Council Regulation (EC) No 1999/94 of 27 July 1994 on the supply of agricultrural products to the peoples of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Krygyzstan and Tajikistan free of charge
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Under the conditions laid down by this Regulation, measures shall be taken to supply Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan free of charge with agricultural products to be determined which are available as a result of intervention measures.
1. The products shall be supplied unprocessed or in processed form. 2. The measures may also relate to foodstuffs available or which may be obtained on the market by payment with products coming from intervention stocks and belonging to the same group of products. 3. The supply costs, including transport and, where applicable, processing costs, shall be determined by invitation to tender or, for reasons connected with urgency or with difficulties of transportation, by direct agreement procedure. 4. Products consigned pursuant to this Regulation shall not qualify for export refunds applicable for agricultural products. 5. Transport costs shall be borne by the Community,insofar as the recipients do not themselves take over the products within the Community. 6. Without prejudice to paragraph 7, the products will be sold, by agreement between the Commission and the competent authorities of the States involved, at a price which does not lead to market disturbance and allows the setting up of a counterpart fund to help those in greatest need. 7. If by way of exception the supply comprises targeted distribution free of charge to the recipient peoples, the corresponding expenses shall be borne in accordance with the usual emergency-aid procedures.
Expenditure on these actions shall be limited to ECU 165 million, entered in the general budget of the European Community.
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of these measures as well as for monitoring the supply operations. 2. The detailed rules for applying this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or, as appropriate, in the corresponding Articles in the other Regulations on the common organization of the markets.
The accounting value of the agricultural products disposed of, originating from intervention stocks, shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994. For the Council The President Th. WAIGEL (1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1866/94 (OJ No 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 1). (2) OJ No L 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3179/93 (OJ No L 285, 20. 11. 1993, p. 9). (3) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 (OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 21). (4) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/94 (OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27). (5) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26).
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