CELEX: 51988PC0158
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CO-FINANCING OPERATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD PRODUCTS OR SEEDS BY INTERNATIONAL BODIES OR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

No C 109/6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                     26. 4. 88
             4. The selection of stimulation measures, beneficiary projects and/or researchers shall be made by the
                Commission assisted by an ad hoc group within the European Committee for the Development of
                Science and Technology (Codest).
             5. Possible topics of research are:
                (a)    the Community's internal market programme raises many issues of microeconomic analysis,
                       including industrial organization and the economics of regulatory policies (e.g. standards) that
                       deserve urgent attention;
                (b)    European integration economics, including issues of intra-European regional              north-south
                       relations, raises a further set of issues not well covered by the research community;
                (c)    the determinants of economic growth in Western Europe, including dynamic factors such as
                       advanced technology and innovation, and constraints, such as environmental concerns;
                (d)    systemic issues in the monetary areas and macroeconomic and fiscal policy coordination have
                       received increasing academic attention in recent years, but rarely dealing adequately with their
                       intra-European as compared to their international aspects;
                (e)    problems of trade policy and the role of Western Europe in the international division of labour;
                (f)    employment and social policy issues, which have quite different characteristics in Western Europe,
                       compared to the United States or Japan; and
                (g)    methodological and modelling problems relevant to the abovementioned subjects or otherwise of
                       fundamental interest.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the implementation of co-financing operations
             for the purchase of food products or seeds by international bodies or non-governmental
                                                                organizations
                                                             COM(88) J 58 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 April 1988)
                                                               (88/C 109/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                   management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 3785/87 (2), contains a procedure which may be used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      for this purpose;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,                                                                   Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary
                                                                           powers other than those contained in Article 235,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard       to   the    opinion     of    the   European
Parliament,                                                                                          Article 1
                                                                            1.   The Community may contribute to the financing of
Whereas the Community can come to the assistance of                        purchases by international bodies or non-governmental
needy sections of the population of developing and other                   organizations of food products or seeds intended for
non-member countries by helping to finance the                             needy sections of the population of developing or other
purchase by non-governmental organizations or interna-                     non-member countries.
tional bodies of food products or seeds;
                                                                           2.    Such operations may be implemented at the request
Whereas the measures to be taken for the implemen-                         of international bodies or non-governmental organiz-
tation of such co-financing operations should be                           ations when the target sections of the population are
determined;                                                                faced with serious difficulties as a result of natural
                                                                           disasters or exceptional circumstances.
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure for
the management of co-financing operations; whereas
Article 8 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86                       (') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1.
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                        (2) OJ No L 356, 18. 12. 1987, p. 8.
 ---pagebreak---  26. 4. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 109/7
 3.     The non-governmental organizations must meet the                                      Article 4
 following criteria:
                                                                     Decisions granting contributions for emergency aid or
 (a) they must have a status which is characteristic of this         aid amounting to 500 000 ECU or less shall be taken by
      type of organization;                                          the Commission, which shall inform the Member States.
 (b) they must have their headquarters in a Member State                                      Article 5
      of the Community or, in exceptional cases, in a non-           1.    Decisions determining the conditions governing the
      member country;                                                use of such contributions shall be taken by the
                                                                     Commission.
 (c) they must demonstrate their capacity to implement
      successfully the type of operation covered by this             2.    Aid shall be granted only to recipients who
      Regulation.                                                    undertake to comply with the implementing conditions
                                                                     notified to them by the Commission.
                             Article 2                                                        Article 6
 1.    The Community contribution may cover the                     The Commission may authorize an agent to conclude
purchase in the Community or in developing or other                 purchase contracts on its behalf.
non-member countries of food products or seeds and the
cost of transporting them to their destination.                                               Article 7
                                                                    The European Parliament and the Council shall be
2.     The amount of the Community contribution
                                                                    informed of decisions taken in accordance with Articles
towards the purchase and transport of food products or
                                                                     3 and 4 as soon as they are adopted.
seeds shall be a minimum of 25 % and a maximum of
75 % of the total cost of the operation.                                                      Article 8
                                                                    The Commission shall take all measures necessary for
                             Article 3                              the proper performance of the operations provided for
Decisions granting a contribution towards the purchase              under this Regulation.
of food products or seeds by non-governmental organiz-              The Member States shall assist the Commission in this
ations or international bodies shall be taken by the                respect, in particular by supplying all necessary infor-
Commission after consulting the Committee set up by                 mation.
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 and in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8                                        Article 9
(2) of that Regulation.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
The said Committee may examine any other matter
                                                                    European Communities.
concerning the implementation of the operations which
is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
the request of a Member State representative.                       directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community
               list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
                                                        COM(88) 37 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 April 1988)
                                                          (88/C 109/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            certain less-favoured areas ('), as last amended by Regu-
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2
                                                                    (2) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Economic Community,
                                                                    Having regard      to   the   opinion    of the   European
                                                                    Parliament,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28                 (') OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in              (2) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.