CELEX: 31978D0714
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-28 00:00:00
Title: 78/714/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1978 relating to the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to the Republic of Zaire

No L 239/ 26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              31 . 8 . 78
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 28 July 1978
               relating to the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to the Republic of Zaire
                                               (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                          (78 /71 4/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       3. The contract shall be for the purchase and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         supply of the products delivered to Lubumbashi .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                4. The products shall be delivered in new 50 kilo­
 Economic Community,                                                  gram polypropylene sacks in four lots of 500 tonnes
                                                                      each .
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                      The minimum weight of the sacks shall be 125 grams.
 tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular
 Article 28 (3) thereof,                                              The following shall be printed on the sacks :
                                                                       Semoules de mais / Don de la Communauté écono­
 Whereas on 8 February 1977 the Council of the Euro­
 pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                   mique européenne / À la république du Zaïre'.
 of Community action , to grant 2 000 tonnes of maize
 meal to the Republic of Zaire under its 1976/77 food­                To allow for the possibility of re-bagging, the
 aid programme ;                                                      successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of new empty
                                                                      sacks of the same quality as those containing the
Whereas the white maize meal requested by that                        goods but with the printing followed by a capital
 country is not available on the Community market ;                   letter 'R'.
whereas consequently it must be obtained on the
world market ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, in view of the need to provide aid, it is
 necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;                                                           The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
                                                                      following requirements :
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                      — moisture content : 1 2 % maximum,
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Cereals,                                          — acidity : 0-6 % maximum,
                                                                      — fat content by weight : 1 -5 % maximum .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                          Produce not meeting these requirements shall be
                                                                      refused .
                           Article 1
                                                                                            Article 3
 1 . In accordance with Article 28 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2727/75, the Intervention Board for Agricul­
tural Produce (IBAP), 2 West Mall, Butts Centre,                      1 . A security of a value of 10 units of account    per
Reading (intervention agency) shall conclude a private                tonne shall be given by the party concerned on      the
contract for the purchase on the Zambian market of                    signing of the contract. It shall be released on    the
2 000 tonnes of white maize meal for delivery to the                  completion of the operations in question within     the
Republic of Zaire.                                                    time limit laid down and also for those quantities  not
                                                                      realized due to force majeure.
2.     In concluding the private contract, the IBAP
must seek the least onerous terms possible.                           2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
                                                                      given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               issued by a credit institution conforming to the
0 OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p . 1 .                                  criteria 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
Delivery shall be carried out between :
                                                             received together with a copy of the private contract.
—    1  and  30 August 1978 (Lot 1 ),
—    1  and  15  September 1978 ( Lot 2),
—    1  and  15 October 1978 (Lot 3),                                              Article 6
—    1  and  15  November 1978 ( Lot 4).
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of
                        Article 5                            Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
The intervention agency shall ask that the interested
party specifies the following information :
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of       Done at Brussels, 28 July 1978 .
     the quantities delivered, the quality of the
     products and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure, and the expected date of                               For the Commission
     arrival of the products at their destination ;                                    Finn GUNDELACH
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
     during transportation of the products.                                               Vice-President