CELEX: 51982PC0409
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the allocation of food aid in cereals to UNRWA and Mozambique (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(82)409 final
                                                          Brussels - 25 June 1982
                                  Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                    on the allocation of food aid in cereals
                           to U N R U A and Mozambique
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 ---pagebreak---  EXPLANATORY     MEMORANDUM
A.    Allocation of 1,187 t cereals to      U N R W A
1.    The purpose of this proposal is to rectify a technical anomaly in
the 1981 allocation of cereals food aid to      U N R W A   ( United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ).
2.    The problem arises from a change in the technical coefficient for
the transformation of cereals into wheat flour . Under the 1971 Food Aid
Convention each donating member was free to choose the most appropriate
coefficient . The    EEC     calculated its donations of flour to     U N' R W A
at the rate of 1 tonne flour to 1,33 tonne cereals , a special rate used
in view of the particular type of flour supplied .
In this way an allocation of 40,000 t cereals under the 1981 food aid
programme was expressed in the latest convention with       U N R, W A   as
29,743 t wheat flour and 152 t rice .
3.     In March 1981 , the Kules of Procedure of the 1980 Food Aid Convention
were finally agreed , including a provision that cereals supp.lied in
tr.i form of wheat flour should in future be calculated at a rate of 73 % ;
that is , 1 tonne flour to just under 1,37 tonne cereals ( the rate for rice
remaining unchanged ) . Whi 1st it is possible to use other conversion rates ,
such exceptions have to be notified case by case to the Food Aid Committee
in London .
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4.    The effect upon the 1981 allocation to     U N R W A    is that
the Community 's commitment in wheat flour and rice corresponds not to 40,000 t
cereals but 41,187 t , as the following table indicates :
                                                    Cereals équivalent
                 Products                     1971 Convention     1980 Convention
           Flour   29,743 t
           Ri ce       152 t
           Total
 ---pagebreak---  5.      In order to respect the Community 's commitment to    U N R W A   as
 ,; elL as the rules of the Food Aid Convention , the simplest solution is
 ;o allocate to     U N R W A  an extra 1,187 t from the reserve of the 1981
 cereals programme . This is only a book-keeping transaction , and involves
neither additional expenditure for the Community , nor additional flour
 for    U N R W A.   It will however permit the small balance still owing
to     U N R W A   to be delivered .
6.      The question does not arise for 1982 , since the cereals allocation
to     U N R W A   in the 1982 programme has been increased to take account
of the new coefficient .
 In any case the problem should disappear in future years , if effect is
given to the recent Commission proposal to transform part of the Community 's
contributions in flour to      U N R W A 's  basic rations programme into
financial support for the education programme .
7.      In conclusion   therefore the Commission proposes that the Council
should allocate to      U N R W A    1,187 t cereals , delivered to destination ,
from the reserve of the 1981 food aid programme .
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3.      Allocation of 13,581 t cereals to Mozambique
1.      As a result of the continuing drought in Mozambique there are grave
food shortages in the provinces of Cabo Delgado , Sofala and Zambezia .
In the latter two provinces the rice crop has also been partly destroyed
by floods . The country has acute balance of payments problems and is
unable to finance commercial imports on the necessary scale . The number
of people requiring emergency feeding is put at 1.4 million . 'The shorfall
in requirements for the year 1982 is calculated at 364,000 t cereals .
2.      It is proposed that the balance of 13,581 t remaining from the 1981
cereals programme should be allocated to Mozambique as an exceptional aid
for delivery CIF ( 1 ). The cost of this operation is estimated at 3.6 M ECU ,
(1)     The Commission , after consultation with Member States , lias already agreed
        an emergency action of 5,000 t cereals and 500 t of milk powder .
 ---pagebreak--- and is not an additional expense to the Community as the action will be
deoited within the framework of the 1981 programme already decided .
3.   In conclusion therefore the Commission proposes that the Council
should allocate to Mozambique  13,581 t cereals , delivered CIF , from
the reserve of the 1981 food aid programme .
 ---pagebreak---                                Propo sal     for   a
                             COUNCIL     DECISION
              on the granting of food aid in cereals
                 to    U N   R  W A      and to Mozambique
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
 and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
 having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 whereas by its Decision 81 / 367 / EEC ( 1 ) the Council , in the context of
 the 1981 cereals food aid programme , reserved certain quantities for
 emergency operations and other unforeseen situations ,
 whereas a certain quantity is still available under that reserve ,
 whereas the Community has received certain requests for food aid ,
whereas the Community should respond favourably to those requests ,
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                     Sole article
 Food and in cereals from the reserve of the 1981 programme is allocated
as follows  :
                     Benençiary              QuaniMty       Deliyery terms
                     U N R  W A                1,187 t           DD
                     Mozambique               13,581 t           CI F
Done at                                                For the Council ,
                                                         The President
 (1)  O.J. no. L 141 of 27.5.1981 , p. 37 .