CELEX: 31975R1817
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1817/75 of the Council of 10 July 1975 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures for mobilizing food aid for distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the population affected by the events in South Vietnam

No L 185/2                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            16. 7. 75
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1817/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 10 July 1975
              derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures for
              mobilizing food aid for distribution by the International Committee of the Red
                        Cross to the population affected by the events in South Vietnam
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas recourse tq the procedure for invitations to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tender laid down in Article 4 of Council Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1693/72 (5) of 3 August 1972 establishing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the criteria for mobilizing cereals intended for food
Economic Community ;                                              aid, does not always enable the objectives of effective­
Having* regard to Council Regulation No 120/                      ness to be met as regards the shipment of the
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                products from the fob stage ; whereas provision should
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           accordingly be made for the possibility of resorting to
lation (EEC) No 665/75 (2), and in particular Article             another procedure,
22a thereof ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                                          Article 1
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 668/75 (4), and in particular Article 23a           By way of derogation from Article 4 of Regulation
thereof ;                                                         (EEC) No 1693/72, it shall be possible to resort to a
                                                                  procedure other than invitations to tender for the ship­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               ment from the fob stage of cereals supplied to the
                                                                  International Committee of the Red Cross under the
Whereas, in view of the urgent food requirements of
the population of South Vietnam, to whom the Inter­                1973/74 food-aid programme for distribution to the
national   Committee       of the    Red    Cross   has been      population affected by the events in South Vietnam .
instructed to distribute food aid from the Community,                                        Article 2
it would appear appropriate that sufficiently flexible
arrangements should be made for the shipment of this              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
food aid from the fob stage to permit the situation to            following its publication in the Official Journal of
be dealt with as effectively as possible ;                         the European. Communities.                       <
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 July 1975.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                               E. COLOMBO
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67.
(2 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 14.
(3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 18 .                           (5) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 .