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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1839 final
Brussels .7November 1973
RECOMMENDATION FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
concluding anagreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofNiger forthesupply ofmaize asfood aid
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73)1S39 final

TIECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COLS1UNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 113 ,114and228thereof ;
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission j
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community hasdeposited adeclaration of
provisional application oftheGood AidConvention of1971 Jand .whereas
that Convention has "been effective since 1July 1971 ;
Whereas byletter of24November 1972 theRepublic ofNiger
submitted arequest forfood aid ; /
Whereas ,inview ofthecereal supply situation intheRepublic ofNiger
that country should begranted agift of^500metric tons ofmaize
under theCommunity Food AidProgramme for1972/73;
»
HAS DECIDED THAT :
Article 1
Onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic Community anAgreement ishereby "concluded
« «
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofNiger
onthesupply offood aidintheform ofmaize ,"thetext ofwhich
Agreement isannexed tothis decision .
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Article ?
' *0 »
I •• •
*ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate thepersons
empowered tosign theAgreement ,andtoconfer onthem thepowers necessary "
tocommit theCommunity . ./
♦ * *
Done titBrussels , 19....» FortheCouncil
The President

AGREERENT
BETWEENTIESEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COM'flJNITY
A1E)THEREPUBLIC OPNIGER
OH"THESUPPLYOPPOODAIDHiTHEFORMOP
MAIZE

TILil'COIWCÏLOPÏIÏEEUROPEANCOKHUHITIE3 ,
ontheonehand,
THEGOVER1H.IEUT OFTHEREPUBLICOPNIGER
on"theotherhand.,
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludethisAgreementandtothisendhavedesignated
astheirplenipotentiaries :
TKEC0IM3ILOPTHEEUROPEO COI.C.IUUITIES :
THEGOVEREKEM 1OPTHEREPUBLICOPNIGER:
WHOHAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:

Article I
Asapart ofitsFood AidProgramme (Cereals )for1972/73,theEuropean
Economic Community shall supply 7500metric tons ofmaize asgift tothe
Republic ofNiger ,hereinafter referred toasthe "recipient country ".
Article II
Thedeliveries shall "bemade totheplace ofdestination ,to "befixed by
therecipient country and theEuropean Economic Community bymutual consent
Article III
Theobligations andresponsibilities oftheEuropean Economic Community and
oftherecipient country relating todelivery and thetaking ofdelivery
aredefined intheAnnex which forms anintegral part ofthis Agreement .
Article IV
Therecipient country undertakes tomake allnecessary arrangements for the
transport andinsurance oftheproduct from ports ofunloading toplaces
ofdestination .
Article V
Therecipient country undertakes touse theproduct received asfood aid
andforpurposes ofconsumption andtoapply ,forthesale oftheproduct
onitsmarket ,theprices normally charged onthat market forproducts of
comparable quality .
Theproceeds from this sale ,less thecost oftransport bysea ,relevant
insurance costs andthenormal marketing costs ontherecipient country 's
market ,shall bepaid into aspecial account attheCentral Bank orata
bank under State control and allocated :
(i)asregards 5000metric tons ,tothepurchase atthemost favourable
terms onthelocal market ofgrain sorghum forfree distribution ;

(ii)asregards 2500metric tons ,tothefinancing ofoneormore development
projects tobeproposed beforehand "bytherecipient country andapproved
bytheEuropean Economic Community
%
'Article VI
TheContracting Parties undertake toimplement this Agreement insuch away
astoavoid anyprejudice tothenormal structure' ofdomestic production and
international trade .Tothis endthey shall take anymeasures required to
ensure that aidsupplies areinaddition toyanddonotreplace business
transactions which might reasonably beexpected intheabsence ofsuch supplies .
Article VII
Therecipient country shall take anymeasures required ,toprevent :
(i)There-export oftheproduct received asaidandofproducts and
by-products resulting from such supplies ;
(ii)Theexport ,commercially orotherwise ,within sixmonths ofthelast
-delivery ,either oftheproduct obtained locally andofthesame nature
astheproduct received asaidoranyprocessed products resulting from it.
Article VIII
Therecipient country undertakes toinform theEuropean Economic Community
how this Agreement isbeing inplemented .Tothis end ,itshall provide the
Commission oftheEuropean Communities with thefollowing information :
(i)Notmore than thirty days after thetaking over ofeach cargo :places
anddates oftaking over ,nature ,quantity andquality oftheovertaken
products .
(ii)Every three months until thequantities received asaidhave been fully
used :
a)thequantities distributed ,thenumber andnature ofthe
recipients andtheplace andmethod ofdistribution ^
b)quantities sold ,howthey have been sold ,selling prices ;normal
selling costs ontherecipient country 'smarket :

Assoonasthegrain sorghum ispurchased ,information concerning |
thecost ofpurchasing it, ;
)
On15January every year until thespecial account hasbeen fully used :
a)state ofthis account (incomings andoutgoings )on31December
oftheproceding year j
b)progress achieved intheproject orprojects ,with anindicatioi
ofthetotal amoint offinancing undertaken atthat stage .
Article IX
The recipient country shall take allappropriate steps toenable those
persons duly authorized bytheEuropean Economic Community tomake onthe
spot observations oftheoperations connected with theimplementation of
theAgreement .
Article X
Attherequest ofeither party ,thecontracting parties shall consult one
another onallquestions concerning theapplication ofthis Agreement .
Article XI
This Agreement isdrawn upintwocopies intheDanish ,Dutch ,English ,
French ,German andItalian languages ,these texts being equally authentic .(iii)
(iv)

ANNEX TOARTICLE III OFTHE AGREEMENT
Article 1
Delivery shall becompleted andtherisks shall pass from theEuropean
Economic Community totherecipient country assoon asthegoods actually
reach theplace ofdestination
Therecipient country shall "bear allcosts incurred intaking delivery ofthe
goods ,anytransshipment costs andallother costs subsequent todelivery .
Anycosts resulting from delay intaking delivery ofthegoods ,which are
attributable totherecipient country ,shall beborne bythat country .
Article 2
TheEuropean Economic Community shall ,attheearliest opportunity ,give to
therecipient country theinformation relating totheconsignment ofthe
goods totheplace ofdestination ,themeans oftransport used ,thedetails
oftheroute tobefollowed over theintermediate stages ,thedate of
loading ,and thequantity andquality ofthegoods ontheir departure from
theCommunity .
Article 3
TheEuropean Economic Community shall inform therecipient country ingood
time ofthegoods' presumed date ofarrival attheplace ofdestination .The
European Economic Community shall beunder anobligation toinform the
recipient country atleast twodays inadvance (ofthedate )ofthegoods'
arrival attheplace ofdestination .
Article 4
Ondelivery atolerance of5%less than thequantity ofwheat tobesupplied
under Article IoftheAgreement ispermitted .
Article 5
TheEuropean Economic Community shall appoint anagent toimplement the
provisions ofthis Annex ,andshall ingood time ,forward thelatter 1sname
andaddress totherecipient country .
Therecipient country shall appoint anagent ineach place ofdelivery ,and
shall forward thelatter' sname andaddress totheEuropean Economic Community
prior toimplementation oftheAgreement .