CELEX: 51983PC0082
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE QUANTITIES OF CEREALS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE FOOD AID CONVENTION

16. 3. 83                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No C 70/3
                                                              II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation on the apportionment of the quantities of cereals
                                       provided for under the Food-Aid Convention
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 February 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Community and its Member States shall be divided as
COMMUNITIES,                                                       follows between Community and national food-aid
                                                                   operations for the period 1 July 1982 to 30 June
Having regard to the Treaty               establishing    the      1983:
European Economic Community,
                                                                   (a) Community operations: 927 663 tonnes (56 % ) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       (b) Member States'         national   operations: 722 337
3331/82 of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and                        tonnes (44 % ) .
food-aid management and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 2750/75 ('), and in particular the second
                                                                                              Article 2
and third indents of Article 4 (1) and Article 4 (2)
thereof,                                                           The national cereals operations provided for under
                                                                   the Food-Aid Convention for the period 1 July 1982
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   to 30 June 1983 shall be apportioned as follows
Having regard to the opinion of the European                       among the Member States:
Parliament,                                                                 Belgium                      44 000 tonnes
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) N o 3331/82                           Denmark                      16 501 tonnes
provides that the Council shall apportion the cereals                       Germany                     193 500 tonnes
aid provided for under the Food-Aid Convention                              France                      200 000 tonnes
between Community and national operations and,                              Ireland                       4 080 tonnes
furthermore, that the Council shall apportion the                           Italy                        95 400 tonnes
national cereals operations among the Member                                Luxembourg                    1 360 tonnes
States;                                                                     Netherlands                  50 200 tonnes
                                                                            United Kingdom              117 296 tonnes
Whereas the 1 650 000 tonnes of cereals constituting                        Greece                                    O
the minimum quantity to be contributed annually by
the Community and its Member States under the                                                 Article 3
Food-Aid Convention can be divided into two shares
of 56 and 44 % respectively; whereas, furthermore,                 The Council shall determine not later than 1 January
the apportionment of the latter quantity among the                  1984 the apportionment of the quantities for a sub-
Member States can be fixed annually; whereas the                   sequent period.
apportionment must be fixed for the period 1 July
1982 to 30 June 1983,
                                                                                              Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                    day following its publication in the Official Journal of
                         Article 1                                  the European Communities.
The 1 650 000 tonnes of cereals constituting the                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
minimum quantity to be contributed annually by the                  directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                                    (J) Greece has committed itself to supply annually 10 000
(•) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1                                     tonnes of cereals food-aid on a voluntary basis.