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COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 96 final 
Brussels,  1 March 1983 
Recommendation  for a 
COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the signing of the  Protocols,  1983,  for the further  extension 
of the Wheat Trade Convention,  1971, and the  Food Aid Convention, 
1980, constituting  the International  Wheat  Agreement,  1971, and 
the deposit  of a  declaration  of provisional application  of the 
said Protocols 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 96 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
INTRODUCTION 
1. At  meetings  of the International Wheat  Council  and of the  Food  Aid Committee, 
held  in London  from 29 November to 2 December 1982, the  texts  of Protocols 
for the extension of the conventions constituting the International Wheat 
Agreement for a further three year period beginning on 1  July  1983  were 
drawn  up. These  texts  are to be found in Annex 2. 
2. It is now necessary to proceed to the signature and the deposit of declara­
tions of provisional application of the protocols by the Community. 
PROCEDURE 
3. The necessary procedure is as follows : 
a) The Community and all Member  States,  acting simultaneously, must deposit 
the declarations of provisional application of the protocols  between  4 April 
and 10 May 1983 inclusive in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of the protocol 
for the further extension of the Wheat  Trade  Convention and in accordance 
with  Article  IV and VII of the protocol for the further extension of the 
Food  Aid Convention. 
b) Each  Member  state  of the Community which will  also  have had previously to 
acceed to both Conventions, must deposit as soon as possible the instruments 
of accession, in conformity, respectively with articles 7 and  VIII  of the 
protocols, according to tis institutional procedures. The conclusion of the 
protocols by the Community as such will take place as soon as all Member 
states  have acceded. 
FINANCIAL  PROVISIONS 
4. The extension of the Wheat  Trade  Convention implies the continuance of the 
Community's  present contributions to the administrative budget of the Interna­
tional  Wheat  Council  for a further period of three years beginning on 1  July  1983. 
5. The extension of the  Food  Aid Convention implies the maintenance, for the  same 
period,  of the Community's obligation to supply, as food aid, a minimum of 
1.650.000  tonnes  per annum of cereals, distributed  between  the Community as 
such and the Member  States,  in accordance with the approriate decisions of the 
Council  of the  EEC. 

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RECOMMENDATION 
6. The  Council  is invited to take a decision concerning the signature and 
the deposit with the depository authority by 10 May 1983 of the appropriate 
legal instruments, the draft  texts  of which are attached. 

COUNCIL  DECISION 
on the signing of the Protocols, 1983, for the further  extension  of the Wheat 
Trade  Convention, 1971, and the Food Aid Convention, 1980, constituting the 
International Wheat Agreement, 1971, and the deposit of a declaration of 
provisional  application of the said Protocols. 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 
in particular Article 113  thereof. 
Having  regard to the recommendation from the Commission, 
HAS DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS  : 
Article  1 
The President of the  Council  is hereby authorized to  designate  the person empowered 
to sign, subject to their being concluded subsequently, the Protocols, 1983, for 
the further  extension  of the Wheat  Trade  Convention, 1971, and the Food Aid 
Convention,  1980, constituting the International Wheat Agreement, 1971. 
Article  2 
The President of the  Council  is hereby  also  authorized to  designate  the person 
empowered to sign the declaration of provisional application of the Protocols 
referred  to in Article 1 and to deposit the said declaration with the Government 
of the United  States  of America. 
The texts  of the Protocols and of the declaration of provisional application 
are attached to  this  Decision. 
Done at Brussels, For the  Council, 

ANNEX 1 
DECLARATION  OF PROVISIONAL  APPLICATION 
of the Protocols,  1983, "for the  further  extension of the  Wheat  Trade Convention, 
1971, and the  Food Aid Convention, 1980,  constituting  the International  Wheat 
Agreement,  1971. 
It will  not be  possible  for the  European  Economic  Community  to complete before 
30 June 1983 the  institutional  accession procedures  laid down in Article  6 of the 
Protocol  for the.further  extension of the  Wheat  Trade Convention, 1971, and in 
Article  VI of the  Protocol  for the  further  extension of the  Food Aid Convention, 
.1980. 
In accordance  with Articles  8 and VII of the  said Protocols,  the Community  therefore 
makes this declaration  of provisional application.  By depositing  such a  declaration, 
the Community  regards  itself  to be  provisionally  a party toi:the Protocols  concerned, 
with all the  rights  and obligations  which  result  therefrom,  until such time as the 
Council of the  European  Communities  has taken a  final decision  on the matter. 
On behalf of the 
European  Economic  Community 

ANNEX 2 
1983 PROTOCOLS  FOR THE  FURTHEREXTENSION  OF THE 
WHEAT TRADE CONVENTION , 1971 AND  
THE FOOD AID  CONVENTION,  1980, 
CONSTITUTING  THE INTERNATIONAL  WHEAT AGREEMENT , 1971 
PREAMBLE 
The Conference  to establish  the texts of the  1983 
Protocols  for the further  extension  of the  Wheat Trade Convention, 
1971 and the Food Aid Convention,  1980,  constituting  the 
International  Wheat Agreement,  1971 
Considering  that the International  Wheat Agreement  was revised, 
renewed or extended  on several  occasions  since 1949, 
Considering  that the International  Wheat Agreement,  1971,  consisting 
of two separate  legal instruments  - the Wheat Trade Convention, 
1971 and the Food Aid Convention,  1980,  which were 
extended  by Protocol  in 1981 -  will expire on 30  June 1983, 
Has established  the texts of the  1983 Protocols  for the further 
extension  of the Wheat  Trade Convention,  1971 and the  Food 
Aid Convention,  1980. 

1983 PROTOCOL  FOR THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF 
THE WHEAT TRADE CONVENTION,  1971 
The Governments  party to this Protocol, 
Considering  that the Wheat  Trade Convention,  1971 (hereinafter 
referred  to as "the  Convention")  of the  International  Wheat 
Agreement,  1971,  which was further  extended  by Protocol  in 
1981, expires  on 30  June 1983, 
Have agreed  as follows: 
ARTICLE  1 
Extension, expiry  and termination  of the  Convention 
Subject  to the  provisions  of Article  2 of this Protocol, 
the Convention  shall continue  in force between  the parties  to this 
Protocol  until 30 June 1986 provided that,  if a new  international 
agreement  covering  wheat  enters into force  before  30 June 1986,  this 
Protocol  shall remain  in force only  until the date of entry into 
force of the new  agreement. 
ARTICLE  2 
Inoperative provisions  of the  Convention 
The following provisions  of the  Convention  shall be deemed 
to be inoperative with effect  from 1 July 1983: 
(a) paragraph  (4) of Article  19; 
(b) Articles  22 to 26 inclusive; 
(c) paragraph  (1) of Article  27; 
(d) Articles  29 to 31 inclusive. 

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ARTICLE 3 
Definition 
Any reference  in this Protocol  to a "Government"  or 
"Governments"  shall be construed  as including  a reference  to the 
European  Economic Community  (hereinafter referred  to as "the 
Community").  Accordingly,  any reference  in this Protocol  to 
"signature"  or to the  "deposit  of instruments  of ratification, 
acceptance  or approval"  or "an  instrument  of accession"  or "a 
declaration  of provisional  application"  by a Government  shall,  in the 
case of the  Community,  be construed  as including signature  or 
declaration  of provisional  application  on behalf of the  Community  by 
its competent  authority  and the  deposit  of the  instrument required  by 
the institutional  procedures  of the  Community  to be  deposited  for the 
conclusion  of an  international  agreement. 
ARTICLE 4 
Finance 
The initial  contribution  of any  exporting  or importing 
member  acceding  to this Protocol  under paragraph  (1)(b)  of Article  7 
thereof,  shall be assessed  by the  Council  on the  basis of the  votes 
to be distributed  to it and the  period remaining  in the  current crop 
year, but the  assessments  made upon other exporting  and importing 
members  for the  current crop year  shall not be  altered. 

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ARTICLE  5 
Signature 
This Protocol  shall be open for signature in  Washington 
from 4 April 1983 until and including  10 May 1983 by Governments  of 
countries  party to the Convention as  further  extended by the  1981 
Protocol,  or which are  provisionally  regarded as party to the 
Convention as  further  extended by the  1981 Protocol,  on 
1 December  1982, or which are  members  of the United Nations, of its 
specialized  agencies or of the  International  Atomic Energy  Agency, 
and are  listed  in Annex A or Annex B to the Convention. 
ARTICLE  6 
Ratifie ation, acceptance or approval 
This Protocol  shall be subject  to ratification,  acceptance 
or approval by each  signatory  Government  in accordance with its 
respective  constitutional  procedures. Instruments of  ratification, 
acceptance or approval  shall be deposited with the  Government  of the 
United States of America not  later than 30 June 1983, except  that the 
Council  may grant :>ne or  more extensions of time to any  signatory 
Government  that has not deposited its instrument of  ratification, 
acceptance or approval by  that date 

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ARTICLE 7 
Accession 
(1) This Protocol  shall be open for  accession 
(a) until  30 June 1983 by the Government of any  member 
listed in Annex A or B to the  Convention  as of  that 
date, except that  the Council  may grant one or  more 
extensions  of time to any Government  that has not 
deposited its instrument  by that date,  and 
(b) after  30 June 1983 by the Government of any  member  of 
the United Nations,  of its specialized  agencies  or of 
the International  Atomic  Energy  Agency, upon  such 
conditions  as the  Council considers appropriate  by 
not less than two thirds  of the  votes cast  by 
exporting  members  and two  thirds  of the  votes cast  by 
importing  members. 
(2) Accession  shall be effected  by the  deposit  of an  instrument 
of accession with  the Government of the  United States  of America. 
(3) Where,  for the  purposes  of the  operation  of the  Convention 
and this Protocol, reference  is made to members  listed  in Annex A or 
B to the  Convention,  any member  the Government of  which has acceded 
to the Convention  on conditions prescribed  by the  Council,  or to  this 
Protocol  in accordance  with paragraph  (1)(b)  of this Article,  shall 
be deemed  to be  listed  in the  appropriate  Annex. 

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ARTICLE  8 
Provisional  application 
Any signatory  Government  may deposit  with the Government  of 
the United  States  of America  a declaration  of provisional application 
of this Protocol.  Any other Government  eligible  to sign this 
Protocol  or whose  application  for accession  is approved  by the 
Council may also deposit  with the Government  of the  United  States  of 
America  a declaration  of provisional application.  Any Government 
depositing  such a declaration  shall  provisionally  apply  this Protocol 
and be provisionally  regarded  as a party thereto. 
ARTICLE  9 
Entry into force 
(1) This Protocol  shall  enter  into force  on 1 July 1983 if, by 
30 June 1983,  Governments  representing exporting  members  which  held 
at least  60 per cent of the  votes set out in  Annex A and  representing 
importing  members  which  held at least 50 per cent of the  votes set 
out in Annex B, or  would have  held such votes on 30 June 1983 if they 
had been parties  to the  Convention  on that date, have deposited 
instruments  of ratification,  acceptance,  approval  or accession,  or 
declarations  of provisional application,  in accordance  with 
Articles  6, 7 and 8 of this Protocol. 
(2) If this Protocol  does not enter into force  in accordance 
with paragraph  (1) of this Article,  the Governments  which have 
deposited  instruments  of ratification,  acceptance,  approval  or 
accession,  or declarations  of provisional application,  may decide  by 
mutual consent  that it shall enter  into force  among  those Governments 
that ba v.re deposited  instruments  of ratification,  acceptance,  approval 
or accession,  or declarations  of provisional application. 

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ARTICLE  10 
Notification  by depositary  Government 
The Government  of the United States of  America  as the 
depositary  Government  shall notify all signatory and  acceding 
Governments  of each signature,  ratification,  acceptance,  approval, 
provisional  application of, and accession to,  this Protocol as well 
as of each notification  and notice received  under  Article  27 of the 
Convention  and each declaration and  notification  received  under 
Article  28 of the  Convention. 
ARTICLE  11 
Certified copy of the Protocol 
As soon as possible after the entry into force of  this 
Protocol,  the depositary  Government  shall send a certified  copy of 
this Protocol in the English,  French,  Russian  and Spanish  languages 
to the Secretary-General of the United  Nations  for registration in 
accordance  with Article  102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
Any amendments  to this Protocol  shall  likewise be  communicated. 

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ARTICLE  12 
Relationship  of Preamble  to Protocol 
This Protocol includes  the Preamble  to the  1983 Protocols 
for the further extension  of the Wheat  Trade  Convention,  1971 and 
the Food Aid Convention,  1980,  constituting  the International  Wheat 
Agreement,  1971. 
IN WITNESS  WHEREOF  the undersigned, having  been duly 
authorized  to this effect  by their respective  Governments  or 
authorities,  have signed  this Protocol  on the  dates appearing 
opposite  their  signatures. 
The texts  of this Protocol  in the  English, French, Russian 
and Spanish  languages  shall be equally authentic.  The originals 
shall be deposited with  the Government  of the  United States  of 
America,  which  shall  transmit  certified  copies thereof  to each 
signatory  and acceding party  and to the  Executive Secretary  of the 
Council. 

1983 PROTOCOL  FOR THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF 
THE FOOD AID CONVENTION,  1980  
The parties  to this Protocol, 
Considering  that the Food Aid Convention,  1980 (hereinafter referred 
to as "the  Convention")  of the  International  Wheat Agreement, 
1971, which was extended  by Protocol  in 1981,  expires  on 
30 June 1983, 
Have agreed  as follows: 
ARTICLE  I 
Extension, expiry  and termination  of the  Convention 
Subject  to the  provisions  of Article  II of  this Protocol, 
the Convention  shall continue  in force between  the parties  to this 
Protocol  until 30 June 1986 provided that,  if a new  agreement 
covering  food aid enters into force  before  30 June 1986,  this 
Protocol  shall remain  in force only  until the date of entry into 
force of the new  agreement. 
ARTICLE  II 
Inoperative provisions  of the  Convention 
The following provisions  of the  Convention  shall be deemed 
to be inoperative with effect  from 1 July 1983: 
(a) Article  XII 
(b) Article  XVII 
(c) paragraph  (1) of Article  XVIII. 

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ARTICLE  III 
International  food aid 
For the purposes  of the  operation  of the  Convention  as 
extended  by this Protocol,  any member  which has acceded  to this 
Protocol  pursuant  to paragraph  (2) of Article  VIII of this Protocol 
shall be deemed to be  listed  in paragraph  (3) of Article  III of the 
Convention,  together  with its minimum  contribution  as determined 
under the relevant provisions  of Article  VIII of this Protocol. 
ARTICLE  IV 
Signature 
This Protocol  shall be open for signature  in Washington 
from 4 April 1983  until and including  10 May 1983 by the  Governments 
referred  to in  paragraph  (3) of Article  III of the  Convention. 
ARTICLE  V 
Deposita ry 
The Government  of the  United  States  of America  shall be the 
depositary  of this Protocol. 

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ARTICLE  VI 
Ratification,  acceptance  or approval 
This Protocol  shall be subject  to ratification,  acceptance 
or approval  by each signatory  Government in  accordance  with its 
constitutional  procedures.  Instruments  of ratification,  acceptance 
or approval  shall be deposited with  the depositary  not later than 
30 June 1983, except  that the Pood Aid Committee under the  Convention 
(hereinafter  referred  to as "the Committee") may  grant one or  more 
extensions  of time to any  signatory  Government  that has not  deposited 
its instrument  of ratification,  acceptance  or approval  by that date. 
ARTICLE  VII 
Provisional  application 
Any signatory  Government may  deposit with  the depositary  a 
declaration  of provisional application  of this Protocol.  Any such 
Government  shall provisionally apply  this Protocol  and be 
provisionally  regarded  as a party thereto. 

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ARTICLE  VIII 
Accession 
(1) This Protocol  shall be open for  accession  by any Government 
referred  to in  paragraph  (3) of Article  III of the  Convention  that 
has not signed  this Protocol.  Instruments  of accession  shall be 
deposited with  the depositary  not later than 30 June  1983, except 
that the Committee may  grant one or  more extensions  of time to any 
Government  that has not  deposited its  instrument  of accession  by that 
date. 
(2) Once this Protocol  has entered  into force in accordance 
with Article  IX of  this Protocol,  it shall be open for  accession  by 
any Government  other than those  referred  to in  paragraph  (3) of 
Article  III of the  Convention,  upon such conditions  as the Committee 
considers appropriate.  Instruments  of accession  shall be deposited 
with the depositary. 
(3) Any Government  acceding  to this Protocol  under  paragraph 
(I) or paragraph  (2) of this Article  may deposit with  the depositary 
a declaration  of provisional application  of this Protocol  pending  the 
deposit  of its instrument  of accession.  Any such Government  shall 
provisionally  apply  this Protocol  and be  provisionally  regarded  as a 
party thereto. 

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ARTICLE  IX 
Entry Into force 
(1) This Protocol  shall  enter into force  on 1 July 1983, if by 
30 June 1983 the Governments  referred  to in  paragraph  (3) of 
Article  III of the  Convention  have deposited  instruments  of 
ratification,  acceptance,  approval  or accession,  or declarations  of 
provisional  application,  and provided that  the 1983 Protocol  for the 
further  extension  of the Wheat  Trade Convention,  1971, or a new Wheat 
Trade Convention  replacing  it, is in  force. 
(2) If this Protocol  does not enter into force  in accordance 
with paragraph  (1) of this Article,  the Governments  which have 
deposited  instruments  of ratification,  acceptance,  approval  or 
accession,  or declarations  of provisional application,  may decide  by 
unanimous  consent  that it shall enter into force  among themselves 
provided that  the 1983 Protocol  for the  further extension  of the 
Wheat Trade Convention,  1971, or a new Wheat  Trade Convention 
replacing  it, is in  force, or may  take whatever  other action  they 
consider  the situation  requires. 
ARTICLE  X 
Duration 
This Protocol  shall remain  in force until and including 
30 June 1986,  provided that  the 1983 Protocol  for the  further 
extension  of the Wheat  Trade Convention,  1971, or a new Wheat  Trade 
Convention  replacing  it, remains  in force until and including that 
date. 

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ARTICLE XI 
Authentic texts 
The texts of this Protocol  in the  English,  French,  Russian 
and Spanish  languages  shall all be equally authentic.  The originals 
shall be deposited  in the  archives  of the  depositary,  which  shall 
transmit  certified  copies thereof  to each signatory  and acceding 
Government. 
ARTICLE XII 
Relationship  of Preamble  to Protocol 
This Protocol includes  the Preamble  to the  1983 Protocols 
for the further extension  of the Wheat  Trade Convention,  1971 and the 
Food Aid Convention,  1980,  constituting  the International  Wheat 
Agreement,  1971. 
IN WITNESS  WHEREOF  the undersigned,  having been duly 
authorized  to this effect  by their respective  Governments  or 
authorities,  have signed  this Protocol  on the  dates appearing 
opposite  their signatures.