NoL37/22 9.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No336/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of8February1974
oncertainmeasurestobetakenbytheinterventionagenciesinthecontextof
CommunityaidtotheSahelcountries
givingdetailsofthevoluntaryassistanceprovided,
whereapplicable ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Whenrecourseishadtoprivatetreaty,underArticle1
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3581/73,forthe
carriagetodistributionpointsofcerealsandrice
suppliedasCommunityfoodaidtocountriesofthe
Sahel,theinterventionagencywhichhas,upon
tender,awardedcontractsforthedeliveryofthe
productstothepointlaiddowninthetenderingregu­
lationshallseekthebestpossibletermsforprivate
treatycontracts,takingintoaccounttheavailable
meansoftransport.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1346/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC(3)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbythe
Act(4)annexedtotheTreaty(5)ontheAccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
CommunitysignedatBrusselson22January1972;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1693/72(6)of3August1972layingdownthecondi­
tionsforthemobilization ofcerealsasfoodaid,and
inparticularArticle6thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3581/73(7)of
28December1973derogatingfromRegulation (EEC)
No1693/72inrespectoftheprocedureslaiddown
forthemobilization offoodaidtothecountriesofthe
Sahel,providesthat,inrespectofthatparticularfood
aidmeasure,aprocedureotherthanthetendering
proceduremaybeadopted;whereaswherenecessary
thecarriagefromthepointofdeliveryciftothe
distributionpointsofthecerealsandricesuppliedas
foodaidtotheSahelcountriesmaybenegotiatedby
privatetreatyonthebesttermspossible;
Whereas,inviewoftheparticularlocalconditions
affectingthecarriageofgoodstotheinterior,
includingwhereapplicablethevoluntaryassistance
providedbysometransportagenciesorundertakings ,
theintervention agenciesconcernedshouldbe
allowed,ineachparticularcase,toconcludecontracts
forallorpartofthetransportoperationsrequired;
Whereasitisessentialthattheinterventionagencies
concernedshouldinformtheCommission ofthe
meansoftransportusedandoftheamountsinvolved,Article2
Thedistributionpointsarethosepointsdesignatedby
theauthoritiesoftheparticularSahelterritoryand
notifiedtotheinterestedinterventionagencybythe
Commission .
Article3
1.Theinterventionagenciesshallimmediately
notifytheCommissionofthenamesoftheundertak­
ingsresponsiblefortransport,thecostsincurredand
ofthemeansoftransportused,givingdetailsofthe
voluntaryassistanceprovided,whereapplicable .
2.Theinterventionagencyshalltransmittothe
Commission ,onsigning,onecopyoftheprivate
treatycontracts .
(')OJNo117,16.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.Article4
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(4)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(5)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(o)OJNoL178,5.8.1972,p.3.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (7)OJNoL359,28.12.1973,p.49.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8February1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI