31975R2751

No L 281 /92 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 11 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 2751/75 OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 October 1975

derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures laid down for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of the Sahel

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, desired flexibility and speed to be attained in delivering the goods from the cif stage to the distribution points ; whereas consequently it is Having regard to the Treaty establishing the advisable to provide for the possibility of having European Ecohomic Community ; recourse to other procedures, such as direct agreement, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/ 75 (*) of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 28 thereof;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ Article 1 EEC (2) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Notwithstanding Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 668/75 (3), and in particular No 2750/75, recourse may be had, where necessary, Article 23a thereof ; to procedures other than invitation to tender, for Whereas, in view of the transportation difficulties the provision of transport from the cif stage to the facing the countries of the Sahel, it would be distribution points of cereals and rice made advisable to adopt a system which is sufficiently available to the countries of the Sahel by way of flexible to enable the products supplied as food aid food aid in the context of the 1973/74 programme. to be forwarded to their distribution points as soon as possible upon arrival in the ports of discharge in Article 2 Africa ; Whereas, by the Council Decision of 28 December 1 . Council Regulation (EEC) No 3581/73 (6) of 1973 (4) concerning the financing by the Community 28 December 1973 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 in respect of the procedures laid down of certain expenditure on food aid supplied under for the mobilization of food aid to the countries of the 1973/74 programme, it was provided in respect of Community food-aid action for the countries of the Sahel, is hereby repealed. the Sahel that Community financing should extend 2. References to the Regulation repealed by virtue to the cost of delivering the products to their of paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to distribution points ; this Regulation. Whereas recourse to the tendering procedure provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation Article 3 (EEC) No 2750/75 (5) of 29 October 1975 laying down the criteria for the mobilization of cereals This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November intended as food aid, does not always enable the 1975 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 . For the Council The President G. MARCORA

(x ) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (2) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18 . (4) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 53. (5) See page 89 of this Official Journal. (•) OJ No L 359, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 49.