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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(75)15 final
Brussels ,22January 1975
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION τοΤHΕCONCIL
Ontheimplementation oftheAgreement "between theEuropean
Economic Community and theWorld Food Programme forthe
supply ofcereals asfood aidtodeveloping countries
Cœ:(75 )15final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asapart ofitsfood aidprogramme (cereals )for1971/72and1972 /73
and inaccordance with theAgreement with theWorld Food Programme
signed on3July 1974 ,theCommunity undertook tosupply theWPPwith
aquantity ofproducts asagift fordeveloping countries .Ofthese
products -equivalent to15000 tens ofunworked cereal -10000 tons
come under the1971/72programme and5000tons under the1972/73
programme .
2.Article 2ofthis Agreement specifies that theWorld Pood Programme must
undertake touse the cereals thus provided forschemes -emergency action ,
economic and social development projects and food aidproper -which have
been approved bytheCommunity .
3.Since these projects result from earlier programmes ,therecipient countries
donotnecessarily neet thecriteria forselecting theleast favoured countries
insuch cases itisnecessary toavoid therisk ofinterrupting aproject
already under way .Itshould benoted however that infuture criteria will
beapplied asdefined bytheProgramme offood aidincereals 1974/75»
C0M(74)l969final .
4.TheWPPhasjust asked (Annex A)forthecommunity contribution inquestion .
"•>z>assigned tofive projects ,ofwhich four have already been agreed bythe
Council inorder tosupply milk products under previous ,agreements between the
EECandWPP (seedetails atAnnex3).Only oneproject isbeing submitted for
thefirst time fortheCommunity 'sapproval ;
Syria 2018 -5700tons (seesummary ofprojects atAnnex C)
Conclusion
TheCommission recommends theCouncil toapprove projects NosEgypt 368EXT
andSyria 268EXT ,229EXTand2018 forthesupply ofthe15000tons ofcereals
referred toinAnnex A.

AnnexA
DemandsmadebytheWPPundertheagreementforthesupplyof15000tons
ofcerealsbytheEECtothisorganization.
PROJECT QUANTITY
TONS
ARE368EXT'
SYRIA268EXT
SYRIA220EXT
SYRIA565EXT
SYRIA2018EXT3160
1360
1820
2960
5700
TOTAL 15000
«

ATWEXB
ProjectsapprovedbytheCouncil
underpreviousagreementsbetween
theEECandtheWPP(milkproducts)
Récipientcountry Noof
ProjectQuantityof
wheatrequested
fromtheCommunityDocumentcontaining
Council'sapprovalofthe
project
AREgypti
368EXT 3160tons R/27/73(COMER7),page3e»
SyriaI
j268EXT1360" R/27/73(COMER7),pageA7
Syria 229EXT 1820" R/27/73(COMER7),page51
Syria 565 296O" S/249/70(COMER.69),Annex
19300tons

Recipientcountry:Syria
TToofproject :2018Α*ΓΚΤ£ΧΠ
Tvpeofproject Methodof
distributionTradesafeguards Wheat-tons '
___ 1DurâtionofWFP
contributionQuantîty .■
providedfor
inprojectQuantitv
recruestedfrom
theCommunity
A.Improvements to
government-owned land
B»Extendingsheep-
fatteningcoopératives
C.Boostingtheproduction
offoddercropsonland
wateredbyrainfallend
inirrigatedareas
closetorivers.
I
IWheatwillbedis­
tributedonceevery
threemonths,asa
quarterlycompen­
sationtoevery
farrterwhohas
agreedtoplant
greenforageon
landwateredby
rainfallandinthe
irrigatedareas.
1
IAverageannual
importsofwheat
areintheregion
of300000tons.
TheW?Phasbeen
askedtodeliver
8550tonsfor
distribution among
thefarmers.The
remainder,i.e.
14450tons(or
approximately
3600tons/year)
willrepresent
slightlymorethan
l/iofnormal
imports,thatisto
say0.05$oflocal
production .23000
!
»
' I;5700
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