80/1228/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1980 on the supplying of maize to the Republic of Zambia as food aid (Only the French text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

1. L'Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21, avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (intervention agency) shall conclude one direct award contract for the transport from Durban of 10000 tonnes of maize for the Republic of Zambia, namely 10000 tonnes delivered unloaded at Lusaka.

2. In concluding the direct award contract, the ONIC must seek the most favourable conditions.

Article 2

1. A security of 6 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 quality 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.

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, 12 December 1980.

For the Commission

Finn Gundelach

Vice-President

[1] OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

[2] OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 1.

[3] OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 89.

[4] OJ No L 83, 30. 3. 1976, p. 8.

[5] OJ No L 244, 16. 9. 1980, p. 8.

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