CELEX: 51973PC0345
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-02
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the supply of sugar to UNRWA as food aid pursuant to Agreement with that agency dated 18 December 1972 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM(73)345 final
                                                    Brussels . 2 March 1973
                                  Proposal for a
                         REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
            on "the supply of sugar to UNRWA as food aid pursuant to
            Agreement with that agency dated 18 December 1972
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM(73 ) 345 final
 ---pagebreak--- The agreement concluded, on 13 December 1972 between the European
Economic Community and U1MRA ( United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ), concerning aid to refugees
from the Middle-East countries , provides in particular for the supply
by the Community each year of 6.150 netric tons of white sugar .
The Community has already delivered 4»000 metric tons for the sugar
year 1972/73t a-nc1- must therefore still supply a quantity of 2.150
metric tons under its obligations for the same year . Furthermore ,
it is proposed to arrange for the supply of further quo-ntities of
6.I5O metric tons for each of the sugar years 1973/74 and 1 974/75 •
The Commission would draw the Council 's attention to the urgency of
adopting the necessary measures in view of the risk that UITRWA sugar
stocks may become exhausted at the end of March . This demands in
particular that the Parliament be cunsulted as soon as possible .
The cost can be estimated at 27»00 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ,
taht is a total cf 600.000 u.a . for 1972/72 » and 1,66 million u.a .
for 1973/74 and 1974/75-
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                                       Proposal for a
                           REGUIATIOlf (SEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
           on the supply of sugar to UNRWA as food aid pursuant to the Agreement
                     with that agency dated 18 December 1972
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN C0KMJNITI3S ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof end 209 v
Having regard to the Proposal from tho Commissions
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament j
Whereas the Agreement concluded on 18 December 19?2 between the European
Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East (UNRNA) concerning assistance to refugees , from the
                                1)   ,    ..                         . :
countries of the Middle-East       - hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement " -
provides for the supplying to UNRWA by the Community of a quantity of white
sugar amounting to 6.150 metric tons annually , as food aid 3
Whereas the Community has already supplied 4*000 metric tons of white sugar
for the marketing year 1972/73 by viifcue of Regulation (EEC) No 1475/72^ of the
Council of 10 July '1972 on the supply of sugar to UNRWA as food aidj and
whereas future deliveries must be subject to the same conditions as those laid
down in that Regulation , and whereas it is also necessary , in accordance with
the Agreement ,. to provide for the adjustment of the quantities prescribed in
respect of the sugar years 1973/74 and 1974/751
HAS ADOPTED TIIIS REGULATION :
1 JOJ No "
2)0J No L 157 , 13 July 1972 , p. 3
 ---pagebreak---                                     ■ Article 1 ,      '
  1 . The following (Quantities of white sugar , in free circulation in the
       Community , are to be placed at the disposal of UITRWA as food aid in
       accordance wi'th the Agreement :
                                            Marketing year  Quantity in metric tons
               (a)                             1972/73           2.150
               00                              1973/74           6.150
               (o)                             1974/75           6.150
      However , if , the quantities laid down for the sugar market years 1973/ 74
      and 1974/75 are varied in accordance with Article 12 of the Agreement
      "oy an amount of 2.000 tons or less , the quantities given under(b ) and
       ( c ) above should be read as having been varied accordingly.
2.    The contract for the mobilization of the goods cif to the' port of un­
      loading shall be awarded tinder the tendering procedure .
3 « The conditions applying to the invitation for tended and other terins and
      conditions for applying this Article shall' be adopted in accordance with
      procedure laid down in Article 40 of Regulation llo 1009/67/EEC of the
      Council of 18 December 1967 » on the common organization of the market
      in sugar        as last amended by Regulation (E3C) No 174/73^*
                                    Article 2                ' ■
1 .. For the purposes of Article 1 , the following are aligible for Community
      financing :
      - the cif tralue of the sugar
      - the cost of transport to the destination and the distribution ,       .
          subject to the conditions laid down in Article V of the Agreement .
2 . The expenditure incurred by the implementation of this Regulation shall
      be charged to Title 9 » "Food Aid and other expenses " of the budget of
      the European Communities .
  3)0J No 303 , 18 December 1967 , p.1
 4J0J No L 25 . 30 January 1973 , p.1
 ---pagebreak--- 1 . To cover tho expenditure referred to in the first indent of
     Article 2 ( l ), the Commission , having consulted the European
     Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , my , at the request of
     the Member States concerned , grant advances . The Commission shall ,
    within 6 months of the production by a Member State of documents
     in support of the expenditure , discharge that Member State 's account .
     Rules for implementing this paragraph shall be adopted , as the need
     arises , in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of
    Regulation (ESC ) No 729/70 of the Council of 21 April 1970 on the
     financing of the common agricultural policy"^, last amended by
    Regulation (EDJC) Ho 2lQQ/j26\
2 . In respect of the expenditure referred to in the second indent of
     Article 2 (l ), the Cor::aission shall pay to UIIRWA the lump sum con -
    tribution provided for in Article 5 of the Agreement .
                                      Article 4
    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
     its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
 Tli is Regulation shall be binding in "its entirety and directly applicabl
  in all Member States .
 Done at Brussels ,                                    s       For the Council
                                                               Hie President
   5)0J No L 94 , 28 April 1970 , p. 13
   6)0J No L 295 » 30 December 1972 , p.l