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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74 )1221 final
Brussels .25July 1974
RECOMMENDATION FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
onthe conclusion ofanagreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic ofSri Lanka forthe supply of
cereais asfood aid
(submitted totheCouncil "bythe Commission )
,/
COM(74)1221 final

THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to "theTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,,
andinparticular Articles 113 ,114and .228 ,thereof ; -
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission ;
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community hasdeposited aDeclaration for
provisional application ofthe1971 Food AidConvention ;whereas that
Convention hasbeen applicable since 1July 1971 5 -■/*
Whereas the Republic ofSriLanka ,byitsletter of «'20August 1973
hasrequested food aid ;
Whereas inview ofthecereal supply situation inSri_Lanka that country
should beaccorded ,bywayofgift ,16pOOmetric tons ofcereals intheform
of10,596 metric tons offlour ofcommon wheat under theCommunity Food Aid
Programme for1973/74J *
DECIDES :
Article 1
Onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic Community anAgreement ,thetext whereof
isannexed hereto ,shall beconcluded between theEuropean Economic Community
and the Republic ofSriLanka forsupply of -flour ofcommon wheat aefood
aid . / ■ •
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate those who
are tosign theAgreement and toconfer onthem therequisite powers to
bind theCommunity .
Done atBrussels , 19
For the Council
The Président

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Anra®?ffiKT •
ESTKiïEU THE EUROP EAJT ECONOiïIC CONHUKITY
AND TJ1E REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA ■
01T THE SUPPLY OP POOD AID IN T}IE FORM OP
' CEREALS' ".'.. :•

Tiro COUNCIL OPTIE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 » • .*
of-the one part ,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OPSRI LAMA
■ • ofthe otherpart ,
HA VE DECIDED -toconcluded ,this Agreement andtothis end have
designated astheir ,plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMIfiJNITIES J
. . .»' •
TIIH3 GOVERNIIEIIT OP THE REPUBLIC OPSRI LAMA
VJIIO HA VE AGREED ASFOLLOVJS î '

AM'ICJE I
• I
■TheEuropean Economic Community shall supply bywayofgift to "the ,Republic of
SriLanka (hereaf terreferred toas"therecipient country ")aquantity 0f16,000
tonnes ofcommon wheat intheform of10^596 tonnes offiour tinder theCommunity'
Food' AidProgramme incereals for "191^/74• .• .
AÏÏTICÏJC II
Deliveries 'shall beeffected innewcotton sacks each weignting 50kilogrammes
netunder thearrangements provided inthe Annex' which forms 011integral
part' of-thepresent Agreement . .* ' ""
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.im ciwni •
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Therecipient country undertakes towake allnecessary arrangements forthe
transport and insurance ofthe products from point ofdelivery toplaces of
destination . • *-*
Itundertakes toexercise thegreatest cere toensure that thetendering arran­
gements for seatransport donot prejudice the free play offair competition .
Any problems arising inthis connection shall "bethe subject ofconsultations
under Article VIII ofthepresent Agreement*.'
AKTICIÏÏ IV " .'
• ι-, . . -
Therecipient country undertakes tousethe product received asaidfor pur­
poses ofconsumption andtoapply ,forthesale ofthe product onits market ,
theprices normally charged onthat market forproducts ofcomparable quality .
"The proceeds from this sale shall "bepaid into aspecial account with the
Central Bank andallocated tothe "'financing ofoneormore development projects
■under arrangements which have "been agreed inadvance between therecipient
country andtheEuropean Economic •Community . . '

ARTICLE V . /
'DieContracting Parties undertake toimplement this Agreement insuch away
astoavoid anyprejudice tothe normal structure ofnational 'production
andinternational trade .Tothis endthey shall take any measures required
toensure that supplies asaid areinaddition toand donot replace "business
v
transactions which might reasonably beexpected inthe absence of .such supplies#
Inparticular ,therecipient country undertakes toimport commercially from
whatever source between .1July 1974 and 30June 1975 aminimum quantity of . .
(285*800)tonnes ofcommon' wheat orits "equivalent inflour ofcommon wheat .
'ATÎTICIK VI
J?iierecipient country shall takeallsteps required toprevent :
(i)there-export oftheproduct received asaidmdalsoofanyproducts
resulting therefrom ;
(11)theexport ,commercially .orotherwise ,within aperiod oftwelve months "
commencing from thefinal delivery ,cither ofanyproduct procured
locally ofthesaraenature asthatreceived asaid,orofanyproducts
resulting therefrom .
ARTICJ.E VII
Therecipient country imdertd:es toinform theEECofhowthis Agreement
ioimplemented .Tothisenditshai providq theCommission ofthe:;Europe,-m
Commimities with .thefollowing details J
(1)Immediately after theunloading ofeachcargo :ports aMdates of
arrival ofvessel ;nature ,quantity andanyobservations astothe
quality oftheproducts unloaded ;date onwhich unloading wascompleted ;
costs ofseatransport andofinsurance relating thereto ; '" "
(ii)Every three months until thequantities received asaidhavobeenfully
used :quantities sold;manner ofsale;actuol selling prices jnormal selling
costs 011therecipient country 'smarket ;costs ofinsurance (andoftrans-'
portifapplicable )fromtheportofunloading totheplaces ofdestina­
tion ;
(lii)On15January every yearuntil thespecial account hasbeenfully ;
expended : ' ..
0)SrX-^r 0Mrt(inO0ming3 "*outG°i'W to31fece»t»r of
b)^!!l°f_Pf°erC"s:of^'Project .orprojccts ,indicatin *thetotal

ARTICLE VIII
Tho Contracting Parties shall atthe request ofeither consult each other
onanyquestions concerning the implementation oftliie Agreement .
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JUWIG'I® IX
^fiiis Agreement isdrawn upinduplicate inthe Danish ,Dutch ,English ,French ,
German andItalian languages ,each ofthese texts having equal force .

AnîJïïX I
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.General provisions
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-Article 1 '•
.Delivery shall beeffected andrisks shall pass from -theEuropean Economic
Community ,hereinafter referred toastheEEC,totherecipient country at
themoment atwhich thegoods areputdownatthepoint ofexportation
named bytheCommission ofthe .European Communities attheberth specified
bytherecipient country oritsagent referred toinArticle 3.Withoutpreju­
diceto.Articles 8and9tho.EEC shall beavallcosts uptodelivery andthe
recipient country those beyond such delivery . ■•
I
Article 2
Ondelivery atolerance of5%less than thequantity oftheproduct tobe
supplied ,inaccordance with article jofthe Agreement shall beadmissible
4 «.
AïlialeJ .
The EEC shall appoint anagent toimplement .the provisions ofthe present
Annex -orfor each consignment -whose name and^eddress itshall make knov.n
.totherecipient country immediately following his appointment .
Therecipient country shall appoint anagent inthe port orports ofshipment ,
.whose namo and address itshall make known tothe EEC with all despatch and
ifpossible before the appointment ofagent ofthe EEC. •
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Article 4 '
Before implementing the procedures for appointing the agent ofthe EEC
referred toinArticle 3jthe Commission ofthe European Communities and
therecipient country Ghall jointly establish theperiod during which deli­
very must begin . ••
Ou-liflcvtions oftheEv.ropgajn Economic CoiTHTiimity
• -Ayt-icle 5
-Should theEECnotbeinaposition tocarry outdelivery onthedate and (if
applicable )ontheschedule asprovided inArticle 7,aiicosts
arising fortherecipient country -forexample demurrage voidfreight and
dead freight -shall beborne bythe EUG .-

Thecharges andiliearrangements relating todemurrage laid down inthe
contract between therecipient country andthecarrier must }lavc '"been agreed
:inadvance "bytherecipient country and .theagent oftheEEC .
r
Theother costs referred tointhefirst paragraph shall only "berefunded
1)ythoEECifthey have been paid "bytherecipient country with theapproval
o£ *fcli© KiiiC • y
*
• * •
. . *
Article 61
Should itprove impossible fortheEECtosupply allorpart ofthegoods
onthedate endwithin thetime-limits provided forin .Article 7and without
prejudice totheprovisions ofArticle 5ia.nev?date andanewtime-limit
shall beagreed between theagents oftheEECandof.therecipient country
forthedelivery ofallthegoods oroftheundelivered part thereof .
Obligations ofthe recipient country . •
Article 7
After contacting theEEC ,therecipient country shall procure oneormore vessels
totransport allthequantities provided forinArticle 1oftheAgreement ,of
dimensions corresponding tothenormal capacity oftheport ofshipment ;these
vessels must beready forloading onadate falling within theperiod referred
toinArticle 4. i
Theagent oftherecipient country shall inform the agent oftheEEC .ofthis
date immediately onlearning it,andalso that forcommencement ofdelivery ,
ifpossible twenty day3 inadvance andinanycase tendays before thedate
forcommencement ofdelivery .
Heshall establish Kith theagent oftheEECtheschedule towfrich delivery shall
take place . ,. *

Avta.olc R _ .
Should -therecipient country bounable "bobegin loading on "thedate provided
forinArticle 7»paragraph .1,theagent oftherecipient country shall in- j
form the agent ofthe EEC without delay . j
- ' • • !
Inthis event anewdate forthe commencement ofdelivery and(ifapplicable ) ?
. ' ' i
anew schedule shall beagreed between the agents orthe EEC andoftherecipient .
country .Thecosts arising fromthis delay shall inallcases except force j
majeure beborne bytherecipient country . ... " j
.
Should the newdate provided forinparagraph 2bemore than 30clear days
after the date forloading provided forinArticle 1,paragraph 1,the EEC
«
rnayr-dispose ofthe goods' without prejudice toits commitment under Article 1
ofthis Agreement . ■
Article q .
Ifthequantity made available for loading ona'vessel cannot beput on
board initsentirety ,therecipient country shall inform the EEC as«oon •
aspossible and no''.later than fifteen clear days after loading has been
completed -whether it .intends toaccept ortorenounce the balance .
Intheformer case theprovisions ofArticle 8fparagraphs 2and 3,shall
apply tothe balance ,ifdelivery has notyet taken place .
«
Inthelatter case the EEC may consider that ithas discharged its conraitrr.ent
totherecipient country under Article 1ofthis Agreement andshall bear
the costs resulting from such renunciation .
»
Inany event after the expiry ofaninterval offifteen clear days andin
the absence ofanynotice onthepart oftherecipient country ,therenun­
ciation shall bedeemed tohave taken place . "
Article 10
upon delivery ofthe goods ,therecipient country shall hand totheagent of
the EECacei-tificato ofacceptance stating ,theport ofshipment ,date of
acceptance ,thenature ,andquantity ofthegoods accepted ,andincluding
any comments onthequality ofthe goods . V . " .