31974R3234

No L 346/ 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 12 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3234/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to the countries of the Sahel , Ethiopia and Somalia under Regulation ( EEC) No 1826/74

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN powder from the reserve stock provided for in Regula­ COMMUNITIES , tion (EEC) No 1827/74, this quantity to be allocated as follows : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (metric tons) Economic Community ; Upper Volta 700 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Mali 900 1 826/74 (') of 11 July 1974 laying down general rules Mauritania 800 for the supply of skimmed-milk powder as food aid to Niger 750 certain developing countries and international organi­ Senegal 500 zations, and in particular Articles 3 and 8 thereof ; Gambia 500 Ethiopia 500 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Somalia 350 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1827/74 (2) of 11 July 1974 on the supply of skimmed-milk powder Article 2 as food aid to certain developing countries and interna­ tional organizations provided, in pursuance of Regula­ For the purposes referred to in Article 1 , Community tion (EEC) No 1826/74, for a reserve stock of 6 000 financing shall extend to the costs incurred in delivery of the product to the points of destination . metric tons of skimmed-milk powder ; whereas part of that stock should be allocated to the drought-stricken Article 3 countries of the Sahel, Ethiopia and Somalia ; Whereas in view of the financial difficulties Where the supply agreement provides for a lump-sum confronting those countries, the Community should contribution towards the costs of forwarding from the make itself responsible for financing delivery of the cif stage, such contribution shall be paid by the food aid to the points of destination, Commission directly to the country of destination . In that event, the Commission may make partial advance payments . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day There shall be made available as food aid to the coun­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tries listed below 5 000 metric tons of skimmed-milk the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1974 . For the Council

The President M. DURAFOUR

(') OJ No L 190 , 13 . 7 . 1974, p. 20 . \2) OJ No L 190, 13. 7. 1974, p. 22.