31975R1817

No L 185/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 7. 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 1817 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 10 July 1975 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures for mobilizing food aid for distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the population affected by the events in South Vietnam

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas recourse tq the procedure for invitations to COMMUNITIES, tender laid down in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 (5) of 3 August 1972 establishing Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the criteria for mobilizing cereals intended for food Economic Community ; aid, does not always enable the objectives of effective­ Having* regard to Council Regulation No 120/ ness to be met as regards the shipment of the 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ products from the fob stage ; whereas provision should tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ accordingly be made for the possibility of resorting to lation (EEC) No 665/75 (2), and in particular Article another procedure, 22a thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 668/75 (4), and in particular Article 23a By way of derogation from Article 4 of Regulation thereof ; (EEC) No 1693/72, it shall be possible to resort to a procedure other than invitations to tender for the ship­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; ment from the fob stage of cereals supplied to the International Committee of the Red Cross under the Whereas, in view of the urgent food requirements of 1973/74 food-aid programme for distribution to the the population of South Vietnam, to whom the Inter­ national Committee of the Red Cross has been population affected by the events in South Vietnam . instructed to distribute food aid from the Community, Article 2 it would appear appropriate that sufficiently flexible arrangements should be made for the shipment of this This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day food aid from the fob stage to permit the situation to following its publication in the Official Journal of be dealt with as effectively as possible ; the European. Communities. <

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1975 . For the Council

The President

E. COLOMBO

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269 /67. (2 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 14. (3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p . 18 . (5) OJ No L 178 , 5 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 .