9.7.73 NoL186/3 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No1839/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of6July1973
oncertainmeasurestobetakenbytheinterventionagenciesinthecontextof
CommunityaidtotheSahelcountries
beallowed,ineachparticularcase,toconclude
contractsforallorpartofthetransportoperations
required;
Whereasitisessentialtothesuccessfulconclusion
oftheoperationsthattheintvervention agencies
concernedshouldinformtheCimmission ofthe
meansoftransportusedandoftheamounts
involved,givingdetailsofthevoluntaryassistance
provided,ifany;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1346/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC(3)of25July1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamended
bytheAct(4)annexedtotheTreaty(5)onthe
AccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunitysignedatBrusselson22January
1972;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1693/72(6)of3August1972layingdownthe
conditionsforthemobilization ofcerealsasfood
aid,andinparticularArticle6thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1838/73of
28June1973derogatingfromRegulation (EEC)
No1693/72(7)inrespectoftheprocedureslaid
downforthemobilization offoodaidtothe
countriesoftheSahel,providesthat,inrespectof
thatparticularfoodaidmeasure,aprocedureother
thanthetenderingproceduremaybeadopted;
Whereas,inviewoftheurgencyofthesituation,
thecarriagefromthepointofdeliveryciftothe
distributionpointsofthecerealsandricesupplied
asfoodaidtotheSahelcountriesshouldbe
negotiatedbyprivatetreatyonthebestterms
possible;
Whereas,inviewofthevoluntaryassistanceprovided
bysometransportagenciesorundertakingsandof
theparticularlocalconditionsaffectingthecarriage
ofgoodstotheinteriorofsomeoftherecipient
countries,theinterventionagenciesconcernedshouldForthecarriage,fromthepointofdeliveryto
distributionpoints,ofthecerealsandricesupplied
underthe1972/73Communityfoodaidprogramme
tothecountriesofSahel,theinterventionagency
whichhas,upontender,awardedcontractsforthe
deliveryoftheproductscifshallnegotiatebyprivate
treatyonthebesttermspossible,andshallenterinto
suchcontractorcontractswiththetransportunder­
takingsasmaybenecessary.
Article2
Thedistributionpointsarethosepointsdesignated
bytheauthoritiesoftheparticularSahelterritory
andnotifiedtotheinterestedinterventionagencyby
theCommission .
Article3
Theinterventionagenciesshallimmediatelynotify
theCommission ofthecostsincurredandofthe
meansoftransportused,givingdetailsofthe
voluntaryassistanceprovided,ifany.
(*)OJNo117,19.6.1967,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.5.
(«)OJNoL178,5.8.1972,p.3.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (7)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6July1973.
FortheCommission ,
ThePresident
Fran?ois-Xavier ORTOLI