CELEX: 51987PC0048
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Date: 1987-02-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down implementating rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food aid policy and food aid management (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                               COM(87 ) 48 final
                                               Brussels , 11 February 1987
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           laying down implementating rules for Regulation ( EEC )
          No 3972 / 86 on food aid policy and food aid management
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(87 ) 48 final
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1 . Council Regulation 3972 / 86 of 22 December 1986 on food aid policy and food
aid management , and in particular Article 4 thereof , provides that the Council ,
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and following
a favourable opinion by Parliament ,
  ( i ) shall determine the countries and organizations eligible to receive food
        aid allocations on an annual or multiannual basis ;
( ii ) shall establish general criteria concerning the transport of food aid
        beyond the fob stage .
A decision on the above is necessary before the Commission can take specific
decisions on the allocation of food aid .
2 . The proposed Regulation comprises , as on previous occasions , a body of
general provisions and an annex containing a list of the countries eligible
to receive Community aid .
3.     As regards the criteria for meeting transport costs beyond the fob stage ,
the Commission considers that the criteria previously applied served the
intended purpose satisfactorily and is of the view , on the basis of the
experience acquired , that the same criteria will provide a suitable framework
to ensure maximum impact from future food aid operations .
4.     The Commission considers that the list of countries appropriately reflects
the categories of countries and organizations eligible to receive food aid and
therefore sees no need for the list to be changed .
5.     In view of the above , the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the
attached Regulation laying down implementing rules for Regulation ( EEC )
No 3972'86 on food aid policy and food aid management .
 ---pagebreak---                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  laying down implementing; rules for Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 /86 on
                      food aid policy and food aid management
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                M
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard , to Counci l Regulation ( EEC ) No 3^72 / 86 of 22 December 1986 on
                                            1
food aid policy and food aid management , and in particular , the third and
fourth indents of Article 4(1 ) and Article 4(1 ) and Article 4(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                               2
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas a list of the countries    and organizations eligible for food aid
operations should be drawn up , without prejudice to emergency operations ;
Whereas provision should also be made for making food aid
available to non-governmental organizations ;      whereas the tatter must meet
certain conditions guaranteeing the successful execution of food aid operations ;
Whereas general criteria should also be established for the transport of food
aid beyond the fob stage , taking into account the financial and geographical
situation of the countries concerned and the channels and intermediaries via
which the aid will be dispatched ;     whereas account should also be taken to this
end of the need to ensure that the effectiveness of the food aid operations is
increased ;
Whereas , in order to ensure that the objectives of food aid operations are
attained , it is furthermore necessary to stipulate that aid be granted only
where the recipients undertake to comply with the supply terms laid down by
the Commission ;
1 O.J. : No L‘ 370 , 30.12.1986 , p.1
2 0.J .  No C
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Whereas the Commission must be able to take all the measures necessary for the
proper execution of food aid programmes and operations ; whereas , to this end ,
Member States must provide the Commission with all the assistance required and ,
in particular , with all relevant information ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
1.   The countries and organizations eligible       for        food aid are listed
in the Annex .
2.   Aid       may also be placed at the disposal of non-governmental organizations
which must inter alia :
(a)   have their headquarters in a Member State of the Community or , exceptionally ,
      in a third country ;
(b)   have a statute that is characteristic of an organization of this type ;
(c)   have shown that they have the capacity to carry out food aid operations
      successfully ;
(d)   have given an undertaking to comply with the supply terms laid down by
      the Commission .
                                     Article 2
Where the Commission considers that the Community should meet transport costs
for food aid beyond the fob stage , it shall take account of the following
general criteria :
- whether the recipient country is included on the list of least developed
   countries ,
- whether or not the recipient country is a landlocked country ,
- the financial situation of the recipient country ,
- whether the food aid is intended for the organizations or non-governmental
   organizations referred to in Article 1 ,
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- the need to mobilize the product on the market of a developing country ,
- the need to allocate the food aid on an emergency basis ,
- the need to make a given food aid operation more effective .
                                    Article 3
                                                                                *
Distribution costs may , in exceptional circumstances , be met by the Community r
where necessary for the proper execution of the food aid operations concerned . \
                                    Article 4
Food aid shall be granted to the recipients only where they undertake to comply
with the supply terms notified to them by the Commission .
                                    Article 5
The Commission shall take all necessary measures to ensure the proper execution
of food aid programmes and operations .
To this end .      Member States shall provide the Commission with all the
assistance required and shall , in particular , provide it with all relevant
information .
                                   Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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 ,                                         For the Council
                                                           The President
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                                       I. COUNTRIES
 Angola                       Guinea                    Philippines
 Antigua and Barbuda          Guinea-Bissau             Rwanda
 Bangladesh                   Guyana
 Bénin                     ' Haiti                      Saint Christopher and Nevis
 Bolivia                      Honduras                  Saint Lucia
 Botswana                     India                     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Burkina Faao                 Indonesia                 Sjlo Tomé and Principe
 Burma                        Jamaica                   Senega^
 Burundi                      Jordan                    Seychelles
 Cape Verde                   Kenya                     Sierra Leone
 Central Africtm Republie     Lchnnon                   Somalia
 Chad                         Lesotho                   Sri Lanka
 China                        Madagascar                Sudan
 Comoros                      Malawi                    Swazi Land
 Costa Rica                   Maldives                  Syria
 Djibouti                     Mali                      Tanzania
 Dominican Republic                                     Thailand
 Dominica                     Mauritania                Togo
 Ecuador                      Mauritius                 Tunisia
 Egypt                        Morocco                   Uganda
 EL Salvador                  Mozambique                North Yemen (Arab Republic)
 Equatorial Guinea            Nepal                     South Yemen (Democratic Republic)
                            ' Nicaragua                 Zaire
 Ethiopia
 Garrbia                      Niger                     Zambia
 Ghana                        Pakistán                  Zimbabwe
 Grenada                      Perú
 Guatemala
                                   2. ORGANIZATIONS
ICRC                      UNHCR                        WFP                   .    UNBRO
LICROSS                   UNRWA                        UNICEF