CELEX: 31977D0131
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 8 February 1977 on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid supplied under the 1977 programme

No L 40 /24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                11 . 2. 77
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 8 February 1977
              on the Community financing of certain expenditure relating to food aid
                                          supplied under the 1977 programme
                                                         (77/ 1 31 /EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          — for the World Food Programme and the United
COMMUNITIES,                                                             Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
                                                                         refugees : financing shall cover both the expendi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    ture incurred between the fob stage and the desti­
Economic Community,                                                      nation and the costs of distribution ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         — for Burundi, the Central African Empire, Rwanda,
1703/72 of 3 August 1972 amending Regulation                             the ICRC, the United Nations Children's Fund
(EEC) No 2052/69 on the Community financing of                           and the League of Red Cross Societies : financing
expenditure arising from the implementation of the                       shall cover expenditure incurred between the fob
Food Aid Convention of 1967, and laying down rules                       stage and the destination ;
for the Community financing of expenditure arising                   — for Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau,
from the implementation of the Food Aid Convention                       Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia,
of 1971 ('), and in particular Articles 8 ( 1 ) and 10 ( 1 )             Vietnam and Zaire : financing shall cover expendi­
thereof,                                                                 ture incurred between the fob stage and the cif
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       stage ;
                                                                     — for emergency measures set off against the
Whereas certain countries and organizations in receipt                   reserve : financing may cover both the expenditure
of food aid in the form of cereals under the 1977
                                                                         incurred between the fob stage and the destination
programme would have difficulty,                given their              and the costs of distribution where the aid is
economic and financial situation ,             in covering               forwarded through an international organization ;
forwarding costs beyond the fob stage ;        whereas such          — all or part of the financing may take the form of a
costs should consequently be borne by          the Commu­                lump-sum contribution where this is provided for
nity,
                                                                         in the delivery arrangements established with the
                                                                         recipient.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                        Sole Article                                 Done at Brussels, 8 February 1977.
Within the framework of Community food-aid
                                                                                                  For the Council
measures under the 1977 programme, Community
financing shall cover forwarding and distribution costs                                            The President
incurred beyond delivery to the port of shipment, in
accordance with the following arrangements :                                                   Anthony CROSLAND
(') OJ No L 180, 8 . 8 . 1972, p. 1 .