Legal provisions of COM(2011)161 - Proposition de DÉCISION DU CONSEIL définissant la position à adopter, au nom de l’Union européenne, au sein du Comité de l’aide alimentaire en ce qui concerne la prorogation de la convention relative à l’aide alimentaire de 1999

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dossier COM(2011)161 - Proposition de DÉCISION DU CONSEIL définissant la position à adopter, au nom de l’Union européenne, au sein du Comité de ...
document COM(2011)161 EN
date May 27, 2011

Contents

Article 1

The position of the Union within the Food Aid Committee shall be either:

(a)to vote in favour of the further extension of the Food Aid Convention for a period of 1 year, i.e. until 30 June 2012, provided that the renegotiation of that Convention is in a final stage prior to the session of the Food Aid Committee in June 2011, and provided that the Grains Trade Convention, 1995 remains in force during the same period of extension; or

(b)to oppose, if the renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention has not reached a final stage prior to the session of the Food Aid Committee in June 2011, the emergence of a consensus in the Food Aid Committee, pursuant to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure under the Food Aid Convention, 1999, favouring an extension of the Food Aid Convention.

Article 2

The Commission is hereby authorised to express this position within the Food Aid Committee.