No L 191/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 7. 92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1897/92 of 9 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of a medium-term loan to the Soviet Union and its constituent Republics, established by Council Decision 91/658/EEC THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Decision 91/658/EEC of 16 December 1991 granting-a medium-term loan to the Soviet Union and its constituent Republics (') and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof, Whereas Decision 91/658/EEC provides for a Commu- nity loan of ECU 1 250 million to the Soviet Union and its constituent Republics to enable importation of agricul- tural and food products and medical supplies originating in the Community, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Yugos- lavia ; Whereas the situation in Yugoslavia and Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 1432/92 (%) require that only purchases of products originating in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be financed by the loans; Whereas Article 4 (4) of the Decision provides that the detailed rules relating to the purchase, receipt, transport and distribution of products from the Community, the importation of which is financed by the loans, shall be adopted on the basis of the results of the contacts between the Commission and the authorities of the Republics ; Whereas the products which can be purchased under the loans shall be agreed upon between the Community and these Republics; Whereas the actual needs of the Republics as well as the availability for export of agricultural and food products and medical supplies in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the stability of the markets as well as the trading between the Republics shall specifi- cally be taken into account when identifying these products ; Whereas the detailed rules referred to in Article 4 (4) of Decision 91/658/EEC shall ensure in particular that only purchases of products originating in the Community and in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, ) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1991, p. 89. %) O] No L 151, 3. 6. 1992, p. 4. Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be financed by the loans, that free competition for the supply and purchase of products shall be guaranteed and that the agricultural and food products shall be distributed in the mass retail network of the Republics; Whereas the respect of these and other conditions requires a procedure for recognition of contracts which- are to be financed by the loans; Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee provided for in Article 6 of Decision 91/658/EEC, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The loans which are granted by the Community to the Republics shall be used exclusively to enable the Re- publics to import agricultural and food products and medical supplies originating in the Community, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as ‘the supplier countries’). Article 2 The loans shall be concluded on the basis of agreements entered into between the Republics and the Commission which shall include, as conditions for disbursement of the loan, the requirements set out in Articles 3 to 7. Article 3 1.  The products referred to in Article 1 as well as the share of the loans that can be used for imports of medical supplies shall be agreed upon between the Commission and the Republics. 2.  The agricultural and food products to be delivered shall be determined taking into account the following criteria : — the actual needs of the Republics, — the availability for export of agricultural and food products in the non-Community supplier countries, — the respect of trading links between the Republics, — traditional patterns of trade within the Community and between the Republics and the supplier countries as well as the stability of the markets.