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Date: 1983-01-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid to Bolivia#Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the grant of food aid in the form of cereals to Bolivia (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(82 )           893 final
                                                     Brussels , 10 January 1983
                              Proposal for a
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                             Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
     on the grant of food aid in the form of cereals to Bolivia
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 893 final
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      Explanatory memorandum
1,   Bolivia is the second poorest Latin American country after Haiti .
      Its economy today , moreover , is in a parlous condition , both structural
     and cyclical . One needs only consider the following :
   - Bolivia is a landlocked country with a harsh terrain and a 70% rural
     population , most of whom are marginal farmers in the Andes , scraping a
      living from arid ground at 3 000-4 000 metres altitude and living in
     extreme poverty ( annual income approx . US 2 1000 ). The rest are miners ,
      living in equally precarious circumstances .
   - The economy is based partly on a backward agricultural sector ( cereal
     deficit of about 400 000 tonnes for a total population of 5.8m ) and
     partly or) mineral resources ( tin is virtually the only export ) which are
     not locally processed , and for which world prices are depressed ( sale of
     US strategic reserves ).
   - The economic indicators are disastrous : inflation at 200 % , 30 % unemploy­
     ment , an external public debt of US 2 4bn ( Bolivia cannot even keep up
     the interest payments ; debt servicing takes around 30 % of export earn­
     ings ), and negative foreign currency reserves ( US $ 250m ).
2.   Since the military coup in 1980 , Bolivia has received no direct aid from
     the Community , and the flow of international aid in general is much re­
     duced . In the meantime , the country 's situation both economic and social
     has gone from bad to worse . Natural disasters have exacerbated the problem ,
     and the Community has been unable to provide any adequate relief .
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3. In March and April this year north-east Bolivia - Beni , Cochabamba
   and Santa Cruz - suffered severe flooding . Bolivian Red Cross reports
   which have reached the Commission estimate that 30 000 people were
   rendered totally destitute , losing their houses , livestock ( about
   50 000 head in all ) and crops ( rice , sugar cane , cotton , bananas and
   yucca ). According to the latest information , these people are still
   at bare subsistence level and threatened by disease and starvation .
4. In April the Community sent some emergency aid under Article 950 of
   the Budget ( cut in the event from an initial 100 000 ECU to 45 000 ECU ),
   which was used to provide urgently needed agricultural implements , mosquito
   nets , cooking utensils , blankets and tents , etc ., distributed free of
   charge under the aegis of the Red Cross .
5. Bolivia has now sent the Commission a request for food aid in the form
   of cereals and skimmed-milk powder .
   The food will be used in social relief programmes and sold to beneficiaries
   at nominal prices in order to generate counterpart funds to cover distri­
   bution and transport costs . It will be distributed by government action
   committees , working closely with representatives of the church ( Caritas ),
   the UNDP and the Bolivian Red Cross .
 ---pagebreak--- The Commission proposes that the Council decide to grant Bolivia
10 000 tonnes of cereals and 423 tonnes of milk as food aid from
              1)
the reserves     constituted under the 1982 food aid programmes ,
delivered free at destination .
This aid will be at no extra cost to the Community as it comes under
appropriations already voted ( Articles 920 , 921 and 925 of the 1982
Budget ) .
Accordingly , the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the decision
and regulation at annex .
 ^ 48 500 tonnes of cereals and 923 tonnes of milk are currently still
   avai lable .
 ---pagebreak---          PROPOSAL  FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION  ( EEC )
         ON THE SUPPLY Of  SKIMMED MILK POWDER AS
                FOOD  AID TO BOLIVIA
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) n° 1037 / 82 of 26 April 1982
laying down genera ;, rules for the supply of sk -i mmed-mi I k powder to certain
developing countries and specialised bodies under the 1982 food aid
programme ( 1 ), and in particular Article 7 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) n° 1038 / 82 of 26 April 1982 on the supply
of skimmed milk oowder to certain developing countries and specialised
bodies under the 1982 food aid programme ( 2 ) provides for a reserve of
10.990 tonnes of skimmed milk powder ; whereas certain quantities jre still
available under this reserve ;
Whereas the Community has received from Bolivia a request for food aid in
the form of skimmed milk powder ; whereas this country 's needs justify food
aid from the Community ,
( 1 ) 0J N° L 120 , 1.5.1932 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) 0J N° L 120 , 1.5.1982 , p. 3 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
Of the quantity of skimmed milk powder still available under the reserve
provided for by Regulation ( EEC ) n° 1038 / 82 , 423 tonnes shall be allocated
to Bolivia as food aid .
                          Article 2
The transport of the quantity of skimmed-milk powder allocated to Bolivia
shall be financed by the Community , including delivery to the place of
destination .
                          Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                   For the Council ,
                                                      The President
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
           on the grant of food aid in the form of cereals to Bolivia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , by Decision 3LJ /^ 70 / Er.C ( ' ) , as amended by Decision              ( 2 ), the
Council made provision Tor setting aside within its 1982 cereals food-aid programme
certain quantities for emergency operatic .-, s and other unforeseen situations ;
Whereas cereals are still available under that reserve ;
Whereas the Community has received requests for food aid for boUvia ;
Whereas the Community rhould respond favourably to these requests ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                   Sole Article
Food aid in the form c *      c . reals frctf tiic reserve under the 1982 programme shall
be allocated as follows       :
                   Recipient                          ity                     Delivery terms
      Do l i v '! a                               3 J JuU t           fr e at destination
Done at
                                                            For the Council
                                                               The President
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 120 , 1 . 5.1982 , p . 27
( 2 ) OJ No L