Article 2
For the purposes of this action: 1. the Community shall transfer agricultural products available as a result of intervention free of charge to the Soviet Union; in response to specific requests concerning products not available from intervention stocks, products may be mobilized on the Community market; 2. supply costs shall be met by the Community and suppliers shall be chosen by tendering procedure. Transport costs shall be borne by the Community unless the recipient country itself takes the products over in the Community. These costs may include processing of products mobilized as provided for in paragraph 1; 3. as an exception, and for reasons arising only from the urgency of the action, the Commission may choose the supplier by direct agreement; 4. no export refund shall be granted, or monetary compensatory amounts applied, in respect of the products supplied under this action.