CELEX: 31973D0297
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 4 October 1973 on Community financing of certain expenditure concerning emergency food aid in the form of cereals for Ethiopia and Pakistan

No L 279 / 32                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             5 . 10 . 73
                                                              II
                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                      COUNCIL
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 4 October 1973
             on Community financing of certain expenditure concerning emergency food aid
                                  in the form of cereals for Ethiopia and Pakistan
                                                         (73/297/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, on account of the emergency character of
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      these measures, the Community should bear the cost
                                                                   of transport to the ports of destination ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                         Sole Article
1703 /72 (') of 3 August 1972 amending Regulation
(EEC) No 2052/69 on Community financing of expen­                  For the purpose of implementation of the Commu­
diture arising from the implementation of the 1967                 nity emergency food measures involving 20 000
Food Aid Convention and laying down the rules for                  metric tons of cereals for Pakistan comprising 10 000
Community financing of expenditure arising from the                metric tons under the 1971 /72 programme and
implementation of the Food Aid Convention of 1971 ,                 10 000 metric tons under the 1972/ 73 programme
and in particular Article 8(1 ) and Article 10(1 )                 and 5 000 metric tons of cereals for Ethiopia under
thereof ;                                                          the 1972/73 programme . Community financing shall
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                include the cost of transport of the goods to the ports
                                                                   of destination .
Whereas emergency food aid in the form of cereals
should be offered to Ethiopia following the drought                Done at Brussels , 4 October 1 973 .
from which that country has suffered ;
                                                                                               For the Council
Whereas, following the recent floods in Pakistan,                                                The President
emergency food aid in the form of cereals should also
be offered to that country ;                                                                    I. N0RGAARD
(') O ) No L 180 , 8 . 8. 1972, p. 1 .