CELEX: 51977PC0333
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING COUNCIL REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NOS 2052/69, 1703/72 AND 2681/74 ON THE COMMUNITY FINANCING OF EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM THE SUPPLY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AS FOOD AID

24. 9. 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 228/3
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                                                  (Preparatory    Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulations (EEC) N o 2052/69,
              (EEC) No 1703/72 and (EEC) N o 2681/74 on the Community financing of expenditure
                            resulting from the supply of agricultural products as food aid
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 July 1977)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       expenditure arising from the implementation of the
                                                                Food Aid Convention (x), Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1703/72 of 3 August 1972 amending Regulation
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                (EEC) No 2052/69 on the Community financing of
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
                                                                expenditure arising from the implementation of the
 and 209 thereof,
                                                                Food Aid Convention of 1967 and laying down rules
                                                                for the Community financing of expenditure arising
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             from the implementation of the Food Aid Convention
                                                                of 1971 (2), and Council Regulation (EEC) N o 2681/74
 Having regard to the opinion of the           European         of 21 October 1974 on the Community financing of
 Parliament,                                                    expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of
                                                                agricultural products as food aid (3),
Whereas the Community grants food aid to developing
 or disaster-stricken countries and guarantees the
financing thereof;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Whereas under present rules the part of this expen-
 diture which relates to export refunds is financed by                                  Article 1
the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the remainder is               Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/69 is
financed under Title 9 (Chapter on 'Food-aid expen-            hereby amended to read as follows:
diture');
                                                                    'In respect of national transactions carried out in
Whereas experience has shown that such a distinction                implementation of the Food Aid Convention, that
involves several disadvantages in the management of                part of the expenditure corresponding to the refund
appropriations of the Community Budget;                             on exports to third countries, less costs incurred
                                                                    after the port of loading, shall be eligible for
Whereas the entire cost of food aid should con-                     financing by the Guarantee Section of the Euro-
sequently be charged solely to Title 9 (Chapter on                  pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.'.
'Food-aid expenditure');
Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend various             t1) OJ No L 263, 21. 10. 1969, p. 6.
provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/69              (*) OJ No L 180, 8. 8. 1972, p. 1.
of 17 October 1969 on the Community financing of               (3) OJ No L 288, 25. 10. 1974, p. 1.
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                        Article 2                                    'For Community measures under the Food Aid
                                                                     Convention of 1971 taken pursuant to Decisions
The first subparagraph and subparagraph (a) of                       adopted by the institutions of the Community:
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/69 are
                                                                      (a) the Community shall provide finance to the
hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                          value, at the port of loading or equivalent
    'Expenditure relating to Community transactions                       stage, of the cereals or rice, whether in the
    arising from the implementation of the Food Aid                       natural state or processed or, where the goods
    Convention shall be financed by the Community                         are procured on the world market, to the
    under Title 9 (Chapter on "Food aid expenditure")                     value resulting from the purchase price with
    and, in pursuance of the Decisions taken by the                       the addition if necessary of any necessary
    Community institutions, shall include:                                expenses relating thereto;'.
    (a) the value of the goods at the port of loading;'.
                                                                                          Article 5
                        Article 3                               The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 1
                                                                of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74:
Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1703/72 is
hereby amended to read as follows:                                    'This expenditure shall be charged to Title 9
                                                                       (Chapter on "Food aid expenditure").'.
     'For national measures taken under the Food Aid
     Convention of 1971 for which products procured
     in the Community were used, the Guarantee                                            Article 6
     Section of the Fund shall finance that part of the
     expenditure which corresponds to the refund on              Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 is hereby
     exports to third countries, less costs incurred after       repealed.
     the port of loading.
     Rules for the application of this paragraph shall
                                                                                           Article 7
     be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
      down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
     729/70.'.                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                  of the European Communities.
                         Article 4
                                                                  It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1978.
 The first subparagraph and subparagraph (a) of
 Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1703/72 are                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 hereby amended to read as follows:                               directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 on the
               external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member
                                                           States
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 September 1977)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Having regard to the opinion of the European
                                                                   Parliament,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                Whereas, with effect from 1 January 1977, the ex-
  thereof,                                                         ternal trade statistics of the Community and statistics
                                                                   of trade between Member States are produced in
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               European units of account (EUA) as defined by Com-