Food aid: apportioning the quantities of grain provided for under the 1995 Convention (Regulation (EC) No 1292/96)

PURPOSE : to apportion the quantities of grain provided for under the Food Aid Convention 1995 for the period 01.07.1998 to 30.06.1999. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 606/2000/EC concerning the apportioning of the quantities of grain provided for under the Food Aid Convention 1995 (from 1.7.1998 to 30.6.1999). CONTENT : Council Regulation 1292/96/EC provides that the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal by the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall determine the Community share of the overall amount of cereal aid laid down in the Food Aid Convention as the total contribution of both the Community and its Member States. The Convention has been renewed and will therefore remain in force until 30 June 1999. Under terms of the Convention, the Community and the Member States have undertaken to provide a minimum of 1,755,000 tonnes of grain per year for use as food aid. The Regulation contains an annex of the decision of the representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council, on the basis of the draft breakdown annexed to the Commission's proposal, to apportion as follows the 714,200 tonnes of grain which constitues minimum annual contribution to be made by the Community and its the Member States. These contributions are shared out in the following way: - Austria : 8,900 - Germany : 165,000 - Belgium : 41,500 - Denmark : 15,600 - Spain : 8,900 - Finland : - - France : 200,000 - Greece : 10,000 - Ireland : 4,000 - Italy : 87,000 - Luxembourg : 1,400 - the Netherlands : 49,700 - Portugal : - - United Kingdom : 82,200 - Sweden : 40,000 Total Member States : 714,200 ENTRY INTO FORCE : 23.03.2000.�