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)

• Articles: 4

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