31972R1475

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13.7.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 157/3

REGULATION (EEC) No 1475/ 72 OF THE COUNCIL of 10 July 1972 on the supply of sugar as food aid to UNRWA

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Article 2 1 . For the purposes specified in Article 1 , the fol­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European lowing shall be paid by the Community: Economic Community; - the value of the sugar cif, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; - exceptionally and under the conditions laid down by the Agreement with UNRWA, the cost of deliv­ Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­ ery to the destination and the distribution costs. liament; 2. Expenditure arising from the implementation of Whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agen­ this Regulation shall be charged to Chapter 9 'Food cy for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has requested aid and other expenditure' of the European Commu­ the European Economic Community to supply it with nities Budget. sugar as food aid;

Whereas, in view of the urgency of UNRWA needs Article 3 and of the situation on the Community sugar market, special action should be taken to meet that Agency's 1 . In respect of expenditure referred to in the first request; indent of Article 2 ( 1 ), the Commission, after con­ sulting the Committee of the European Agricultural Whereas the Community should pay, in addition to Guidance and Guarantee Fund, may decide to grant the cost of the raw material, the costs of shipping the an advance if reguested by the Member State con­ cerned . The Commission shall settle Member States' product to the port of unloading, of delivering it to accounts on the basis of vouchers transmitted to it its destination and of distributing it, by those States, within six months following their HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : transmission. Detailed rules for applying this para­ graph shall be adopted, as needed, in accordance with Article 1 the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Council 1 . There shall be made available to UNRWA as Regulation ( EEC) No 729/ 703 of 21 April on the financing of the common agricultural policy. food aid for refugees assisted by that Agency 4 000 metric tons of white sugar produced and put into 2 . In respect of expenditure referred to in the se­ free circulation within the Community. cond indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) above, the Commission shall pay a lump sum to UNRWA or reimburse the 2. The mobilization of the goods cif port of unload­ ing shall be effected by means of a tendering pro­ expenditure actually incurred by that Agency on the cedure. basis of vouchers presented and in accordance with the rules laid down by the Agreement with UNRWA. 3 . The terms of the invitation to tender and other detailed rules for applying this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down Article 4 in Article 40 of Council Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common organiza­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third tion of the market in sugar, as last amended by Re­ day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. gulation (EEC) No 607/ 722.

1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 75, 28.4.1972, p . 4. 3 OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1972 .

For the Council The President N. SCHMELZER