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( 1 ) OJ NO L 180 , 8 . 8 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 27 APRIL 1979 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 8 MAY 1979

ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURE RELATING TO FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF CEREALS SUPPLIED UNDER THE 1979 PROGRAMME

( 79/470/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1703/72 OF 3 AUGUST 1972 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2052/69 ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING OF EXPENDITURE ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD AID CONVENTION OF 1967 , AND LAYING DOWN RULES FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING OF EXPENDITURE ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD AID CONVENTION OF 1971 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 8 ( 1 ) AND 10 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

WHEREAS CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN RECEIPT OF FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF CEREALS UNDER THE 1979 PROGRAMME WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY , GIVEN THEIR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SITUATION , IN COVERING FORWARDING COSTS FROM THE PORT OF SHIPPING ; WHEREAS SUCH COSTS SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

FOR COMMUNITY FOOD-AID ACTIONS UNDER THE 1979 CEREALS PROGRAMME , COMMUNITY FINANCING SHALL COVER FORWARDING AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS INCURRED BEYOND DELIVERY TO THE PORT OF SHIPMENT UNDER THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS :

- FOR BANGLADESH , COMOROS , ETHIOPIA , GAMBIA , GUINEA , GUINEA BISSAU , JIBUTI , MAURITANIA , MOZAMBIQUE , THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE , SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE , SOMALIA , TANZANIA , VIETNAM AND ZAIRE , FINANCING SHALL COVER EXPENDITURE INCURRED BETWEEN PORT OF SHIPMENT AND PORT OF UNLOADING ,

- FOR CHAD , LESOTHO , MALI , NIGER , RWANDA , UPPER VOLTA AND ZAMBIA , FINANCING SHALL COVER EXPENDITURE INCURRED BETWEEN PORT OF SHIPMENT AND DESTINATION ,

- FOR WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME , UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES , CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES , INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS , LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES AND UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES , FINANCING SHALL COVER EXPENDITURE INCURRED BETWEEN PORT OF SHIPMENT AND DESTINATION , AND COSTS OF DISTRIBUTION WHERE PROVIDED FOR IN THE CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED WITH THE RECIPIENT ,

- FOR ACTIONS TAKEN FROM THE RESERVE , FINANCING MAY COVER EXPENDITURE INCURRED BETWEEN PORT OF SHIPMENT AND DESTINATION , AND COSTS OF DISTRIBUTION WHERE AID IS SUPPLIED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ,

- FINANCING MAY BE CARRIED OUT WHOLLY OR PARTLY IN THE FORM OF A LUMP-SUM CONTRIBUTION WHERE PROVIDED FOR IN THE CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED WITH THE RECIPIENT .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . BERNARD-REYMOND

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ANNEX

CEREALS FOOD AID PROGRAMME FOR 1979

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RECIPIENT COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS // CEREALS ALLOCATED ( TONNES ) // ARRANGEMENTS FOR FINANCING //

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COUNTRIES //

AFGHANISTAN // 3 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

ANGOLA // P . M . // P . M . //

BANGLADESH // 100 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

BENIN // 2 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

BOLIVIA // 1 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

CHAD // 3 500 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

COMOROS // 2 500 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

CONGO // 1 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

EGYPT // 90 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

ETHIOPIA // 15 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

GAMBIA // 2 500 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

GHANA // 2 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

GUINEA // 3 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

GUINEA BISSAU // 3 500 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

HONDURAS // 3 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

JIBUTI // 3 500 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

JORDAN // 10 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

LEBANON // 10 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

LESOTHO // 3 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

MADAGASCAR // 14 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

MALI // 3 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

MALTA // 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

MAURITANIA // 7 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

MOZAMBIQUE // 16 500 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

NIGER // 4 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

NORTH YEMEN // 3 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

PAKISTAN // 50 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

PERU // 3 500 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

PHILIPPINES // 2 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE // 3 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

RWANDA // 1 500 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE // 1 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

SENEGAL // 9 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

SIERRA LEONE // 2 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

SOMALIA // 15 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

SOUTH YEMEN // P . M . // P . M . //

SRI LANKA // 19 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

SUDAN // 4 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

SYRIA // 1 000 // PORT OF SHIPMENT //

TANZANIA // 4 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

UPPER VOLTA // 7 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

VIETNAM // 86 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

ZAIRE // 10 000 // PORT OF UNLOADING //

ZAMBIA // 10 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

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// 536 500 //

ORGANIZATIONS //

ICRC // 15 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

CRS // 16 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

LICROSS // 1 500 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

UNHCR // 2 500 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

UNRWA // 40 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

WFP // 65 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

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// 140 000 //

RESERVE // 44 000 // FREE AT DESTINATION //

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TOTAL // 720 500 //

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