CELEX: 31975R2751
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2751/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures laid down for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of the Sahel

No L 281 /92                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            1 . 11 . 75
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2751/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 29 October 1975
              derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures laid down
                                for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of the Sahel
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          desired flexibility and speed to be attained in
                                                                  delivering the goods from the cif stage to the
                                                                  distribution points ; whereas consequently it is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      advisable to provide for the possibility of having
European Ecohomic Community ;                                     recourse to other procedures, such as direct
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/                agreement,
75 (*) of 29 October 1975 on the common
organization of the market in cereals, and in
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
particular Article 28 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/
                                                                                           Article 1
EEC (2) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization
of the market in rice, as last amended by
                                                                  Notwithstanding Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC)
Regulation (EEC) No 668/75 (3), and in particular                 No 2750/75, recourse may be had, where necessary,
Article 23a thereof;
                                                                  to procedures other than invitation to tender, for
Whereas, in view of the transportation difficulties               the provision of transport from the cif stage to the
facing the countries of the Sahel, it would be                    distribution points of cereals and rice made
advisable to adopt a system which is sufficiently                 available to the countries of the Sahel by way of
flexible to enable the products supplied as food aid              food aid in the context of the 1973/74 programme.
to be forwarded to their distribution points as soon
as possible upon arrival in the ports of discharge in                                      Article 2
Africa ;
Whereas, by the Council Decision of 28 December                   1 . Council Regulation (EEC) No 3581/73 (6) of
1973 (4) concerning the financing by the Community                28 December 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC)
of certain expenditure on food aid supplied under                 No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures laid down
the 1973/74 programme, it was provided in respect                 for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of
of Community food-aid action for the countries of                 the Sahel, is hereby repealed.
the Sahel that Community financing should extend
to the cost of delivering the products to their                   2. References to the Regulation repealed by virtue
distribution points ;                                             of paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to
                                                                  this Regulation.
Whereas recourse to the tendering procedure
provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation                                            Article 3
(EEC) No 2750/75 (5) of 29 October 1975 laying
down the criteria for the mobilization of cereals                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
intended as food aid, does not always enable the                  1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                    G. MARCORA
(x) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18 .
(4) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 53.
(5) See page 89 of this Official Journal.                         (•) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 49.