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81/998/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 November 1981 on the transport of maize meal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid (Only the French text is authentic)
Official Journal L 362 , 17/12/1981 P. 0044 - 0045
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 November 1981 on the transport of maize meal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid (Only the French text is authentic) (81/998/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the conditions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
Whereas, by means of Regulation (EEC) No 3282/81 (5), the Commission has opened an invitation to tender for the supply cif to the port of Douala of 2 080 tonnes of maize meal destined for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid;
Whereas these goods must be transported from the port of Douala to their final destination of N'Djamena;
Whereas, in order to satisfy the particular requirements of the measure in question and to take account of local transport conditions, use should be made of a quicker and more flexible procedure than the invitation to tender ; whereas, therefore, the intervention 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 transport to be carried out;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales (ONIC), 21, avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (intervention agency) shall conclude one direct award contract for the transport from Douala of 2 080 tonnes of maize meal destined for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, namely 2 080 tonnes delivered unloaded at N'Djamena.
2. In concluding the direct award contract, ONIC must seek the most favourable conditions.
Article 2
1. A security of 12 ECU per tonne of product shall be lodged by the Party concerned at the time of the signature of the contract. It shall be released on completion of the operations in question and as regards the quantities not delivered in the event of force majeure.
2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be lodged in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by a credit establishment satisfying the requirements laid down by the Member State.
Article 3
The intervention agency shall require the following information from the Party concerned: (a) after each shipment, an attestation detailing the quantities loaded, the quantity of the products and their form of packing;
(b) the date of departure and the date set for the arrival of the products at their destination;
(c) any incident which may occur during transport of the products. (1) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 198, 20.7.1981, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 89. (4) OJ No L 83, 30.3.1976, p. 8. (5) OJ No L 331, 19.11.1981, p. 22.
The intervention agency shall forward, as soon as it has received them, the above particulars to the Commission together with a copy of the direct award contract.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1981.
For the Commission
Poul DALSAGER
Member of the Commission
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