CELEX: 51988PC0158
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Date: 1988-03-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the implementation of co-financing operations for the purchase of food products or seeds by international bodies or non-governmental organizations (presented by the Commission)

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                                                      COM(88 ) 158 final
                                                     Brussels , 28 March 1988
                             Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  on the implementation of co-financing operations for the purchase
        of food products or seeds by international bodies or
                    non-governmental organizations
                     (presented .by
                     (presented  by thetheCommission)
                                           Commission)
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Summa ry
The purpose of the present draft regulation , proposed by the Commission to
the Council of Ministers , is to provide the Commission with a legal base
for the execution of the credits written into Article 951 of the Community
budget .    These are to be used for the co-financing of the purchase of
foodstuffs and seeds by non-governmental and international organisations in
order to permit them to intervene promptly and effectively on behalf of
disadvantaged populations in developing countries and other third
countries .
 ---pagebreak--- Explanatory Memorandum
1 . In    the   1986  budget  the budgetary authority created a new article ,
    article 951 , and endowed it with 5,5 Mio . Ecu commitment credits .           The
    explanatory notes to the budget specified that this article was to be
    used to contribute , at a minimum rate of 25 % , to the cost of purchases
    of foodstuffs made directly by non-governmental organisations ( NGOs ) in
    order     to  provide   emergency  aid  to  disaster   victims   in  developing
    countries and other third countries . In the 1987 budget this definition
    was extended to include purchases carried out directly by international
    organisations . For these budgetary exercises the reference to disasters
    made it possible for the Commission to use Article 6 of the framework
    regulation (R 3972/ 86 ) as a legal basis for the execution of Article
    951 .    In the draft budget for 1988 the scope for use of Article 951 has
    been extended further to include the purchase of seeds and to enable
    intervention in cases other than disasters .       It is for this reason that
    the present draft regulation is required .
2 . The actions co-financed in 1986 and 1987 were implemented in thirteen
    different countries , including in particular Ethiopia , Afghanistan , the
    Lebanon , Angola , Nicaragua and Mozambique .         The experience of NGOs
    gained in the course of these operations revealed that Article 951 could
    be improved as an instrument if its use were extended to the purchase of
    seeds and if it could be used under circumstances other than disasters .
    Hence the draft budget for 1988 includes those additional elements as
    well as an increased provision of credits ( 10 Mio . Ecu ).          It may be
    noted in passing that the need for timeliness in Article 951 actions has
    led the Commission to propose that as from 1988 the credits written into
    the budget be non-dissociated rather than dissociated .
3 . As far as the procedure to be retained for decisions taken under Article
    951 is concerned , it is proposed that these be taken by the Commission
    after consultation with the Food Aid Committee ,         as  is  the  case with
    normal food aid allocations .
                                                                          i
    However for those actions which , similarly to those taken so far under
    Article 951 , may be considered to be emergencies , it is proposed that
    the same procedure be used as that used for emergency decisions for
    normal aid , namely that the Commission decides and informs the Member
    States of its decision .        It is further proposed that this decision
    procedure be used for those actions for which only a relatively modest
    contribution , up to 500.000 Ecu , is to come from the Community .          ( This
    also being the limit retained for actions taken under Art . 950 of the
    budget . )
4 . In     conclusion   the  Commission  proposes   that  the   Council   adopt    the
    Regulation attached in annex relating to the co-financing of purchases
    of foodstuffs and seeds carried out by non-governmental organisations
    and international organisations .
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     on the implementation of co-financing operations for the purchase
            of food products or seeds by international bodies or
                         non-governmental organizations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 235 thereof ,
                                                        1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,2
Whereas the Community can come to the assistance of needy sections of the
population of developing and other non-member countries by helping to finance
the purchase by non-governmental organizations or international bodies of food
products or seeds ;
Whereas the measures to be taken for the implementation of such co-financing
operations should be determined ;
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure for the management of co¬
financing operations ; whereas Article 8(2 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management , 3 as
last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No           /88,4 contains a procedure which
may be used for this purpose ;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary powers other than those
contained in Article 235 ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
1 . The Community may contribute to the financing of purchases by international
     bodies or non-governmental organizations of food products or seeds intended
     for needy sections of the population of developing or other non-member
     countries .
2 . Such operations may be implemented at the request of international bodies
     or non-governmental organizations when the target sections of the population
     are faced with serious difficulties as a result of natural disasters or
     exceptional circumstances .
1 0J No L
20J No L
30J No L 370 ,   30.12.1986 , p. 1 ; corrigendum 0J No L 42 , 12.2.1987 .
40J No L
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3.   The non-governmental organizations must meet the following criteria :
     ( a ) they must have a status which is characteristic of this type of
           organization ;
     ( b ) they must have their headquarters in a Member State of the Community
           or , in exceptional cases , in a non-member country ;
     ( c ) they must demonstrate their capacity to implement successfully the
           type of operation covered by this Regulation .
                                    Article 2
1.   The Community contribution may cover the purchase in the Community or
     in developing or other non-member countries of food products or seeds
     and the cost of transporting them to their destination .
2.   The amount of the Community contribution towards the purchase and transport
     of food products or seeds shall be a minimum of 25% and a maximum of 75%
     of the total cost of the operation .
                                    Article 3
Decisions granting a contribution towards the purchase of food products or
seeds by non-governmental organizations or international bodies shall be taken
by the Commission after consulting the Committee set up by Article 7 of
Regulation 3972 /86 and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
8(2 ) of that Regulation .
The said Committee may examine any other matter concerning the implementation
of the operations which is raised by its Chairman either on his own initiative
or at the request of a Member State representative .
                                    Article 4
Decisions granting contributions for emergency aid or aid amounting to
500 000 ECU or less shall be taken by the Commission , which shall inform the
Member States .
                                    Article 5
1.   Decisions determining the conditions governing the use of such contributions
     shall be taken by the Commission .
2.   Aid shall be granted only to recipients who undertake to comply with the
     implementing conditions notified to them by the Commission .
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                                  Artide 6
  The Commission may authorize an agent to conclude purchase contracts on its
  behalf .
                                  Article 7
  The European Parliament and the Council shall be informed of decisions taken
  in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 as soon as they are adopted .
                                  Article 8
  The Commission shall take all measures necessary for the proper performance
  of the operations provided for under this Regulation .
  The Member States shall assist the Commission in this respect , in particular
  by supplying all necessary information .
                                  Article 9
■ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publi'
  cation 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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Objet : Projet de règlement ( CEE ) n *    du Conseil relatif
          à  la mise en oeuvre d' actions de co-financement
          d' achats de produits alimentaires ou de semences
          effectués par les organismes internationaux et
          organisations non gouvernementales .
Le présent projet sert de base juridique pour la mise en oeuvre
d' actions de co-financement d' achats de produits alimentaires
ou de semences .
Ces achats sont effectués par les organismes internationaux
et les organisations non gouvernementales , afin de réaliser
des programmes nutritionnels en faveur des populations défa ¬
vorisées dans les pays en voie de développement et autres
pays tiers .
La 'présente proposition n' aura probablement aucun impact sur
les PME .
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