. J. LARDINOIS
      expected date of arrival of the products at their
      destination ;                                                                 Member of the Commission