CELEX: 31974D0085
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 10 December 1973 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Empire of Ethiopia on the supply of common wheat as food aid

No L 53 / 10                       Official Journal of the European Communities                      25 . 2 . 74
                                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                of 10 December 1973
             on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Commu­
             nity and the Empire of Ethiopia on the supply of common wheat as food aid
                                                     (74/ 85/EEC)
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
             Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
             particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof ;
             Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
             Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for provisional
             application of the 1971 Food Aid Convention ; whereas that Convention has been appli­
             cable since 1 July 1971 ;
             Whereas by its letter of 10 September 1973 , the Empire of Ethiopia has made an urgent
             request for food aid ;
             Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in Ethiopia that country should be
             accorded, as a gift, 5 000 metric tons of common wheat under the Community Food Aid
             Programme for 1972/73 ,
             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                       Article 1
             The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Empire of Ethi­
             opia on the supply of common wheat as food aid, the text whereof is annexed hereto, is
             hereby concluded on behalf of the Community.
                                                       Article 2
             The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to
             sign the Agreement and to confer on them the necessary powers to bind the Community.
             Done at Brussels, 10 December 1973 .
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                         I. NØRGAARD