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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 (presented by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(87 ) 492 final
                                                     Brussels , 16 October 1987
                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 / 86 on food-aid policy and
                          food-aid management
                     (presented by the Commission )
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              Explanatory Mémorandum
1 . On 22 December 1986 the Council adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No . 3972 /86
    on food aid policy and food aid management . Article 14 stipulates
    that the Regulation is applicable until 31 December 1987 . The main
    reason for this time limit was that it was felt necessary to re¬
    examine Article 8 with regard to the powers of the Food Aid
    Committee ( following a conciliation meeting with Parliament , the
    Council had agreed to review the matter in the light of the gene¬
    ral discussion on comittees and any conclusions resulting from
    the discussion ).
    On 13 July 1987 the Council adopted a Decision laying down the pro¬
    cedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
    Commission ( Decision 87 / 373 / EEC ). This decision lays down the
    various types of procedure for committees which assist the Commi ¬
    ssion in the exercise of its powers .
    It is therefore necessary to adapt the food aid framework Regula ¬
    tion to conform with these new procedures and consequently to
    amend Article 8 .
2 . The committee procedure laid down in Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 / 86
    does not correspond to any of those laid down in Decision 87 / 373 / EEC .
    Article 8 of the Regulation should therefore be adapted to conform
    with the rules laid down by this Decision .
3 . In its proposal of 29 September 1986 ( CCM(86) 418 final / 2 ) on food
    aid policy and management the Commission proposed a dual-purpose
    committee which would act as an advisory committee on matters con¬
    cerning budgetary implementation and as a management committee when
    called on to deliver an opinion on provisions concerning food aid
    management procedures .
    The Commission intends to follow these two procedures .
                                                                --/..
 ---pagebreak--- The advisory committee procedure corresponds to Procedure I of Deci ¬
sion 87 / 373 / EEC . It is justified in that the apportionment of quan ¬
tities among the recipients is part of budget implementation , and it
is for the Commission , by virtue of Article 205 , to take decisions of
this type .
Regarding the list of products , the total quantities and the rules
for mobilizing products , the Commission proposes that the Food Aid
Committee should work according to Procedure II , variant ( a ) as pro ¬
vided for in Decision 87 / 373 / EEC .
Consequently the Commission asks the Council to adopt the attached
Regulation .
 1 Council Meeting ( General Affairs ) cf 22 june 1987 .
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                                Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 / 86 on food-aid policy and
                             food-aid management
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 235 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 /86 ( 1 ) envisages , for the purpose of
implementing various of its provisions , that the Member States and the Commission
shall cooperate closely within a Food Aid Committee;
Whereas Council Decision 87 / 373 / EEC ( 2 ) laid down the procedures for the exercise
of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ;
Whereas the procedure for the Food Aid Committee laid down in Regulation ( EEC ) No
3972 / 86 does not conform to the rules set out in Decision 87 / 373 / EEC and should
consequently be adapted with a view to complying with the said rules , taking
account of the nature of the implementing provisions to be adopted ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972/86 is applicable only until 31 December 1987 and
should be extended ;
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers ,
( 1 ) OJ No L 370 , 30.12.1986 , p . 1 and corrigendum in OJ No L 42 , 12.2.1987 , p . 54 .
( 2 ) 0J No L 197 , 18.7.1987 , p. 33 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 / 86 is hereby amended as follows :
1.  Article 5 is replaced by the following :
                                  " Article 5
    The Commission , in accordance with the procedure laid down in
    Article 8(1 ), shall :
    - adopt a list of products which may be mobilized as aid ,
    - establish the total quantities for each product on an annual or
       multiannual basis ,
    - lay down rules for mobilization of those products .
    The Commission , in accordance with the procedure laid down in
    Article 8(2 ), shall :
    - establish the apportionment , expressed in terms of quantities and
       costs , among the various recipients of the products which may be
       mobilized , subject to the budgetary limit for each product ;
    - where necessary , adjust allocations during the implementation of
       programmes ."
2.  Article 7 is replaced by the following :
                                  " Article 7
    The Commission shall be assisted by a Food Aid Committee , hereinafter
    referred to as "the Committee ", composed of representatives of the
    Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission ."
3.  Article 8 is replaced by the following :
                                  " Article 8
    1.   Where recourse is had to the procedure defined in this paragraph ,
         the following provisions shall apply .
         The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee
         a draft of the measures to be taken .
 ---pagebreak---         The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time
        limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of
        the matter . The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid
        down in Article 148 ( 2 ) of the Treaty in the case of decisions
        which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Co¬
        mmission . The votes of the representatives of the Member States
        within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in
        that Article . The chairman shall not vote .
        The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately .
        However , if these measures are 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 defer appli ¬
        cation of the measures which it has decided for a period of not
        more that one month from the date of such communication .
        The Council , acting by a qualified majority , may take a different
        decision within the     period . referred to in the previous sub-
        pa rag rap h .
    2 . Where recourse is had to the procedure defined in this paragraph ,
        the following provisions shall apply .
        The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a
        draft of the measures to be taken . The Committee shall deliver
        its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman
        may lay down according to the urgency of the matter , if necessary
        by taking a vote .
        The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes ; in addition,each Member
        State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in
        the minutes .
        The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion deliver¬
        ed by the Committee . It shall inform the Committee of the manner in
        which its opinion has been taken into account ."
4 . The second paragraph of Article 14 is deleted .
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This Regulation shall, enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels