CELEX: 51983PC0695
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE IMPLEMENTATION IN RELATION TO FOOD OF ALTERNATIVE OPERATIONS IN PLACE OF FOOD AID

17.12. 83                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 340/3
                                                           II
                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
                   Proposal for a Council Regulation on the implementation in relation to food of
                                      alternative operations in place of food aid
                                                  COM(83) 695 final
                        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 November 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    operations in the form of financial and technical aid
COMMUNITIES,                                                   to replace food aid.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                                         Article 2
Article 235 thereof,
                                                               Operations in place of food aid may be implemented
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             on their request in favour of developing countries
                                                               which are eligible for Community food-aid operations
Having regard to the opinion of the European                   under Regulation (EEC) No 3331/82 for a part or all
Parliament,                                                    of the amounts of food aid that have been or could
                                                               be allocated to them, taking into account in particular
Whereas, as part of its efforts to help combat hunger          developments in relation to production and
in the world, the Community should do everything               consumption and the level of stocks in the country as
possible to encourage developing countries to                  well as the food situation of the population.
embark, with determination, upon a food strategy;
                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas it should provide substantial support to that
end;                                                           The alternative operations shall comprise the
                                                               financing of development operations in the field of
Whereas such support can be stepped up by making               agriculture and food in the country concerned, and
food aid more flexible, and in particular by replacing         shall cover the financing of inter alia:
some food-aid operations by financial support for
agricultural and food operations;                              — the supply of essential inputs for such production,
Whereas the measures to be taken in order to                   — rural credit operations,
implement these alternative operations should be
defined;
                                                               — storage by individual farmers, or at village, local,
Whereas a procedure should be laid down for the                    national or regional level,
management of this aid; whereas Article 8 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3331/82 (*) lays down an                   — marketing, transport, distribution or processing of
 appropriate procedure;                                            locally produced foodstuffs,
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the specific               — applied research and on-the-job training,
powers required for this purpose,
                                                               — projects to develop food production,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                               and all other operations aimed at greater self-
                                                               sufficiency in food.
                       Article 1
 In accordance with the criteria and procedures laid
down in this Regulation the Community shall                                             Article 4
 implement, for the benefit of developing countries,           Aid shall be granted by the Community either
                                                               autonomously or by means of co-financing with
 O OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1.                             Member States or with specialized organizations.
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                         Article 5                               provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) N o
                                                                 3331/82 and in accordance with the procedure laid
The aid from the Community shall be in the form of
                                                                 down in Article 8 of that Regulation.
grants.
                                                                 The Committee may examine any other matter
                         Article 6                               relating to the implementation of the operations in
                                                                 place of food aid put to it by the chairman on his
1.    The aid may cover both external expenditure
                                                                 own initiative or at the request of a representative of
and the local expenditure necessary for implemen-
                                                                 a Member State.
tation of the operations, including maintenance and
operating expenses.
                                                                                          Article 9
Taxes, duties and charges shall be excluded from the
Community financing.                                             In accordance with decisions taken pursuant to
                                                                 Article 8, the Commission shall decide on the
2.    Any counterpart funds that may result from the             conditions governing supply of the aid.
actions listed in Article 3 shall be used in accordance
with the objectives laid down in this Regulation and                                      Article 10
in agreement with the Community.
                                                                 The Commission shall report to the Council and to
                                                                 the European Parliament on the application of this
                         Article 7                               Regulation.
Participation in calls for tenders, invitations to tender
and purchasing and other contracts shall be open on                                       Article 11
equal terms to all natural or legal persons of Member             1.    The Commission shall take all the necessary
States or of the recipient country. Such participation           steps to ensure proper implementation of operations
may be extended to other developing countries                    in place of food aid.
receiving Community aid, particularly in cases of co-
financing or in order to prevent the cost of the                 2.     The Member States shall give the Commission
operations from increasing unduly as a result of                 every assistance and shall provide it with all the
distance, transport difficulties or delivery times.               necessary information for the proper implementation
                                                                  of these operations.
Such participation by other developing countries shall
be of an exceptional nature and shall be authorized                                       Article 12
on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 8.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                  day following its publication in the Official Journal of
                         Article 8                                the European Communities.
Decisions granting aid shall be taken by the                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Commission following consultation of the Committee                directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing special measures of Community interest
                                            relating to transport infrastructure
                                                     COM(83)     697final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 December 1983)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Having regard to the opinion of the            European
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     Parliament,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                  Whereas conditions incompatible with the proper
 Article 235 thereof,
                                                                   functioning of the Community could arise when a
                                                                   Member State's economy, whilst in a special situation,
                                                                   is forced to bear a disproportionate burden in the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                financing of the Community budget;