31981R3723

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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 16 DECEMBER 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3723/81

OF 21 DECEMBER 1981

ON THE GRANTING OF EXCEPTIONAL FOOD AID TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 235 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

WHEREAS THE FOOD AND BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS SITUATIONS IN THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE PARTICULARLY GRAVE ;

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY MUST MAKE A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THE FOOD NEEDS OF THESE COUNTRIES , IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPLYING FOODSTUFFS DIRECT ;

WHEREAS A PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE MEANS OF RESPONDING TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WOULD BE TO MAKE CEREALS AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME FOR USE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD RESERVE ;

WHEREAS THE TREATY HAS NOT PROVIDED THE NECESSARY SPECIFIC POWERS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

SPECIAL FOOD AID IS HEREBY APPROVED FOR THE LEAST- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITH A VIEW TO SUPPLYING THEIR POPULATIONS WITH VARIOUS FOODSTUFFS SUCH AS CEREALS , OILS , LEGUMES AND SUGAR .

THE FOODSTUFFS SHALL BE DELIVERED FREE AT DESTINATION . THE VALUE OF THE AID SHALL AMOUNT TO 40 000 000 ECU .

ARTICLE 2

A PROPORTION OF THE AID , EQUIVALENT TO 100 000 TONNES OF CEREALS , SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME FOR USE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD RESERVE .

ARTICLE 3

THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES , AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION , SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AID .

ARTICLE 4

THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AID OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXISTING PROCEDURES .

IT SHALL KEEP THE MEMBER STATES INFORMED OF PROGRESS WITH THE OPERATION .

ARTICLE 5

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 21 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

N . RIDLEY