CELEX: 51988PC0119
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) EN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STORAGE PROGRAMMES AND WARNING SYSTEMS

N o C 91/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    8. 4. 88
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on the implementation of storage programmes and warning
                                                            systems
                                                      COM(88) 119 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 March 1988)
                                                         (88/C 91/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Such operations shall be aimed at strengthening
                                                                   developing countries' food security and encouraging
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              them to increase their food self-sufficiency level, and
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                  may also be intended as specific support for food aid
thereof,                                                           operations, increasing their effectiveness; they must
                                                                   wherever possible contribute to the improvement of
                                                                   living conditions for the poorest sections of the popu-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   lation in the countries in question.
Having regard      to   the   opinion   of    the  European
Parliament,                                                        The Community's contribution to these operations shall
                                                                   take the form of financial and technical assistance in
                                                                   accordance with the criteria and procedures laid down in
Whereas the Community, in parallel with other efforts
                                                                   this Regulation.
aimed at food security, should endeavour to encourage
developing countries to increase their food self-suffi-
ciency and strengthen their food security;                                                   Article 2
                                                                   Community support for storage programmes and
Whereas the food security of developing countries can
                                                                   warning systems may be granted upon request to
be strengthened by implementing storage programmes
                                                                   developing countries, international organizations or non-
and warning systems;
                                                                   governmental organizations, provided they meet the
                                                                   following criteria:
Whereas the Community should contribute financial
support for developing countries' efforts in this area;            (a) their legal status is characteristic of this type of
                                                                        organization;
Whereas the measures to be taken in order to implement
these operations should be specified;                              (b) their headquarters is in a Member State of the
                                                                        Community or, in exceptional cases, in a non-
Whereas a procedure should be laid down for the                         member country;
approval of this aid; whereas Article 8 (2) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 (»), as last amended by                (c) they demonstrate their capacity to carry out properly
Regulation (EEC) No . . . , contains a procedure that can               the type of operations referred to in this Regulation.
be used for that purpose;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary                                            Article 3
powers to that end, other than those contained in Article          In particular,     Community      aid may     contribute   to
235,                                                               financing:
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      — warning systems and systems for improving infor-
                                                                        mation on the food situation in the countries in
                                                                        question by collecting data on the trend of harvests
                          Article 1                                     and stocks;
The Community may, where the conditions so warrant,
 contribute to the implementation of storage programmes            — operations or programmes for storage by individual
 and warning systems in developing countries.                           farmers, or at village, local, national or regional
                                                                        level, comprising:
                                                                        (a) the establishment of the necessary infrastructure,
 (') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1.                                   (b) upkeep and management of the storage system,
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     (c) the constitution and replenishment of stocks;            The Committee may examine          any other matter relevant
                                                                  to the implementation of           the operation that the
— studies and training connected with these activities.           Chairman may raise, either on      his own initiative or at the
                                                                  request of a representative of    a Member State.
                           Article 4
Aid shall be granted by the Community either on a                                            Article 9
unilateral basis or by means of co-financing with                 The decision to grant aid for operations involving not
Member States or with other donors.                               more than 500 000 ECU, or for emergency operations,
                                                                  shall be taken by the Commission, which shall inform the
                           Article 5                              Member States.
Community aid shall be in the form of grants.                                               Article 10
                           Article 6                              1.    Decisions laying down the conditions for imple-
                                                                  menting storage or early warning operations shall be
The aid may cover both external expenditure and the               taken by the Commission.
local expenditure necessary for implementation of the
operations, including maintenance and operating                   2.    Aid shall be granted to the recipients on condition
expenses.                                                         that they undertake to observe the conditions for
                                                                  implementation notified to them by the Commission.
Taxes, duties and charges shall be excluded              from
Community financing.                                                                        Article 11
                                                                  Parliament and the Council shall be informed of the
                           Article 7                              decisions taken in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of
Participation in invitations to tender, other tendering           this Regulation as soon as they have been taken.
procedures and the award of contracts shall be open on
equal terms to all natural and legal persons of Member                                      Article 12
States and of the recipient country. Such participation            1.   The Commission shall take all the necessary steps
may be extended to other developing countries receiving           to ensure the proper execution of the operations referred
Community aid, particularly in cases of co-financing or           to in this Regulation.
in order to avoid an excessive increase in the cost of
operations as a result of distance, transport difficulties or     2.     For the purposes of paragraph 1, Member States
delivery schedules.                                               shall assist the Commission and shall provide it with all
                                                                  necessary information.
                           Article 8
                                                                                            Article 13
Decisions granting aid for a storage programme or a
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
warning system shall be taken by the Commission after
                                                                  following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
consulting the Committee provided for in Article 7 of
                                                                   the European Communities.
Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 and in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 8 (2) of that Regu-            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 lation.                                                           directly applicable in all Member States.