CELEX: 31976D0955
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 December 1976 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the League of Red Cross Societies

31 . 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 364/47
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 3 December 1976
                 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the League of
                                                         Red Cross Societies
                                           (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                           (76/955 /EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Office beige de l'economie et de l'agriculture
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         ( OBEA), 82, rue de Treves, 1040 Brussels
                                                                      ( intervention agency) shall conclude a private
                                                                      contract for the purchase on the Community market
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          of 23-178 metric tons of common wheat flour for
 European Economic Community,
                                                                      delivery to the League of Red Cross Societies.
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2727/75      of 29     October     1975     on  the common           2 . In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
 organization of the market in cereals ( 1), as last                  seek the least onerous terms possible.
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1143 /76 (2),
                                                                      3.     The contract shall be for the purchase and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         supply of the products delivered to the quay or on
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the                           lighter at the port of Puerto Cabezas.
 conditions 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
                                                                      cotton 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
 (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization                          15 cm as well as the following :
 procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
 Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the                         'Harina de trigo/Donación de la Comunidad
 European Communities declared that it proposed by                   Económica Europea/Acción de la liga de sociedades
                                                                     de la Cruz Roja/Por distribución gratuita.'
 way of Community action, to grant 23-178 metric
 tons of common wheat flour to the League of Red
 Cross      Societies     under     its    1 975/76   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 meet the
 agreement ;
                                                                     following standards :
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                   — moisture content: maximum 14 '% ,
are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Cereals,                                    — protein content: minimum 10-5 °/o (N X 6-25 on
                                                                           dry matter),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:                                           — ash content: maximum 0-52 °/o of dry matter.
                                                                     If the product does not meet these requirements it
                            Article 1                                shall be refused .
1.      In   accordance      with   Article    1  of  Council
Regulation (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976 the
                                                                                              Article 3
0    OJ   No  L 281, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
(2)  OJ   No  L 130, 19. 5. 1976, p. 1.
(3)  OJ   No  L 281, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.                          1.      A security of a value of 10 units of account per
(4) OJ    No  L 83, 30. 3. 1976, p. 8.                              metric ton shall be given by the party concerned on
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the signature of the contract. It shall be released on           (b ) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
the completion of the operations in question within                   expected da(te of arrival of the products at their
the     time   limit laid  down     and   also  for  those            destination ;
quantities not realized due to force majeure .
                                                                 (c) all possible contingencies which might occur
2.      The  security provided for in paragraph 1 may                 during transportation of the products .
be given     in the form of a cash deposit or of a
guarantee     issued by a credit institution conforming          The intervention agency shall transmit the
to criteria  laid down by the Member State .                     information provided for to the Commission as
                                                                 soon as it is received together with a copy of the
                                                                 private contract.
                          Article 4
                                                                                         Article 6
Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15
 fanuary 1977.                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                 Belgium .
                          Article 5
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 3 December 1976.
The intervention agency shall request the interested
party to specify the following information :                                               For the Commission
 ( a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
      the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
      and their packaging;                                                             Member of the Commission