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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on the implementation in relation to food of 
alternative operations in place of food aid 
COM(83) 695 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 November 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas, as part of its efforts to help combat hunger 
in the world, the Community should do everything 
possible to encourage developing countries to 
embark, with determination, upon a food strategy; 
Whereas it should provide substantial support to that 
end; 
Whereas such support can be stepped up by making 
food aid more flexible, and in particular by replacing 
some food-aid operations by financial support for 
agricultural and food operations; 
Whereas the measures to be taken in order to 
implement these alternative operations should be 
defined; 
Whereas a procedure should be laid down for the 
management of this aid; whereas Article 8 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3331/82 (*) lays down an 
appropriate procedure; 
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the specific 
powers required for this purpose, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
In accordance with the criteria and procedures laid 
down in this Regulation the Community shall 
implement, for the benefit of developing countries, 
O OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1. operations in the form of financial and technical aid 
to replace food aid. 
Article 2 
Operations in place of food aid may be implemented 
on their request in favour of developing countries 
which are eligible for Community food-aid operations 
under Regulation (EEC) No 3331/82 for a part or all 
of the amounts of food aid that have been or could 
be allocated to them, taking into account in particular 
developments in relation to production and 
consumption and the level of stocks in the country as 
well as the food situation of the population. 
Article 3 
The alternative operations shall comprise the 
financing of development operations in the field of 
agriculture and food in the country concerned, and 
shall cover the financing of inter alia: 
— the supply of essential inputs for such production, 
— rural credit operations, 
— storage by individual farmers, or at village, local, 
national or regional level, 
— marketing, transport, distribution or processing of 
locally produced foodstuffs, 
— applied research and on-the-job training, 
— projects to develop food production, 
and all other operations aimed at greater self-
sufficiency in food. 
Article 4 
Aid shall be granted by the Community either 
autonomously or by means of co-financing with 
Member States or with specialized organizations. 
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Article 5 
The aid from the Community shall be in the form of 
grants. 
Article 6 
1. The aid may cover both external expenditure 
and the local expenditure necessary for implemen­
tation of the operations, including maintenance and 
operating expenses. 
Taxes, duties and charges shall be excluded from the 
Community financing. 
2. Any counterpart funds that may result from the 
actions listed in Article 3 shall be used in accordance 
with the objectives laid down in this Regulation and 
in agreement with the Community. 
Article 7 
Participation in calls for tenders, invitations to tender 
and purchasing and other contracts shall be open on 
equal terms to all natural or legal persons of Member 
States or of the recipient country. Such participation 
may be extended to other developing countries 
receiving Community aid, particularly in cases of co-
financing or in order to prevent the cost of the 
operations from increasing unduly as a result of 
distance, transport difficulties or delivery times. 
Such participation by other developing countries shall 
be of an exceptional nature and shall be authorized 
on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 8. 
Article 8 
Decisions granting aid shall be taken by the 
Commission following consultation of the Committee provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 
3331/82 and in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 8 of that Regulation. 
The Committee may examine any other matter 
relating to the implementation of the operations in 
place of food aid put to it by the chairman on his 
own initiative or at the request of a representative of 
a Member State. 
Article 9 
taken to In accordance with decisions taken pursuant 
Article 8, the Commission shall decide on the 
conditions governing supply of the aid. 
Article 10 
The Commission shall report to the Council and to 
the European Parliament on the application of this 
Regulation. 
Article 11 
1. The Commission shall take all the necessary 
steps to ensure proper implementation of operations 
in place of food aid. 
2. The Member States shall give the Commission 
every assistance and shall provide it with all the 
necessary information for the proper implementation 
of these operations. 
Article 12 
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. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing special measures of Community interest 
relating to transport infrastructure 
COM(83) 697final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 December 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas conditions incompatible with the proper 
functioning of the Community could arise when a 
Member State's economy, whilst in a special situation, 
is forced to bear a disproportionate burden in the 
financing of the Community budget;