COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 723/96 of 3 April 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of agricultural products held in intervention stocks to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95 of 4 August 1995 on actions for the free supply of agricultural products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/96 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 686/96 includes Turkmenistan amongst the countries to receive free supplies; whereas the same detailed rules of application must be extended to that country;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 (3) is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 1

This Regulation shall apply to the free supply of agricultural products from intervention stocks or of foodstuffs belonging to the same group of products to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1975/95, without prejudice to any additional provisions adopted for particular supplies.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 191, 12. 8. 1995, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 97, 18. 4. 1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 196, 19. 8. 1995, p. 4.