CELEX: 31977D0078
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 January 1977 relating to the urgent supply of durum wheat as food aid to the League of Red Cross Societies

No L 21 /38                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 1 . 77
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 10 January 1977
              relating to the urgent supply of durum wheat as food aid to the League of Red
                                                          Cross Societies
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (77/78/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — by purchase on the Community market, or
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                     — by mobilization of intervention stocks held by it,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      the intervention agency.
Economic Community,
                                                                      2. In concluding the private contract, ONIC must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          seek the least onerous terms possible.
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                      3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
Regulation (EEC) No 31 38 /76 (2),
                                                                      supply of the products delivered to the quay or on
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         lighter at the port of Nouakchott or for supply alone
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­                     if the products are taken from intervention stocks.
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                      4.     The product shall be delivered in new 50 kg jute
                                                                      sacks .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                    On the sacks shall be printed a red cross 15 cm by 15
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                    cm as well as the following :
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
Whereas on 23 December 1976 the Commission of                        ' Ble dur — Don de la Communauté économique euro­
the European Communities declared that it proposed
                                                                      péenne — Action de la Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix
by way of Community action , to grant 4 900 tonnes of                 Rouge — A distribuer gratuitement'.
durum wheat to the League of Red Cross Societies
under its 1975/76 food-aid programme ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas in view of the need to provide quick aid, it is
necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
                                                                     The product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair
agreement ;
                                                                     and sound merchantable quality, be free from odour,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                   and correspond at least to the standard quality for
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                    which the intervention price is fixed .
ment Committee for Cereals,
                                                                      If the product does not meet these requirements it
                                                                     shall be refused .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                            Article 1                                                         Article 3
 1.    In accordance with the Article             1 of Council        1 . A security of a value of five units of account    per
Regulation ( EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the                    tonne shall be given by the party concerned on         the
Office national interprofessionel des cereales (ONIC),               signature of the contract. It shall be released -on    the
avenue Bosquet 21 , 75326 Paris (intervention agency)                completion of the operations in question within        the
shall conclude a private contract for the supply of                  time limit laid down and also for those quantities     not
4 900 tonnes of durum wheat for delivery to the                       realized due to force majeure.
League of Red Cross Societies either
                                                                     2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
(') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 354, 24 . 12 . 1976, p. 1 .                             given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
(3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 .                           issued by a credit institution conforming to criteria
H   OJ  No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 8 .                               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
Shipment shall be carried out between 25 and 31              received together with a copy of the private contract.
January 1977 (lot No 1 — 2 450 tonnes) and between
10 and 15 February 1977 (lot No 2 — 2 450 tonnes).
                                                                                   Article 6
                         Article 5
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
The intervention agency shall request the interested
party to specify the following information :
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of        Done at Brussels, 10 January 1977.
    the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
    and their packaging ;
(b) the date of departure of the ships ; the expected                                 For the Commission
    date of arrival of the products at their destination ;                             Finn GUNDELACH
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
    during transportation of the products.                                                Vice-President