{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1976-696/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1976-696/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1976/696",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1976-696",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/76\nof 25 March 1976\nderogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization procedures for cereals to be supplied as food aid\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3058/75, and in particular Article 28 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 668/75, and in particular Article 23 (a) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas use of the tendering procedure provided for in Article 4(1) and (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid, does not always permit the objections of flexibility and speed to be met; whereas provision should consequently be made to enable another procedure to be used in certain exceptional cases,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L. 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 306, 26. 11. 1975. p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No 174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 72. 20. 3. 1975, p. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 89."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}