CELEX: 31972R1475
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1475/72 of the Council of 10 July 1972 on the supply of sugar as food aid to UNRWA

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1475/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 10 July 1972
                                    on the supply of sugar as food aid to UNRWA
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          1 . For the purposes specified in Article 1 , the fol­
 Economic Community;                                           lowing shall be paid by the Community:
                                                              - the value of the sugar cif,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;             - exceptionally and under the conditions laid down
                                                                   by the Agreement with UNRWA, the cost of deliv­
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­                  ery to the destination and the distribution costs.
liament;
                                                               2. Expenditure arising from the implementation of
Whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agen­
                                                               this Regulation shall be charged to Chapter 9 'Food
cy for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has requested                aid and other expenditure' of the European Commu­
the European Economic Community to supply it with              nities Budget.
sugar as food aid;
Whereas, in view of the urgency of UNRWA needs                                          Article 3
and of the situation on the Community sugar market,
special action should be taken to meet that Agency's            1 . In respect of expenditure referred to in the first
request;                                                       indent of Article 2 ( 1 ), the Commission, after con­
                                                               sulting the Committee of the European Agricultural
Whereas the Community should pay, in addition to               Guidance and Guarantee Fund, may decide to grant
the cost of the raw material, the costs of shipping the        an advance if reguested by the Member State con­
product to the port of unloading, of delivering it to          cerned . The Commission shall settle Member States'
its destination and of distributing it,                        accounts on the basis of vouchers transmitted to it
                                                               by those States, within six months following their
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  transmission. Detailed rules for applying this para­
                                                               graph shall be adopted, as needed, in accordance with
                        Article 1                              the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Council
 1 . There shall be made available to UNRWA as                 Regulation ( EEC) No 729/ 703 of 21 April on the
food aid for refugees assisted by that Agency 4 000            financing of the common agricultural policy.
metric tons of white sugar produced and put into
free circulation within the Community.                         2. In respect of expenditure referred to in the se­
                                                               cond indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) above, the Commission
2. The mobilization of the goods cif port of unload­           shall pay a lump sum to UNRWA or reimburse the
ing shall be effected by means of a tendering pro­             expenditure actually incurred by that Agency on the
cedure.                                                        basis of vouchers presented and in accordance with
                                                               the rules laid down by the Agreement with UNRWA.
3 . The terms of the invitation to tender and other
detailed rules for applying this Regulation shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down                                      Article 4
in Article 40 of Council Regulation No 1009/67/
EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common organiza­               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
tion of the market in sugar, as last amended by Re­            day following its publication in the Official Journal
gulation (EEC) No 607/ 722.                                    of the European Communities.
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 75, 28.4.1972, p . 4.                                3 OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13 .
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   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
   States .
   Done at Brussels, 10 July 1972 .
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                    N. SCHMELZER