CELEX: 51987PC0492
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3972/86 ON FOOD-AID POLICY AND FOOD-AID MANAGEMENT

19.11. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 309/9
                                                                 II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy
                                                     and food-aid management
                                                        COM(87) 492 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 October 1987)
                                                          (87/C 309/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                           Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 is hereby amended as
thereof,
                                                                     follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
                                                                         Article 5
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                        The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
                                                                        laid down in Article 8 (1), shall:
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 3972/86 O
envisages, for the purpose of implementing various of its               — adopt a list of products which may be mobilized
provisions, that the Member States and the Commission                        as aid,
shall cooperate closely within a Food Aid Committee;
                                                                        — establish the total quantities for each product on
                                                                             an annual or multiannual basis,
Whereas Council Decision 87/373/EEC (2) laid down
the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers                  — lay down rules for mobilization of those products.
conferred on the Commission;
                                                                        The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
Whereas the procedure for the Food Aid Committee laid                   laid down in Article 8 (2), shall:
down in Regulation (EEC) N o 3972/86 does not
conform to the rules set out in Decision 87/373/EEC                     — establish the apportionment, expressed in terms of
and should consequently be adapted with a view to                            quantities and costs, among the various recipients
complying with the said rules, taking account of the                         of the products which may be mobilized, subject
nature of the implementing provisions to be adopted;                        to the budgetary limit for each product,
                                                                        — where necessary, adjust allocations during the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 is applicable                            implementation of programmes.'
only until 31 December 1987 and should be extended;
                                                                     2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary
powers.                                                                  Article 7
                                                                        The Commission shall be assisted by a Food Aid
                                                                        Committee,       hereinafter    referred to  as    "the
(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 and corrigendum in OJ No            Committee", composed of representatives of the
                                                                        Member States and chaired by a representative of the
    L 42, 12. 2. 1987, p. 54.
                                                                        Commission.'
(2) OJ No L 197, 18. 7. 1987, p. 33.
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3. Article 8 is replaced by the following:                             2.     Where recourse is had to the procedure defined
                                                                       in this paragraph, the following provisions shall apply:
    'Article 8
    1.    Where recourse is had to the procedure defined               The representative of the Commission shall     submit to
   in this paragraph, the following provisions shall apply:            the Committee a draft of the measures to        be taken.
                                                                       The Committee shall deliver its opinion on       the draft
   The representative of the Commission shall submit to
                                                                       within a time limit which the chairman may      lay down
   the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken.
                                                                       according to the urgency of the matter, if      necessary
   The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft                by taking a vote.
   within a time limit which the chairman may lay down
   according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion                 The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
   shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article             addition, each Member State shall have the right to
    148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which                ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
   the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from
   the Commission. The votes of the representatives of                 The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
   the Member States within the Committee shall be                     opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform
   weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The                 the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has
   chairman shall not vote.                                            been taken into account.'
   The Commission shall adopt measures which shall
   apply immediately. However, if these measures are               4. The second paragraph of Article 14 is deleted.
   not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee,
   they shall be communicated by the Commission to the
   Council forthwith. In that event the Commission may                                           Article 2
   defer application of the measures which it has decided          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
   for a period of not more that one month from the                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
   date of such communication.                                     European Communities.
   The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take
   a different decision within the period referred to in           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
   the previous subparagraph.                                      directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive completing the implementation of the principle of equal
                     treatment for men and women in statutory and occupational social security schemes
                                                      COM(87) 494 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 October 1987)
                                                         (87/C 309/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           matters of social security (') states that the Directive does
                                                                   not apply to the provisions concerning survivors' benefits
                                                                   or to those concerning family benefits; whereas Article 7
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              (1) specifies that the Directive is without prejudice to the
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and             right of Member States to exclude from its scope a
235 thereof,                                                       number of specified provisions;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Whereas Article 4 of Council Directive 86/378/EEC of
                                                                   24 July 1986 on the implementation of the principle of
                                                                   equal treatment for men and women in occupational
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                  social security schemes (2) limits the number of risks
liament,                                                            covered in respect of self-employed persons; whereas
                                                                   Article 9 of that Directive provides that Member States
                                                                    may defer its application as regards determination of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                   pensionable age and survivors' pensions;
Social Committee,
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of
 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of              (l) O J N o L 6 , 10. 1. 1979, p. 24.
the principle of equal treatment for men and women in               O OJ No L 225, 12. 8. 1986, p. 40.