Considerations on COM(2012)379 - Signing of the Food Assistance Convention - Main contents

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dossier	COM(2012)379 - Signing of the Food Assistance Convention.
document	COM(2012)379
date	July 23, 2012

table>(1)The Union is a party to the Food Aid Convention 1999 (1) (‘FAC 1999’), which should no longer be in force as from 1 July 2012.

(2)	On 17 November 2010, the Council authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations with a view to agreeing upon a Food Assistance Convention (‘the Convention’) which was to incorporates and reflects a modernised approach to food assistance, and which was to replace the FAC 1999.

(3)	The negotiations were successfully concluded on 25 April 2012.

(4)	It is in the interest of the Union to sign the Convention as the latter would help to achieve the humanitarian aid objectives referred to in Article 214(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(5)	The Convention is open for signature until 31 December 2012.

(6)	The Convention should be signed on behalf of the European Union, subject to its conclusion,