CELEX: 31980D0300
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-22 00:00:00
Title: 80/300/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 February 1980 on the transport of common wheat for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid (Only the French text is authentic)

No L 68 /28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                14. 3 . 80
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 22 February 1980
              on the transport of common wheat for the United Nations High Commissioner
                                                     for Refugees as food aid
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                            (80/300/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                      1 . The Office national interprofessionnel des
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (interven­
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    tion agency) shall conclude one or more direct award
tion of the market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by               contracts for the transport from Karachi of 1 2 000
Regulation (EEC) No 1 547/79 (2),                                     tonnes of common wheat destined for the United
                                                                      Nations High Commissionner for Refugees, namely :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­                     — 2 400 tonnes delivered unloaded at Quetta,
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and            — 9 600 tonnes delivered unloaded at Pechawar.
in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          2.     In concluding the direct award contract(s), the
                                                                      ONIC must seek the most favourable conditions.
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­
dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, by means of Regulation (EEC) No
372/80 (5), the Commission has opened an invitation                   1 . A security of 6 ECU per tonne of product shall
to tender for the supply cif to the port of Karachi of                be lodged by the party concerned at the time of the
 12 000 tonnes of common wheat destined for the                       signature of the contract. It shall be released on
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ;                       completion of the operations in question and as
                                                                      regards the quantities not delivered in the event of
Whereas these goods must be transported from the                      force majeure.
port of Karachi to its final destination at Quetta and
Pechawar ;                                                            2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be
                                                                      lodged in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by
Whereas, in order to satisfy the particular require­                  a credit establishment satisfying the requirements laid
ments of the measure in question, and to take account                 down by the Member State.
of local transport conditions, use should be made of a
quicker and more flexible procedure than the invita­
tion to tender ; whereas, therefore, the intervention                                         Article J
agency responsible for the tendering procedure for the
supply cif should be allowed to conclude, for delivery
 to the final stage, contracts relating to all or part of             The intervention agency shall require the following
 the transport to be carried out ;                                    information from the party concerned :
                                                                      (a) after each shipment, an attestation detailing the
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                         quantities loaded, the quality of the products and
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                         their form of packing ;
 ment Committee for Cereals,
                                                                       (b) the date of departure and the date set for the
(')  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                  arrival of the products at their destination ;
 (2) OJ No  L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
 (4) OJ No  L 83, 30. 3 . 1976, p. 8 .                                 (c) any incident which may occur during transport of
 (5) OJ No  L 40 , 16 . 2. 1980 , p. 34 .                                  the products.
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The intervention agency shall forward, as soon as it      Done at Brussels, 22 February 1980 .
has received them, the above particulars to the
Commission together with a copy of the direct award
contract(s).                                                                     For the Commission
                     Article 4                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                   Vice-President