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Language: en
Date: 1977-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 1977 relating to the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to the Republic of Botswana

15 . 4 . 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 93/ 15
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 1 April 1977
                relating to the urgent supply of maize meal as food aid to the Republic of
                                                                Botswana
                                                   (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                              (77/278 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           2.      In concluding the private contract, ONIC must
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            seek the least onerous terms possible .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                     3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
                                                                         supply of the products delivered to Francistown (Lot
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            No 1 ) and to Selebi-Pikwe (Lot No 2).
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                    4 . The products shall be delivered in new 50 kilo­
Regulation (EEC) No 3138 /76 (2),                                        gram cotton sacks in two lots of 139 tonnes each .
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­                        The minimum weight of the sacks shall be 600 grams.
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                         The following shall be printed on the sacks :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             ' Corn meal / Gift of the European Economic Commu­
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                       nity to the Republic of Botswana / For free distribu­
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                       tion '.
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
Whereas on 8 February 19 77 the Council of the Euro­                     To allow for the possibility of re-bagging, the
pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                       successful tenderer shall supply 2 % of new empty
of Community action, to grant 278 tonnes of maize                        sacks of the same quality as those containing the
meal to the Republic of Botswana under its 1976/77                       goods but with the printing followed by a capital
food-aid programme ;                                                     letter ' R'.
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                        The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
ment Committee for Cereals,                                              following requirements :
                                                                         — moisture content : maximum 12% ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                         — acidity : 0 6 %o maximum .
                              Article 1                                  Produce not meeting these requirements shall be
                                                                         refused .
 1 . In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­
tion (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the Office
national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC),
avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (intervention agency) shall                                             Article 3
conclude a private contract for the purchase on the
Community market of 278 tonnes of maize for                               1 . A security of value of 10 units of account    per
delivery to the Republic of Botswana .                                   tonne shall be given by the party concerned on     the
                                                                         signature of the contract. It shall be released on the
(■)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               completion of the operations in question within    the
(2 ) OJ   No L 354, 24. 12. 1976, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .                              time limit laid down and also for those quantities not
(4 ) OJ   No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1976, p. 8 .                                 realized due to force majeure.
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2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be          (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee           during transportation of the products.
issued by a credit institution conforming to the
criteria laid down by the Member State.                     The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­
                                                            tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
                        Article 4                           received together with a copy of the private contract.
Shipment shall be carried out between 15 and 30
April 1977 .                                                                       Article 6
                        Article 5                           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
The intervention agency shall ask that the interested
party specifies the following information :
                                                             Done at Brussels, 1 April 1977.
(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                                      Finn GUNDELACH
    expected date of arrival of the products at their
    destination ;                                                                        Vice-President