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4. The selection of stimulation measures, beneficiary projects and/or researchers shall be made by the 
Commission assisted by an ad hoc group within the European Committee for the Development of 
Science and Technology (Codest). 
5. Possible topics of research are: 
(a) the Community's internal market programme raises many issues of microeconomic analysis, 
including industrial organization and the economics of regulatory policies (e.g. standards) that 
deserve urgent attention; 
(b) European integration economics, including issues of intra-European regional north-south 
relations, raises a further set of issues not well covered by the research community; 
(c) the determinants of economic growth in Western Europe, including dynamic factors such as 
advanced technology and innovation, and constraints, such as environmental concerns; 
(d) systemic issues in the monetary areas and macroeconomic and fiscal policy coordination have 
received increasing academic attention in recent years, but rarely dealing adequately with their 
intra-European as compared to their international aspects; 
(e) problems of trade policy and the role of Western Europe in the international division of labour; 
(f) employment and social policy issues, which have quite different characteristics in Western Europe, 
compared to the United States or Japan; and 
(g) methodological and modelling problems relevant to the abovementioned subjects or otherwise of 
fundamental interest. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the implementation of co-financing operations 
for the purchase of food products or seeds by international bodies or non-governmental 
organizations 
COM(88) J 58 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 April 1988) 
(88/C 109/05) 
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 the Community can come to the assistance of 
needy sections of the population of developing and other 
non-member countries by helping to finance the 
purchase by non-governmental organizations or interna­
tional bodies of food products or seeds; 
Whereas the measures to be taken for the implemen­
tation of such co-financing operations should be 
determined; 
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure for 
the management of co-financing operations; whereas 
Article 8 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 3785/87 (2), contains a procedure which may be used 
for this purpose; 
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary 
powers other than those contained in Article 235, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The Community may contribute to the financing of 
purchases by international bodies or non-governmental 
organizations of food products or seeds intended for 
needy sections of the population of developing or other 
non-member countries. 
2. Such operations may be implemented at the request 
of international bodies or non-governmental organiz­
ations when the target sections of the population are 
faced with serious difficulties as a result of natural 
disasters or exceptional circumstances. 
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 356, 18. 12. 1987, p. 8. 
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3. The non-governmental organizations must meet the 
following criteria: 
(a) they must have a status which is characteristic of this 
type of organization; 
(b) they must have their headquarters in a Member State 
of the Community or, in exceptional cases, in a non-
member country; 
(c) they must demonstrate their capacity to implement 
successfully the type of operation covered by this 
Regulation. 
Article 2 
1. The Community contribution may cover the 
purchase in the Community or in developing or other 
non-member countries of food products or seeds and the 
cost of transporting them to their destination. 
2. The amount of the Community contribution 
towards the purchase and transport of food products or 
seeds shall be a minimum of 25 % and a maximum of 
75 % of the total cost of the operation. 
Article 3 
Decisions granting a contribution towards the purchase 
of food products or seeds by non-governmental organiz­
ations or international bodies shall be taken by the 
Commission after consulting the Committee set up by 
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 and in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8 
(2) of that Regulation. 
The said Committee may examine any other matter 
concerning the implementation of the operations which 
is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at 
the request of a Member State representative. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in Article 4 
Decisions granting contributions for emergency aid or 
aid amounting to 500 000 ECU or less shall be taken by 
the Commission, which shall inform the Member States. 
Article 5 
1. Decisions determining the conditions governing the 
use of such contributions shall be taken by the 
Commission. 
2. Aid shall be granted only to recipients who 
undertake to comply with the implementing conditions 
notified to them by the Commission. 
Article 6 
The Commission may authorize an agent to conclude 
purchase contracts on its behalf. 
Article 7 
The European Parliament and the Council shall be 
informed of decisions taken in accordance with Articles 
3 and 4 as soon as they are adopted. 
Article 8 
The Commission shall take all measures necessary for 
the proper performance of the operations provided for 
under this Regulation. 
The Member States shall assist the Commission in this 
respect, in particular by supplying all necessary infor­
mation. 
Article 9 
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. 
certain less-favoured areas ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 
(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
(') OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community 
list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands) 
COM(88) 37 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 April 1988) 
(88/C 109/06)