CELEX: 31974R1368
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1368/74 of the Commission of 31 May 1974 concerning deliveries of cereals as food aid for the Sahel countries and Ethiopia

1 . 6. 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 147/ 53
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1368/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 31 May 1974
                concerning deliveries of cereals as food aid for the Sahel countries and Ethiopia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       areas of the recipient States, it appears that considera­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion will have to be given to the likelihood of having
                                                                     to re-route the products to a port or delivery centre
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                other than as provided and that, consequently, the
Economic Community ;                                                 possibility of modification to the costs initially agreed
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          may have to be provided for :
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2) ;                                        ment Committee for Cereals,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1 693/72 (3) of 3 August 1972 fixing criteria for the               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid, and in
particular Article 6 thereof ;                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, on 28 December 1973, the Council of the
                                                                     In respect of deliveries made pursuant to Regulation
 European Communities expressed its intention to                     (EEC) Nos 289/74, 455/74 and 605/74 the interven­
grant, as part of a Community action , 1 30 000 metric               tion agencies may, where necessary, and in agreement
tons of cereals to the Sahel countries and to Ethiopia               with the successful tenderer, have the products with
under its 1 973/74 food aid programme ;                              which the contract is concerned delivered to ports or
Whereas the Commission adopted Regulation Nos                        delivery centres other than those provided for in the
(EEC) 289/74 of 1 February 1974 (4), 455/74 of 22                    Annexes to those Regulations. In such case, the inter­
 February 1974 (5) and 605/74 of 15 March 1974 (6)                   vention agency is to agree with the successful tenderer
 opening invitations to tender for the mobilization of                any cost reduction or increase as against the cost origi­
 sorghum, maize and soft wheat to be given to the                     nally agreed. The Commission will advise the interven­
 Sahel countries and to Ethiopia as food aid, and                     tion agencies of the names of the new ports and
whereas those Regulations provided for delivery to                    delivery centres.
 certain ports or to certain delivery centres indicated in
 the Annex to the said Regulations ;                                                           Article 2
 Whereas, because of the congestion in certain ports                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 caused by wholesale arrival of food from all sources                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
 and because of the relocation of requirements in some                Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 May 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (')  OJ No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/ 67 .
 (-') OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .
 (3)  OJ No  L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p. 3.
 (-1) OJ No  L 29, 2. 2. 1974, p. 20 .
 (5 ) OJ No  L 51 , 23 . 2 . 1974, p. 26 .
 («)  OJ No  L 73, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 22.