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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)31 final
Brussels ,6February 1978
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No1703/72inter alia laying down rules
fortheCommunity financing ofexpenditure arising from the
implementation oftheFood AidConvention of1971
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(78 )31final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
*
Atthebeginningofthe1977/78cerealsmarketingyeartheCouncilintroduced
areferencepriceforcommonwheatofbread-making quality,i.e.-thepriceat
whichtheintervention agenciesmaybuythisproductontheCommunitymarket.
Wherefoodaidisgrantedintheformofcommonwheatofbread-making quality
frompublicstockstheintervention agenciesshouldsupplyitatthesameprice,
adjustedbyreferencetothemonthofremovaland,whereappropriate,theplace
ofstorage.
TheaimofthisdraftRegulationisto'amendArticle7ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1703/72,whichlaysdownthepriceatwhichintervention agenciesareto
supplygoodsforfoodaidundertheV-FoodAidConvention .

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No1703/72inter alia laying down rules
fortheCommunity financing ofexpenditure arising from theimplem­
entation ofthePood Aid Convention of1971
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article .43 • thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas Article 3(1)ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2727/75of29October
11975 onthecommon organization ofthemarket incereals ,aslast amended
2byRegulation (EEC)No2560/77 »provides forthefixing ofasingle inter­
vention price foracertain number ofcereals including common wheat andof
areference price forcommon wheat ofbread-making equality ;
Whereas ,with effect from the1977/78marketing year ,wheat ofbread-making
quality may ,under special intervention measures ,bebought intointervention
atthereference price ;
Whereas common wheat ofbread-making quality maytherefore besupplied as
food aid ;
Whereas theprovisions ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1703/72of3August 1977
amending Regulation (EEC)No2052/69ontheCommunity financing ofexpenditure
arising from theimplementation ofthePood AidConvention of19^7 *andlaying
down rules fortheCommunity financing ofexpenditure arising from theimplem­
entation oftheFoodAidConvention of1971\andinparticular Article 7
-I */*
OJNoL281 ,1.11.1975 ,p.1
OJNoL303,28.11.1977 ,p.1
30JNoL180,8.8.1972 ,p„1

thereof ,relating totheprice atwhich products aresupplied with aview to
implementation ofthe 1971 Food AidConvention ,mention only theintervention
price ;
l»*hereas provision should bemade forcarrying outcertain food aidmeasures by
supplying common wheat orcommon wheat ofbread –making quality ;whereas the
~oods should besupplied atanappropriate price ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Thefirst paragraph ofArticle 7ofRegulation (EEC)Mo1703/72ishereby
amended toread asfollows :
"Article 7
Theprice atwhich the intervention agency hands over goods inimplementation
oftheFood AidConvention of1971 shall be,asappropriate ,thesingle
intervention price orthe reference price forthemonth inwhich the stocks
are removed from intervention ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from 1August 1977 »
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council