CELEX: 31976R1846
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1846/76 of 22 July 1976 on the emergency supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food Programme as food aid for the repatriates  from Angola in Portugal pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76

30. 7. 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 204/3
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1846/76
                                                      of 22 July 1976
              on the emergency supply of skimmed-milk powder to the World Food
              Programme as food aid for the repatriates from Angola in Portugal pursuant to
                                               Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      the port of unloading, and by paying a lump sum
COMMUNITIES,                                                     contribution to the World Food Programme to cover a
                                                                 proportion of the land transport, handling and storage
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            costs beyond that stage ; whereas the World Food
Economic Community,
                                                                 Programme is able to distribute this aid,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1298/76 of 1 June 1976 laying down general rules for
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to
certain developing countries and international organi­
zations under the 1976 programme (*), and in parti­                                     Article 1
cular Articles 3 and 7 thereof,
                                                                 Of the 3 630 metric tons of skimmed-milk powder
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               provided for as a reserve by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 1299/76, 500 metric tons shall be allocated to the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1298 /76 provides for                World Food Programme for the repatriates from
the supply of 55 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk                 Angola in Portugal.
powder as food aid to certain developing countries
and international organizations ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1299/76 of 1
June 1976 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as                Community financing shall cover the cost of transport
food aid to certain developing countries and interna­            up to the port of unloading and a proportion of the
tional organizations under the 1976 programme ^),                land transport, handling and storage costs ; the
provides for a reserve of 3 630 metric tons of skim­             financing of the latter expenditure may take the form
med-milk powder ;                                                of a lump sum contribution of up to 20 units of
                                                                 account per metric ton .
Whereas, following the events in Angola, the food
supply situation has become critical for a large                                         Article 3
number of repatriates from Angola in Portugal ;
whereas a contribution must be made urgently to                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
improve this situation by supplying 500 metric tons              following its publication in the Official Journal of
skimmed-milk powder as food aid to be delivered to               the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                           L.J. BRINKHORST
(') OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p . 3 .
(2) OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1976, p. 5 .