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( 1 ) OJ NO L 134 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , P . 14 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 134 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , P . 16 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2244/81

OF 27 JULY 1981

ON THE SUPPLY OF MILK FATS VIA THE UNHCR AS EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1312/80

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1312/80 OF 28 MAY 1980 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE SUPPLY OF MILK FATS TO CERTAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SPECIALIZED BODIES UNDER THE 1980 FOOD-AID PROGRAMME ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 8 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1313/80 OF 28 MAY 1980 ON THE SUPPLY OF MILK FATS TO CERTAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SPECIALIZED BODIES UNDER THE 1980 FOOD-AID PROGRAMME ( 2 ) PROVIDES FOR A RESERVE OF 2 774 TONNES OF BUTTEROIL ; WHEREAS CERTAIN QUANTITIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE UNDER THAT RESERVE ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF BUTTEROIL FOR THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN ; WHEREAS THE SITUATION JUSTIFIES THE SUPPLY OF FOOD AID BY THE COMMUNITY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FROM THE QUANTITIES OF BUTTEROIL STILL AVAILABLE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RESERVE PROVIDED FOR BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1313/80 , 500 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED , VIA THE UNHCR , AS EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING 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 , 27 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER