CELEX: 31978D0589
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 June 1978 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the People's Republic of Bangladesh

19 . 7. 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 194/23
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 14 June 1978
                relating to the urgent supply of common wheat as food aid to the People's Repu­
                                                         blic of Bangladesh
                                           (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                             (78/589/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        the purchase on the Community market of 25 000
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tonnes of common wheat for delivery to the People's
                                                                      Republic of Bangladesh.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                  2. In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
                                                                      seek the least onerous terms possible.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by                3. The contract shall be for the purchase and
Regulation (EEC) No 11 25/78 (2),                                     supply of the products delivered to the port of
                                                                      Antwerp in the vicinity of the vessel.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­                    4.     The product shall be delivered in bulk in five
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and            lots, each of 5 000 tonnes.
in particular Article 6 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 2
 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),                     The product referred to in Article 1 must be of fair
                                                                      and sound merchantable quality and correspond at
Whereas, on 30 January 1978, the Council of the                       least to the standard quality for which the interven­
 European Communities declared that it proposed, by                   tion price is fixed, except that the moisture content
way of Community action, to grant 25 000 tonnes of                    shall not exceed 1 5-5 % and that a maximum of 3 %
 common wheat to the People's Republic of Bangla­                     of sprouted grains and 1 -5 % of miscellaneous impuri­
 desh under its 1977/78 food-aid programme ;                          ties shall be allowed. If the product does not meet
                                                                      these requirements it shall be refused.
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
 is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                     1 . A security of a value of five units of account per
 ment Committee for Cereals,                                          tonne shall be given by the party concerned on     the
                                                                      signature of the contract. It shall be released on the
                                                                      completion of the operations in question within    the
                                                                      time limit laid down and also for those quantities not
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                          delivered owing to force majeure.
                              Article 1
                                                                      2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
                                                                      given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
                                                                      issued by a credit institution conforming to criteria
 1.     In accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)              laid down by the Member State.
 No 696/76, the Office belge de l'économie et de l'agri­
culture (OBEA), 82, rue de Trêves, 1040 Brussels (inter­
vention agency) shall conclude a private contract for
                                                                                             Article 4
(!)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 21 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.                            Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15 July
(<)  OJ  No  L 83, 30. 3. 1976, p. 8.                                 1978 .
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                       Article 5                                                Article 6
The intervention agency shall request the interested       This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
party to specify the following information :               Belgium.
(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of
    the quantities loaded, the quality of the products     Done at Brussels, 14 June 1978 .
    and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure of the ships.                                       For the Commission
The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­                                Finn GUNDELACH
tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
received, together with a copy of the private contract.                               Vice-President