CELEX: 31975D0176
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 30 January 1975 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the International Committee of the Red Cross on the supply of cereals, butteroil and skimmed-milk powder as food aid

No L 75 /6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             24. 3 . 75
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 30 January 1975
               on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
              the International Committee of the Red Cross on the supply of cereals, butteroil and
                                            skimmed-milk powder as food aid
                                                        (75 / 176/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas for the same emergency programmes to be
                                                                   decided upon in pursuance of the Agreement
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       envisaged, the Community should decide as soon as
European Economic Community, and in particular                     possible on the most appropriate arrangements for
Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof;                                delivery,
Having regard to the recommendation from the
Commission ;                                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Whereas the European Economic Community has                                                Article 1
concluded the 1971 Food Aid Convention;
                                                                   On behalf of the Community, the Agreement
Whereas the International Committee of the Red                     between the European Economic Community and
Cross has made known its requirements in cereal                    the International Committee of the Red Cross on the
products for humanitarian programmes and whereas                   supply of cereals, butteroil and skimmed-milk
a quantity of foodstuffs equivalent to 15 000 metric               powder as food aid is hereby concluded.
tons of cereals should be placed at its disposal for
this purpose ;                                                     The text of the Agreement is annexed to this
                                                                   Decision .
Whereas in Council Regulation (EEC) No 530/74 (*)
                                                                                            Article 2  ■
of 4 March 1974 laying down general rules for the
supply of milk fats as food aid to certain developing
countries and certain international organizations, it              The approval provided for in the third paragraph of
was decided to make available to the International                 Article IV and in the second paragraph of Article X
Committee of the Red Cross 1 000 metric tons of                    of the Agreement referred to in Article 1 is given by
                                                                   the Commission .
butteroil ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1826/
74 (2) of 11 July 1974 laying down the general rules               Under the third paragraph of Article IV of the
for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid                  Agreement referred to in Article 1 , the approval
to certain developing countries and international                  provided for in the second paragraph of the same
organizations, 3 000 metric tons of this product were              Article is given by the Commission.
made available to the International Committee of the
Red Cross ;
                                                                                            Article 4
Whereas concerning emergency programmes to be
decided upon in implementation of the Agreement                    The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
envisaged, the Community's approval should be                      nominate the persons entitled to sign the Agreement
given to the International Committee of the Red                    and confer on them the powers necessary to bind the
Cross as soon as possible; whereas it may prove                    Community.
necessary to reply very rapidly to any requests for
adaptation which might be made by the above                        Done at Brussels, 30 January 1975.
Committee during the implementation of the said
Agreement ;                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                                 The President
(J ) OJ No L 65, 7. 3 . 1974, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 190, 13 . 7. 1974, p . 20.                                                          G. FITZGERALD