19.11. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 309/9 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy 
and food-aid management 
COM(87) 492 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 October 1987) 
(87/C 309/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 
thereof, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 O 
envisages, for the purpose of implementing various of its 
provisions, that the Member States and the Commission 
shall cooperate closely within a Food Aid Committee; 
Whereas Council Decision 87/373/EEC (2) laid down 
the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers 
conferred on the Commission; 
Whereas the procedure for the Food Aid Committee laid 
down in Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 does not 
conform to the rules set out in Decision 87/373/EEC 
and should consequently be adapted with a view to 
complying with the said rules, taking account of the 
nature of the implementing provisions to be adopted; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 is applicable 
only until 31 December 1987 and should be extended; 
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary 
powers. 1. Article 5 is replaced by the following: 
Article 5 
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 8 (1), shall: 
— adopt a list of products which may be mobilized 
as aid, 
— establish the total quantities for each product on 
an annual or multiannual basis, 
— lay down rules for mobilization of those products. 
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 8 (2), shall: 
— establish the apportionment, expressed in terms of 
quantities and costs, among the various recipients 
of the products which may be mobilized, subject 
to the budgetary limit for each product, 
— where necessary, adjust allocations during the 
implementation of programmes.' 
2. Article 7 is replaced by the following: 
Article 7 
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 and corrigendum in OJ No 
L 42, 12. 2. 1987, p. 54. 
(2) OJ No L 197, 18. 7. 1987, p. 33. The Commission shall be assisted by a Food Aid 
Committee, hereinafter referred to as "the 
Committee", composed of representatives of the 
Member States and chaired by a representative of the 
Commission.' 
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3. Article 8 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 8 
1. Where recourse is had to the procedure defined 
in this paragraph, the following provisions shall apply: 
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. The opinion 
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 
148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 
the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from 
the Commission. The votes of the representatives of 
the Member States within the Committee shall be 
weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The 
chairman shall not vote. 
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall 
apply immediately. However, if these measures are 
not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, 
they shall be communicated by the Commission to the 
Council forthwith. In that event the Commission may 
defer application of the measures which it has decided 
for a period of not more that one month from the 
date of such communication. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take 
a different decision within the period referred to in 
the previous subparagraph. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 
235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 
19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of 
the principle of equal treatment for men and women in 2. Where recourse is had to the procedure defined 
in this paragraph, the following provisions shall apply: 
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 Committee of the manner in which its opinion has 
been taken into account.' 
4. The second paragraph of Article 14 is deleted. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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. 
matters of social security (') states that the Directive does 
not apply to the provisions concerning survivors' benefits 
or to those concerning family benefits; whereas Article 7 
(1) specifies that the Directive is without prejudice to the 
right of Member States to exclude from its scope a 
number of specified provisions; 
Whereas Article 4 of Council Directive 86/378/EEC of 
24 July 1986 on the implementation of the principle of 
equal treatment for men and women in occupational 
social security schemes (2) limits the number of risks 
covered in respect of self-employed persons; whereas 
Article 9 of that Directive provides that Member States 
may defer its application as regards determination of 
pensionable age and survivors' pensions; 
(l) OJNoL6, 10. 1. 1979, p. 24. 
O OJ No L 225, 12. 8. 1986, p. 40. Proposal for a Council Directive completing the implementation of the principle of equal 
treatment for men and women in statutory and occupational social security schemes 
COM(87) 494 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 October 1987) 
(87/C 309/11)