CELEX: 31973D0336
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 4 June 1973 concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of the Niger on the supply of food aid in the form of maize

No L 310/28                      Official Journal of the European Communities                           10 . 11 . 73
                                             COUNCIL DECISION
                                                  of 4 June 1973
            concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community and the
                 Republic of the Niger on the supply of food aid in the form of maize
                                                   (73/336/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                  Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                            On behalf of the Community an Agreement is hereby
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113,
114 and 228 thereof ;
                                                            concluded between the European Economic Commu­
                                                            nity and the Republic of the Niger on the supply of
Having regard to the Recommendation from the                food aid in the form of maize, the text of which agree­
Commission ;                                                ment is annexed hereto .
Whereas the European Economic Community has                                        Article 2
deposited a declaration of provisional application of
the Food Aid Convention of 1971 ; and whereas that          The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Convention has been applicable since 1 July 1971 ;          designate the persons empowered to sign the Agree­
                                                            ment, and to confer on them the powers necessary to
Whereas by letter of 20 November 1972 the Republic          bind the Community.
of the Niger submitted a request for emergency food
aid ;
                                                            Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1973 .
Whereas the adverse climatic conditions experienced
by the Republic of the Niger have appreciably
                                                                                        For the Council
reduced its grain supplies ; and whereas that country
should therefore be granted a gift of 7 000 metric tons                                  The President
of maize under the Community Food Aid Programme
for the year 1971 /72,                                                                R. VAN ELSLANDE