1.11.75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 281/89 REGULATION (EEC) No 2750/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/ 75(1) of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, and in particular Article 28 thereof: Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ EEC (2) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 668/75 (3), and in particular Article 23a thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2727/75 and No 359/ 67/EEC provide in their Articles 28 and- 23a respectively for the Council to fix the criteria according to which products intended as food aid must be mobilized on the Community market; Whereas disturbance of the market in cereals caused by withdrawals of cereals intended as food aid should be avoided; ’ Whereas the possibility should be provided for cereals to be mobilized in Community regions in order to relieve the regional market, when the market situation in those regions is likely to cause inter- vention agencies to buy in large quantities of cereals; whereas, when certain intervention agencies hold quantities of cereals, mobilization of all or part of the cereals held by them may help to improve their situation; (1) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3) O] No 174, 31.7. 1967, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18. Whereas, when such specific cases do. not arise, cereals should be mobilized on the Community market as a whole; " Whereas the procedure of issuing invitations to tender best enables cereals to be effectively mobilized; whereas for emergency operations, however, it may be decided to use different procedures for the sake of speed, ' HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 'purboses of this Regulation ‘cereals’ shall be products referred to: (a) in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75; (b) in Article 1 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC. Article 2 Cereals intended as food aid shall be mobilized on the Community market in accordance with the following provisions. Article 3 1. When, in a Community region, trends in cereal market prices register a decline or slump which, in view of the volume of the harvest or of regional stocks and their geographical situation, is likely to force the intervention agency to buy in large quantities of cereals, cereals may be bought in on the market of the region concerned. 2. When an intervention agency holds stocks these stocks may be used. 3. When the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 are not fulfilled or when use is not made of the possibilities provided for in those paragraphs, cereals shall be bought in on the Community market as a whole.