CELEX: 31974R0336
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 336/74 of the Commission of 8 February 1974 on certain measures to be taken by the intervention agencies in the context of Community aid to the Sahel countries

No L 37/22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             9 . 2 . 74
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 336/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 8 February 1974
               on certain measures to be taken by the intervention agencies in the context of
                                              Community aid to the Sahel countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        giving details of the voluntary assistance provided,
COMMUNITIES,                                                          where applicable ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community ;                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2) ;                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                                           Article 1
Act (4 ) annexed to the Treaty (5 ) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic                            When recourse is had to private treaty, under Article 1
Community and the European Atomic Energy                              of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3581 /73, for the
Community signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ;                     carriage to distribution points of cereals and rice
                                                                      supplied as Community food aid to countries of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Sahel, the intervention agency which has, upon
1 693/72 (6) of 3 August 1972 laying down the condi­                  tender, awarded contracts for the delivery of the
tions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid , and               products to the point laid down in the tendering regu­
in particular Article 6 thereof ;                                     lation shall seek the best possible terms for private
                                                                      treaty contracts, taking into account the available
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3581 /73 (7) of                   means of transport.
28 December 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC)
No 1693 /72 in respect of the procedures laid down
for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of the                                     Article 2
Sahel , provides that, in respect of that particular food
aid measure, a procedure other than the tendering
procedure may be adopted ; whereas where necessary                    The distribution points are those points designated by
the carriage from the point of delivery cif to the                    the authorities of the particular Sahel territory and
                                                                      notified to the interested intervention agency by the
distribution points of the cereals and rice supplied as               Commission .
food aid to the Sahel countries may be negotiated by
private treaty on the best terms possible ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas, in view of the particular local conditions
affecting the carriage of goods to the interior,                       1 . The intervention agencies shall immediately
including where applicable the voluntary assistance                   notify the Commission of the names of the undertak­
provided by some transport agencies or undertakings,                  ings responsible for transport, the costs incurred and
the intervention agencies concerned should be                         of the means of transport used, giving details of the
allowed , in each particular case, to conclude contracts              voluntary assistance provided, where applicable.
for all or part of the transport operations required ;
                                                                      2. The intervention agency shall transmit to the
Whereas it is essential that the intervention agencies                Commission , on signing, one copy of the private
concerned     should     inform      the    Commission    of the      treaty contracts .
means of transport used and of the amounts involved,
(')  OJ  No 117, 16 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2269/ 67 .
                                                                                             Article 4
(2 ) OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 .
(3)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(5 ) OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(o)  OJ  No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p . 3 .                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
( 7) OJ  No L 359 , 28 . 12. 1973, p . 49 .                            the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 8 February 1974.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI