19.12.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 326/5 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation on food aid policy and food aid 
management (') 
COM(86) 699 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty on 4 December 1986) 
(86/C 326/06) 
The proposal for a Council Regulation contained in 
document COM(86) 418 final/2, presented by the 
Commission on 25 September and replacing document 
COM(86) 418 final of 17 July, is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following recital is added after the first recital: 
'Whereas food aid must fit in with the developing 
countries' policies for increasing their self-sufficiency 
in food, especially by establishing food strategies;' 
2. The third recital is amended to read as follows: 
'Whereas it is necessary to that end that the 
Community should be able to provide a steady overall 
flow of aid and be in a position, in appropriate cases, 
to undertake to supply to the developing countries 
minimum quantities of products under specific multi-
annual programmes linked to development policies, as 
well as to enter into undertakings in relation to inter­
national organizations;' 
3. Article 2 (1) is amended to read as follows: 
'1. The food aid operations referred to in Article 1 
shall have the following objectives in particular: 
— to provide emergency assistance to countries 
suffering from drought, famine or other natural 
disasters; 
— to contribute to policies in recipient countries 
which will reinforce their food security; 
— to raise the standard of nutrition of the recipient 
population; 
— to contribute towards the balanced economic and 
social development of the recipient countries.' 
4. Article 2 (2) is amended to read as follows: 
'2. Products supplied as food aid shall as far as 
possible fit the dietary habits of the recipient popu-
(') OJ No C 265, 21. 10. 1986, p. 7. lation and shall only be provided if it can be shown 
that there will be no adverse tffect on food production 
in the recipient country.' 
5. Article 2 (4) is amended to read as follows: 
'4. The granting of food aid shall, if necessary, be 
conditional on the implementation of annual or multi-
annual projects, priority being given to projects which 
promote the production of food in the recipient 
countries. Where appropriate, the aid may contribute 
directly to the implementation of such projects. This 
complementarity shall be ensured through the use 
determined by common agreement of counterpart 
funds where the products supplied are intended for 
sale. Where food aid is provided as backing for a 
development programme spread over a number of 
years, it may be supplied on a multiannual basis 
linked to the programme in question.' 
6. The last clause of Article 2 (5) is deleted such that the 
paragraph reads as follows: 
'5. The objective of food aid shall be to meet 
immediate food needs. Nevertheless, in order to 
improve food security in the developing countries and 
to ensure that their needs are met, food aid may be 
granted, on a case-by-case basis, to enable the 
building-up of reserve stocks.' 
7. The following new Article 2a is inserted after Article 
2: 
'If circumstances so justify, food aid may be replaced 
by other measures pursuant to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1755/84.'(2). 
8. The last indent of Article 5 (1) is deleted. 
(2) The wording of the European Parliament's amendment has 
been amended slightly to avoid the repetition of the 
reference to the decision-making procedure.