No C 55/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.3.87 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down implementating rules for Regulation (EEC) No 
3972/86 on food aid policy and food aid management 
COM(87) 48 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 February 1987) 
(87/C 55/11) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food aid policy and 
food aid management ('), and in particular the third and 
fourth indents of Article 4(1) and Article 4 (1) and 
Article 4 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas a list of the countries and organizations eligible 
for food aid operations should be drawn up, without 
prejudice to emergency operations; 
Whereas provision should also be made for making food 
aid available to non-governmental organizations; 
whereas the latter must meet certain conditions 
guaranteeing the successful execution of food aid 
operations; 
Whereas general criteria should also be established for 
the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage, taking 
into account the financial and geographical situation of 
the countries concerned and the channels and inter­
mediaries via which the aid will be dispatched; whereas 
account should also be taken to this end of the need to 
ensure that the effectiveness of the food aid operations is 
increased; 
Whereas, in order to ensure that the objectives of food 
aid operations are attained, it is furthermore necessary to 
stipulate that aid be granted only where the recipients 
undertake to comply with the supply terms laid down by 
the Commission; 
Whereas the Commission must be able to take all the 
measures necessary for the proper execution of food aid 
programmes and operations; whereas, to this end, 
(') OJNo L370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1. Member States must provide the Commission with all the 
assistance required and, in particular, with all relevant 
information, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The countries and organizations eligible for food 
aid are listed in the Annex. 
2. Aid may also be placed at the disposal of non­
governmental organizations which must inter alia: 
(a) have their headquarters in a Member State of the 
Community or, exceptionally, in a third country; 
(b) have a statute that is characteristic of an organ­
ization of this type; 
(c) have shown that they have the capacity to carry out 
food aid operations successfully; 
(d) have given an undertaking to comply with the supply 
terms laid down by the Commission. 
Article 2 
Where the Commission considers that the Community 
should meet transport costs for food aid beyond the fob 
stage, it shall take account of the following general 
criteria: 
— whether the recipient country is included on the list 
of least developed countries, 
— whether or not the recipient country is a landlocked 
country, 
— the financial situation of the recipient country, 
— whether the food aid is intended for the organ­
izations or non-governmental organizations referred 
to in Article 1, 
— the need to mobilize the product on the market of a 
developing country, 
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Article 5 
The Commission shall take all necessary measures to 
ensure the proper execution of food aid programmes and 
operations. 
To this end, Member States shall provide the 
Commission with all the assistance required and shall, in 
particular, provide it with all relevant information. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following that of 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. 
ANNEX 
1. COUNTRIES 
Angola 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Bangladesh 
Benin 
Bolivia 
Botswana 
Burkina Faso 
Burma 
Burundi 
Cape Verde 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
China 
Comoros 
Costa Rica 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Dominica 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Equatorial Guinea 
Ethiopia 
Gambia 
Ghana 
Grenada Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 
India 
Indonesia 
Jamaica 
Jordan 
Kenya 
Lebanon 
Lesotho 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Maldives 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Nepal 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Pakistan 
Peru Philippines 
Rwanda 
Saint Christopher and Nevis 
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Sao Tome and Principe 
Senegal 
Seychelles 
Sierra Leone 
Somalia 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Swaziland 
Syria 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tunisia 
Uganda 
North Yemen (Arab Republic) 
South Yemen (Democratic Republic) 
Zaire 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 
2. ORGANIZATIONS — the need to allocate the food aid on an emergency 
basis, 
— the need to make a given food aid operation more 
effective. 
Article 3 
Distribution costs may, in exceptional circumstances, be 
met by the Community where necessary for the proper 
execution of the food aid operations concerned. 
Article 4 
Food aid shall be granted to the recipients only where 
they undertake to comply with the supply terms notified 
to them by the Commission. 
UNHCR WFP 
UNRWA UNICEF