CELEX: 31977D0130
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 8 February 1977 on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid supplied under the 1976 programme

11 . 2. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 40/23
                                                             II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                    COUNCIL
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   of 8 February 1977
              on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid
                                         supplied under the 1976 programme
                                                       (77/ 130/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS .
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                         Sole Article
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Within    the   framework    of   Community   food-aid
Economic Community,                                               measures set off against the 'Sahel' reserve under the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      1976 programme, Community financing shall cover
1703/72 of 3 August 1972 amending Regulation                      forwarding costs incurred beyond delivery to the port
(EEC) No 2052/69 on the Community financing of                    of shipment, in accordance with the following arrange­
                                                                  ments :
expenditure arising from the implementation of the
Food Aid Convention of 1967, and laying down rules                — for the Gambia and Mauritania : financing shall
for the Community financing of expenditure arising                    cover expenditure incurred between the fob stage
from the implementation of the Food Aid Convention                    and the cif stage ;
of 1971 ('), and in particular Articles 8 ( 1 ) and 10 ( 1 )      — for Upper Volta : financing shall cover expenditure
thereof,                                                              incurred between the fob stage and the free at
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    destination stage.
Whereas certain of the Sahel countries in receipt of
food aid in the form of cereals from the ' Sahel ' reserve        Done at Brussels, 8 February 1977.
under the 1976 programme would have difficulty,
                                                                                               For the Council
given their economic and financial situation , in
covering forwarding costs beyond the fob stage ;                                                The President
whereas such costs should consequently be borne by
the Community,                                                                               Anthony CROSLAND
(') OJ No L 180 , 8 . 8 . 1972, p. 1