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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)2269final
Brussels.8January1975
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)NO1052/73onthesupplyofsugartoUNWRA
asfoodaidpursuanttotheAgreementwiththat
Agencydated18December1972
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission
COM(74)2269final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCommunity hasundertaken ,under thethree-year Agreement -(1)
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheUnited Nations Relief and
Works Agency forPalestine Refugees intheNear East ,todeliver 609^metric
tons ofsugar tdtheAgency between July 197^andJune 1975-
Council Regulation (EEC )No1052/73 (2)of17April 1973 onthesupply
ofsugar toUNRWA aefood aidpursuant totheAgreement with that Agency
dated 18December 1972 provides that this aidistotake theform of
"white sugar ,produced and infree circulation intheCommunity ".
Aninvitation totender forthesupply of'such sugar was issued in
.August 197^but ,inspite ofseven successive invitations ,no'tenders were
submitted .Sugar harvests being atpresent extremely poor itseems unlikely
that traders will show agreater interest inthe near future .
Asaresult ofthis situation ,UNRWA ,which hasalready had toreduce
itssugar aid byhalf ,will bythe endofthe .year have exhausted itssupplies
andwill therefore nolonger beable todistribute sugar osprovided inits
refugee aidprogramme .The Community isvirtually the sole supplier ofthe
S
.sugar thus distributed .
Asolution tothis problem must befound asquickly aspossible .In
view ofthegeneral sugar situation ,theonly means bywhich theCommunity
ca»fulfil itsundertaking toUNRWA would seem atpresent tobebypurchasing
sugar onthe world market . > , „
(1)OJNoL3Ô4 ,31December 1972
(2)OJNoL105 »20April 1973-

-2–I
Inorderforittodoso,Article1(1)oftheaforesaid
CouncilRegulationwillneedtoToeamended.Thisistheobjectof
thisproposal.
Thefinanoialimplications ofthisproposalareshowninthe
attachedannex.

FINAJJCIAL AMEX
I.COSTOFOPERATION
1 uc
Valueofbasioproduotatworld,prioe6094x865(l)5271310
Transportchanges 6094x50304700
5576010
II.BUDGETCHARGE
1.1975Budget,item9220:2381659uo
Theiteminquestioncarriesa"p.m"andwill"befundedbyatransfer
insidechapter92oftheamountneeded.TheCommissionwillarrangethis
transferafterapprovaloftheregulation "bytheCounoil*
2.1974budget,item9040:3194351uc
Amountavailableatend1974whichtheCommissionwillasktheCouncil
tocarryforward.Inviewoftheurgenoyofdelivery,thiscarryforward
willhavetobeexaminedbytheCounoilandtheParliamentonapriority
basis.
(l)spotprice13Jan.1975

Proposai for a
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHE COUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC)NO1052/73onthesupply ofsugar
toUNWRA asfood aidpursuant totheAgreement with that
Agency dated 18Deoember 1972
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Havin'g regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Eoonomio Community ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ; ^
Whereas theAgreement oonoluded on18December 1972 between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheUnited Nations Relief andWorks Agenoy for'
Palestine Refugees intheNear East (UNWRA )-hereinafter referred toas
"theAgreement "-provides forthesupply toUNWRA bytheCommunity over
three sugar years ofaquantity ofwhite sugar tobedetermined foreach
year ;
V ,
Whereas Artiole 1ofCounoil Regulation (EEC)No1052/73of17April 1973
onthesupply ofsugar toUNWRA asfood aidpursuant totheAgreement with
that agency dated 18December 1972 provides that aquantity ofwhite sugar
produced and infree circulation intheCommunity istobeplaced atthe
disposal ofUNWRA asfood aid inaccordance with theAgreement ;whereas
forthe1974/75sugar year 6094metrio tone ofwhite sugar isinvolved ;
OJNo.L304 ,31December 1972 .p.24»
2OJNo.L105,20April 1973 »p.1.
i

Whereas ,aninvitation totender wasopened on7August 1974 fortheemergency
supply ofafirst quantity of1000metric tons ofwhite sugar intwolots ;
whereas inview ofthelack oftenderers nooontract wasawarded 5whereas the
Community opened astanding invitation totender on18September 1974 forthe
:supply ofatotal quantity of6094metric tons ofwhite sugar intwolots ;
whereas ,inspite ofsixpartial invitations totender nocontract wasawarded
asaresult ofthis standing invitation either ,forwant oftenderers }
Whereas ,inview oftheBugar supply situation intheCommunity andthe
disoouraging prospects forthe1974/75harvest ,this situation islikely
topersist ;whereas thesugar delivered toUNWRA in1973/74isexhausted ;
whereas thepresent situation issuoh astorequire theshipment assoon as
possible ofthequantity stipulated for1974/75wider theAgreement ,as
amended byanexchange ofletters pursuant totheCounoil Decision of
22July 1974 }
Whereas theAgreement does notspecify theorigin ofthiB sugar andconsequently
does notexclude thepossibility ofBugar being purchased onamarket other
than theCommunity market ;whereas provision should therefore bemade for
allowing white eug*ar tobepurchased ifneoessary ontheworld market :
HA3 ADOPTED THXS REGULATION î
s.. Article 1
Thefollowing subparagraph isadded toArticle 1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
KoIO52/731
«t
"Iftherequisite white augur iBnotavailable ontheCommunity market
onnormal terms itmsybeobtained ,bypurchase ontheworld market ".
j

Artide 2
1
This Regulation Bhall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publioation intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shall be "binding initsentirety anddireotly applicable
inallMember States *
Done atBrussels . 1974 For theCounoil
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