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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 3827/81 of 21 December 1981

on the supply of sugar to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees ( UNRWA) as food aid

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ( 2 ),

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 235 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (*), 1 . The following quantity of white sugar produced and in free circulation in the Community shall be made available to UNRWA as food aid : 6 086 tonnes under Whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA) has asked the the 1980/81 sugar marketing year. Community to provide food aid in the form of white sugar ; 2 . Should the said white sugar not be available on the Community market on normal terms, it may be Whereas the white sugar required should be obtained purchased on the world market. on the Community market ; 3 . The sugar shall be delivered to the port of unloading Whereas, in view of the need to ensure regular supplies, following a tendering procedure. In exceptional it must, however, be possible to purchase white sugar circumstances other procedures may be used. on the world market if need be ;

4 . The tendering conditions and other arrangements Whereas to enable this aid to be used effectively the for the implementation of this Article shall be adopted Community should bear the cost not only of the sugar in accordance with the procedure laid down in but also of transport to the port of unloading and on to Article 41 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1785 /81 . the final destination, plus distribution costs ;

Whereas supplies should be obtained at the best price; Article 2 whereas a tendering procedure should be arranged for that purpose; whereas it may nevertheless prove necessary in exceptional cases to use other procedures in For the purposes of Article 1 , the Community shall bear : order to save time ; — the cost of the sugar delivered to the port of Whereas detailed rules for the implementation of this unloading, Regulation should be adopted in accordance with the — the cost of transport to destination and the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Council distribution costs . Regulation ( EEC) No 1785 /81 of 30 June 1981 on the

(*) Opinion delivered on 18 December 1981 ( not yet published ( 2) OJ No L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , p . 4 . in the Official Journal).

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The Commission shall make a lump-sum contribution This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day to UNRWA to meet the expenditure referred to in the following its publication in the Official Journal of the second indent of Article 2 . European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1981 .

For the Council The President

N. RIDLEY