CELEX: 51979PC0760
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Date: 1979-12-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme for distribution to the people of Kampuchea as emergency food aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No. 938/79. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                      COM(79)760 final
                                                      Brussels / 14 December 1979
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                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) *                     "   f' E
 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme for
distribution to the people of Kampuchea as emergency food aid pursuant
                     to Regulation ( EEC) No . 938 / 79 .
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM ( 79 ) 760 final
 ---pagebreak---     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On 30 October the Council agreed in principle to the allocation of
   1,500 tonnes of skimmed-mi Ik powder as emergency food aid to the
   people of Kampuchea should the need for such aid b& established .
2. The World Food Programme , which coordinates food aid on the spot ,
   has recently confirmed the continuing need for milk , and that the
   quantity required is about 6,300 tonnes for six months .
3. In the circumstances , the Commission proposes that the Council adopt
   the attached Regulation on the allocation of 1,500 tonnes of milk to
   the World Food Programme for distribution to th<5 - People of Kampuchea .
   The milk will be delivered to destination .
4. It should also be noted that on 24 July this year the Council agreed
   in principle to the allocation of 1,500 tonnes of milk to the office
   of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees     (U N H C R ) for
   distribution to South-East Asian refugees .  •
5. The   U N H C R  considers that these supplies are not needed for the
   time being in the area concerned and has therefore declined this offer
                                                                • •
6. Accordingly , the Commission proposes that the Council    release"
   the said quantities earmarked for South-East Asia from the 1979 milk
   programme reserve so that they can.be used for aid .to Kampuchea as
   referred to above .
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
on the supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme for
distribution to the people of Kampuchea as emergency food aid pursuant
to Regulation ( EEC ) No. 938 / 79 .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community /
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 937/ 79 of 8 May 1979
laying down general rules for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
food aid to certain developing countries and specialized bodies under
the 1979 programme ( 1 ), and in particular Article 7 thereof /
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 938/ 79 of 8 May 1979 on the supply
of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to certain developing countries and
specialized bodies under the 1979 programme^ ( 2.) provides for a reserve
of 4,775 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder ; whereas 4 / 694 tonnes of this
reserve are still available ;
Whereas the World Food Programme has Submitted a request for emergency
food aid in the form of skimmed-milk powder ; whereas its needs justify the
granting of food aid from the Community/                          *
(1)   OJ Nr . L 119 of 15.5 . 1979/ p. 1 .
(2)   OF Nr . L 119 of 15.5.1979 / p . 3 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                           Article 1
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Of the 4,694 tonnes' of skimmed-milk powder still available in the
reserve provided for by Regulation ( EEC ) No . 938/ 79 , 1,500 tonnes are hereby
allocated    to the World Food Programme for distribution to the people
of Kampuchea as emergency food aid .
                           Article 2
                                  i '              4
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 applica­
ble in all Member States . "
Done at Brussels ,
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                                              For the Council
                                               The President