CELEX: 31977D0069
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 December 1976 relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the World Food Programme

19 . 1 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 16 / 17
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 28 December 1976
              relating to the urgent supply of common wheat flour as food aid to the World
                                                           Food Programme
                                            (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                              (77/69/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          2.    In concluding the private contract, OBEA must
COMMUNITIES,                                                            seek the least onerous terms possible .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   3 . The contract shall be for the purchase and
Economic Community,                                                     supply of the products delivered to the port of ship­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            ment in the vicinity of the vessel .
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                   4.    The product shall be delivered in new 50 kg
                                                                        cotton sacks .
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 43/76 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            The following shall be printed on the sacks :
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the condi­
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and               Farine de froment — Don de la CEE — Action
in particular Article 6 thereof,                                        d'urgence du PAM en faveur du Liban .'
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                                            Article 2
(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 meet the
Whereas, on 20 December 1976, the Council of the                        following standards :
European Communities declared that it proposed by                       — moisture content : maximum 14% ,
way of Community action , to grant 6 953 tonnes of
common wheat flour to the World Food Programme                          — protein content : minimum 10-5% (N x 625 on
under its 1975/76 food-aid programme ;                                      dry matter),
Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it                   — ash content : maximum 0-52 % of dry matter.
is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual
agreement ;                                                             If the product does not meet these requirements it
                                                                        shall be refused .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals ,                                                                  Article 3
                                                                        1 . A security of a value of 10 units of account   per
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                        tonne shall be given by the party concerned on     the
                                                                        signature of the contract. It shall be released on the
                              Article 1                                 completion of the operations in question within    the
                                                                        time limit laid down and also for those quantities not
1 . In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­                     realized due to force majeure.
tion ( EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the Office
beige de l'economie et de l'agriculture (OBEA), 82 rue                  2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
de Treves, 1040 Brussels (intervention agency) shall                    given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
conclude a private contract for the purchase on the                     issued by a credit institution conforming to criteria
Community market of 6 953 tonnes of common                              laid down by the Member State .
wheat flour for delivery to the World Food
Programme .
                                                                                              Article 4
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 130 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975, p. 89.                              Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 15
(4 ) OJ  No L 8 .?, 30 . 3 . 1976 , p. 8 .                              February 1977 .
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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, 28 December 1976 .
    and their packaging ;
(b) the date of the departure of the ships .                                       For the Commission
The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
received together with a copy of the private contract.                          Member of the Commission