31977R0281

11 . 2 . 77 No L 40/3 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 281 / 77 of 8 February 1977 on the supply of butteroil to the Syrian Arab Republic as emergency food aid pursuant to Regulation ( EEC) No 695 /76

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the Syrian Arab Republic has requested emer­ COMMUNITIES , gency food aid in the form of milk fats ; whereas the needs of that country warrant food aid from the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 694/76 of 25 March 1976 laying down general rules for the supply of milk fats to certain developing coun­ Article 1 tries and international organizations under the 1976 500 tonnes of the 3 640 tonnes of butteroil provided food-aid programme ('), and in particular Article 8 thereof, for as a reserve by Regulation (EEC) No 695/76 shall be allocated to the Syrian Arab Republic as emergency Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , food aid .

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 695/ 76 of 25 Article 2 March 1976 on the supply of milk fats to certain deve­ loping countries and international organizations under This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the 1976 food-aid programme (2 ) provides for a reserve following its publication in the Official Journal of of 3 640 tonnes of butteroil ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 February 1977 . For the Council The President

Anthony CROSLAND

(') OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1 976 , p . 4 . (2 ) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976 , p . 6 .