81/293/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 April 1981 on the transport of maize to the Republic of Mali as food aid (Only the French text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

1. The Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales (ONIC), 21, avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (intervention agency) shall conclude one or more direct aware contracts for the transport from Abidjan of 8 000 tonnes of maize destined for the Republic of Mali, namely 8 000 tonnes delivered unloaded at Bamako (OPAM).

2. In concluding the direct award contract, 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, 9 April 1981.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 89. (4) OJ No L 83, 30.3.1976, p. 8. (5) OJ No L 63, 10.3.1981, p. 12.