Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending the Regulation (EC) no. 1975/95 of the Council of 4.8.1995 on the free supply of agricultural products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Date: 1996-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: FAO, Turkmenistan, USSR, agricultural product, food aid

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending  the Regulation  (EC) no.  1975/95 of the Council of 4.8.1995 on the free  supply of 
agricultural  products  to the people of Georgia,  Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Kyrgyzstan and 
Tajikistan 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 

Amendment to Council Regulation  1975/95 

It  is  proposed  to  amend  Council  Regulation  1975/95  on  actions  for  free  supply  of 
agricultural  products to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,  Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by 
including  Turkmenistan  among  the  beneficiary  countries  of the  197  MECU food aid 
operation. This amendment will allow the supply  of  some  10 000 t of wheat flour to 
Turkmenistan without an increase of the initial  budget  approved by the Council. 

The supply of food aid will, however, be submitted to the condition that Turkmenistan 
respects  its  financial  obligations  towards  the  Community,  in  particular  the  agreed 
deadlines  of  reimbursement.  This  point  will  be  explicitely  mentionned  in  the 
memorandum  of understanding to be concluded with Turkmenistan. 

The corresponding  Council  Regulation is presented to the Council for approval. 

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amending  the Regulation  (EC) no.  1975/95 of the Council of 4.8.1995 on the free  supply of 
agricultural products to the people of Georgia,  Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Kyrgyzstan and 
Tajikistan 

THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard  to the Treaty establishing the European  Community, 

Having regard  to Council Regulation  (EC) No  1975/95 of 4 August  1995 on the supply of 
agricultural  products to the peoples of Georgia,  Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Kyrgyzstan and 
Tajikistan  free  of charge*1) , 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

Whereas the shortage of food  in Turkmenistan  has worsened during  the previous  months up to 
becoming  a critical situation,  confirmed  by the data of FAO and other  international 
organisations,  and a request for  food  aid by the Government of Turkmenistan  was received at 
the end of  1995, 

Whereas it is advisable to supply Turkmenistan  with agricultural products  in order  to improve 
the food  supply  situation  in that country; 

Whereas it is therefore  necessary  to amend Regulation  (EC) No  1975/95 in order to include 
Turkmenistan  among the countries eligible to receive aid by virtue of that Regulation, 

Whereas it is urgent to start the operation, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The terms  'and Tajikistan"  shall be replaced  by  ',Tajikistan  and  Turkmenistan"  in the title and 
in Article  1 of Regulation  (EC) No  1975/95. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter into force  on the day following  its publication  in the  Official 
Journal of the European  Communities. 

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This Regulation  shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. 

Done at 

For the Council 
The President 

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