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COMMISSION OFTHEEURQHEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1894 final
Brussels.15November1974
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
modifyingtheagreementsigned25March1974
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity .and
theDemocraticRepublicofSomaliaforthe
supplyofcerealsasfoodaid
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(74)1894final

Statement ofreasons
On25March 197 ^-anagreement wassigned between Somalia andthe
EEC forthesupply CIFof7000metric tons ofcereals under the
1972/73programme and forthesale ofthese products onthelocal
market .The embarkation ofthese quantities must take place during
November 197^.
Onthe5November 197^,theRepublic ofSomalia appealed tothe
Commission tohelp combat theworsening ofthe food situation which
endangers ^certain categories ofpopulation .Inorder toanswer this
appeal aseffectively aspossible ,itseems thebest solution would be
tochange the aidoriginally planned into emergency aidwhich would be
distributed free tothepopulations inquestion .TheAmbassador of
Somalia has agreed tothis solution .
Inthis proposal ,theCommission submits totheCouncil the
changes tobemade tothe above mentioned agreement inorder tobeable
todistribute free totheafflicted populations theproducts received
asaid .

Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
modifying theagreement signed 25March 197^
between theEuropean Economic Community and
theDemocratic Republic ofSomalia for the
supply ofcereals asfood aid

THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles113,114and228thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityis-apartytothePoodAid
(1)Conventionof1971î
Whereason25March1974anAgreementwassigned "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheDemocraticRepublicofSomaliaforthesupply
undertheprogrammefor1972/72of7.000metriotonsofcerealsforsale
ori'themarketofthatcountry;
WhereastheworseningofthefoodsupplypositioninSomalia,resulting
in&dangeroussituationforcertaincategoriesofthepopulation,has
madeitnecessarysotomodifythatpartoftheAgreementwhichprovides
thatthecerealsaretohesoldonthelocalmarketastoauthorizethe
freedistribution ofthesequantitiestothoseaffected;
KASBECIIEDASP0LL0I-JS »
(1)O.J.L219of9.3.1974,P.36.

Sole Article
TheAgreement signed on25March 1974 "between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheDemocratic Republic ofSomalia forthesupply of
7.000 metric tons ofcereals isamended asfollows :
1,Thetext ofArticle Visreplaced "bythefollowing t
"Therecipient country undertakes touse theproduct received as
aidforpurposes ofconsumption andtodistribute itfree ofcharge
tothose inneed ".
2,Thelast sentence ofArtiole VI("Inparticular ,ofcereals ")
isdeleted ,
3,Paragraphs 2and 3ofArticle VIII arereplaced bythefollowing t
"2,every three months until the (Quantities received asaidhave
"been fully usedt quantities distributed ;number andnature
ofbeneficiaries ;places andmethod ofdistribution ".
Done atBrussels ,