CELEX: 31978D0146
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 30 January 1978 on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid in the form of cereals supplied under the 1978 programme

15 . 2 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 44/25
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 30 January 1978
                on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid in the
                               form of cereals supplied under the 1978 programme
                                                         (78 / 146/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          — for Bangladesh, Republic of Cape Verde, Comoros,
COMMUNITIES,                                                             Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauri­
                                                                         tania, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    Senegal, Vietnam, Zaire and the Catholic Relief
Economic Community,
                                                                         Service : financing shall cover expenditure
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             incurred between the port of shipment and the
 1703/72 of 3 August 1972 amending Regulation                            port of unloading ;
(EEC) No 2052/69 on the Community financing of                       — for Chad, Lesotho, Niger, Rwanda, Upper Volta,
expenditure arising from the implementation of the                       the International Committee of the Red Cross, the
Food Aid Convention of 1967, and laying down rules                       League of Red Cross Societies and the United
for the Community financing of expenditure arising                       Nations Children's Fund : financing shall cover
from the implementation of the Food Aid Convention                       expenditure incurred between the port of ship­
of 1971 ( J ), and in particular Articles 8 ( 1 ) and 10 ( 1 )           ment and the destination ;
thereof,                                                             — for the World Food Programme and the United
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
                                                                         Refugees : financing shall cover expenditure
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                     incurred between the port of shipment and the
ment (2),                                                                destination and the costs of distribution ;
Whereas certain countries and organizations in receipt               — for emergency measures set off against the
of food aid in the form of cereals under the 1978                        reserve : financing may cover both the expenditure
programme would have difficulty, given their                             incurred between the port of shipment and the
                                                                         destination and the costs of distribution where the
economic and financial situation, in covering
forwarding costs from the port of shipment ; whereas                     aid is forwarded through an international organiza­
                                                                         tion ;
such costs should consequently be borne by the
Community,                                                           — all or part of the financing may take the form of a
                                                                         lump-sum contribution where this is provided for
                                                                         in the delivery arrangements established with the
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                                 recipient.
                         Sole Article
Within the framework of Community measures of                        Done at Brussels, 30 January 1978 .
food aid in the form of cereals under the               1978
                                                                                                 For the Council
programme, Community financing shall cover
forwarding and distribution costs incurred beyond                                                 The President
delivery to the port of shipment, in accordance with
the following arrangements :                                                                      P. DALSAGER
(•) OJ No L 180, 8 . 8 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) Opinion delivered on 20 January 1978 (not yet published
    in the Official Journal).