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The representative of the Commission shall submit to the 
committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a 
time limit which the chairman may lay down according 
to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a 
vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask 
to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the 
opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 
235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas agricultural products should be made available 
to the USSR, Romania and Bulgaria to improve the food 
supply to the population; whereas the Community has 
agricultural products in storage as a result of inter­
vention measures and, in view of the situation on the 
market, priority should be given to supplying these 
products; whereas, however, provision should be made 
for mobilizing products on the Community market in 
response to specific requests; whereas regularization of 
the agricultural markets may also be achieved by 
supplying such products in processed form; 
Whereas the action proposed is essentially humanitarian 
in its aim and should therefore also be based upon 
Article 235 of the Treaty; 
Whereas it is for the Commission to set detailed rules for 
this scheme, committee of the manner in which its opinion has been 
taken into account. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Community shall take urgent action to supply the 
USSR, Romania and Bulgaria with agricultural products. 
Expenditure on this scheme shall be limited to ECU(B) 
350 million of the budget, namely ECU 250 million for 
the USSR, ECU 100 million for Romania and for 
Bulgaria. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of this scheme: 
1. the Community shall transfer agricultural products 
available as a result of intervention free of charge to 
the USSR, Romania and Bulgaria; in response to 
specific requests, products may be mobilized on the 
Community market; 
2. supply costs shall be met by the Community and 
suppliers shall be chosen by tendering procedure. 
Transport costs shall be borne by the Community 
unless the recipient country takes the products over in 
the Community. These costs may include processing 
of products mobilized as provided for in paragraph 1; 
3. as an exception, and for reasons arising only from the 
urgency of the scheme, the Commission may choose 
the supplier by direct agreement; Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on urgent action to supply agricultural products to 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Romania and Bulgaria 
COM(90) 670 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1990) 
(91/C 22/10) 
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4. no export refunds shall be granted or monetary 
compensatory amounts applied in respect of the 
products supplied under this scheme. 
Article 3 
The accounting value of the products transferred to the 
USSR, Romania and Bulgaria shall be determined using 
the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 729/70 ('), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 2048/88 (2). 
Article 4 
Action taken under this Regulation shall count as inter­
vention as specified in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 
729/70. It shall be financed from the European Agri­
cultural Guidance and Guarantee fund (EAGGF), 
(Guarantee Section) appropriations. Article 5 
1. The Commission shall be responsible for 
implementing this scheme. 
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation 
shall be adopted using the procedure laid down in Article 
27 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (3), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No 201/90 (*), or, as appropriate, 
the corresponding article of other regulations on 
common organizations of the market. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
(2) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1. (») OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 22, 27. 1. 1990, p. 7.