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THECCXTSCIL CPTHEEOROFEAN CCKEUNTTIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 113 »114and228thereof j
Having regard totheEeconmandation from theCommission j
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community hasconcluded thePood AidConvention(l )
Whereas theDemocratic Republic ofSudan ,byitsletter of4June 1970 ,has
requested food aid }
Whereas inview ofthecereal supply situation intheRepublic oftheSudan
that country should beaccorded ,bywayofgift ,9»000 metric tons ofcommon
wheat under theCommunity Food AidProgramme for1970/715
Article 1
Onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic Community anagreement ,thetext whereof
isannexed here tornshall beconcluded between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic oftheSudan forthesupply ofcommon wheat asfood aid .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorised todesignate those whoare
tosign theagreement and toconfer onthem therequisite powers tobind the
Community .
Done atBrussels , 19 ■ FortheCouncil
The President
(1)O.J.L66from 23.3.1970 ,p.1

AGKEEMENT
BETWEEN TEEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC CC&MUNITY
AI®THEDEMOCRAT ICREPUBLIC OPTHESUDAN
ONTHESUPPLY OFCGMMON WHEATASFOODAID.

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TEECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
ontheonehand ,and
TEE GOTERlfflsENT OPTHEDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OPTHE SUDAN ,
onthe other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED toconclude thepresent Agreement andhave ,for this purpose ,
appointed astheir plenipotentiaries i
TEE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVEROIEKT OPTHE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OPTHE SUDAN :
WHO HAVE AGREED asfollows r

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ARTICOIII
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudanundertakes touseforconsumption
purposes thewheatthatissupplied asaidandtoapplytosalesofthis
wheatonitsmarketthepricesnormallyrulingonthismarketforproducts
ofcomparable quality. ..
Theproceeds ofthesesales,lessseafreightchargesandnormalmarketing
costsontheSudanmarket,shallbepaidinto,aspecialaccountintended
tocoverexpenditure incurred bytheDemocratic Republic oftheSudanin
connection withthefinancing ofdevelopment projects . *
ARTICLE IV '!
TheContracting Partiesundertake toimplement thepresentAgreement insuoh ;
awayastoavoidprejudicing thenormalstructure ofnational production and I
international trade.Tothisend,theyshalltakethenecessary stepstoensure
ithat^supplies madeavailable asaidshallbeadditional to,andnotinlieuofth
ccoaerci'al operation whichcculdreasonably have;beonexpectedinthe.absenceofi
aipjiies.Hnparticular t'heDemocratic Republic ofSudanundertakes toimportcommer­
ciallyfromalloriginsduringtheperiodbetweenthe1stofJuly1972andthej
30thofJune1973aminimumquantityof•140.OOOtonsofwheatoritsequivalent j
inwheatflour. . . .!
ARTICLE V : "';
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudanshalltakeallnecessary stepstoprey^t
there-exportation bothofthewheatreceived asaid,andofproductsofthe
firstprocessing stageandby-products obtained fromwheat,aswellasthe•
exportation ,cotaaercial orotherwise ,withinaperiodofsixEonthsfronthe
dateofthelastdelivery ,oflocallygrewnwheatofthese^etypeasthat
received asaid,ofproducts ofthefirstprocessing stageandofby-products
obtained fromthiswheat.

ARTICL2 VI
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan undertakes tokeep theEuropean Economic
Community informed ontheconditions ofimplementation ofthepresent
Agreement .Tothis end ,itshall communicate thefollowing information to
theCommission oftheEuropean Communities :
1.Transport :ports anddates ofarrival ofvessels ;nature quantity and
quality oftheproduct unleased ,thedate onwhich unleading iscompleted ;
2.Marketing :quantities sold ;method ofmarketing ;selling prices ;
3.Commercial imports :quantities ofwheat other than durum andofwheat
flour commercially imported froriTalT origins between 31July 1972 and
30June 1973 ;
4.Situation with regard tothespecial account setupwith theproceeds
ofthe sale ,inlocal currency ofthewheat supplied asaid ;
5-Projects financed from thespecial account ;relative importance ofthese
funds intheoverall financing ofprojects .
ARTICLE VII
The information referred totxn article VIshall becommunicated within the
following time-limits i
-With regard toitoia 1 •notmore than 30days after theunleading of
each cargo ;
-With regard toiten 3 : before 31July 1973 ?
-With regard toitens 2,4and -5•areport onthesituation at31December
each year shall becommunicated before 15January ofthefollowing year ,
until such time asthespecial account hasbeen completely liquidated .

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ARTICLE VIII
Attherequest ofanyoneamongst them ,theContracting Parties shall
consult onallmatters concerning theapplication ofthepresent Agreement .
-ARTICL3 IX
Thepresent Agreement isdrawn upinduplicate mtheGerman ,French ,Italian ,
Dutch andEnglish languages ,each ofthese texts being equally authentic .

AïmEXE
..COND ITI0K3 APPLICABLE TOTHE HANDING ?OVER
,,,OF .TIE WHEAT ATTHEPORTS OPSHIPMENT .,
Toensure thesmooth operation oftheAgreement and inparticular of
Article Ithereof ,theContracting Parties have agreed asfollows :
,article 1
Except asotherwise provided inArticle 3,sixth paragraph ,delivery will
bedeemed tobeeffected atthemomont atwhich thegoods have effectively -
passed the ship 'srail attheport ofshipinentj allcosts ofstowage and
securing shall beborne bytheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan .
-ARTICIE 2 v- ....
Except asotherwise provided inArticle 3,sixth paragraph ,risks shall
pass from theEuropean Economic Community totheDemocratic Republic of
theSudan atthemoment atwhich thegoods have effectively passed the
shipis rail attheport ofshipment .
i ... • ...ARTICLE ,3 ; - -
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan shall procure andnotify tothe
European Economic "Community ,ingood time ,thevessels which aretoship
thegoods ,sothat theloading dates indicated inaccordance with Article I
oftheAgreement may berespected .

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Thevessel istobenamed bytheDemocratic Republic ofSudan atleast
7clear days prior totheestimated date of .arrival inport .TheDemocra­
ticRepublic oftheSudan shall beresponsible foranyconsequences arising
either from failure toname thevessel orfrom delay indoing so.
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan shall insert inthecharter –party a
clause requiring thecaptain toinform theEuropeari Economic Community at
least 72hours inadvance ofthevessel 'sestimated date ofarrival inport .
Thegoods shall beheld atthedisposal oftheDemocratic Republic ofthe
Sudan in±heport indicated from thedate onwhich theship isdeclared
ready forloading .Intheevent oftheEuropean Economic Community not
placing thegoods atthedisposal ofthevessel ingood time ,anyconse­
quences resulting from this ,in-particular demurrage and/or 1dead freight ,
shall beacharge ontheEuropean Economic Community . .;
Should there beadelay inthearrival ofthevessel named bytheDemocratic
Republic oftheSudan attheport ofshipment ,orshould itprove impossible
forittoload ,andshould this delay prevent loading within thetime-limits
indicated inaccordance with Article IoftheAgreement ,thegoods shall be
held attheexpense ,risk andperil oftheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan .
Should theDemocratic Republic oftheSudan fail toprovide avessel of
suitable tonnage within thetime-limit indicated inaccordance with Article I
oftheAgreement ,itshall beregarded asbeing indefault unless itnotifies
theEuropean Economic Community bytelegram ,notlater than thelast day .of
theperiod fixed fordelivery ,'that itisseeking anextension ofthis period .
Where such anextension issought ,theEuropean Economic Community shall hold
thegoods onbehalf oftheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan ,expenses resultr
ingfrom this being borne bythelatter .
TheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan shall beresponsible foranyconsequent
cesresulting from thefact that thedimensions ofavessel supplied byit
donotcorrespond totheloading possibilities oftheport ofshipment .

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ARTICLE 4
The tolerance onshipment ofthequantities notified inaccordance with
Article XoftheAgreement shall he5%although thetotal quantity of
9,000 tons shall innocase beexceeded .
If,however ,thequantity made available forloading onagiven vessel can­
notbeputonboard initsentirety because ofcircumstances beyond the
control oftheEuropean Economic Community ,thebalance which could notbe
putonboard within thespecified time-limits shall bestored attheexpense
oftheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan andshipped onthenext vessel .
IftheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan informs theEuropean Economic
Community within aperiod of15clear days that itwill not take delivery
ofthis balance ,thehandling andstoring expenses incurred shall beborne
bytheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan until such time asitgives notice
that itgives upthis balance .
Inthis event ,theEuropean Economic Community mayconsider that ithas
discharged itscommitments totheDemocratic Republic oftheSudan .
ARTICLE 5
Once thegoods areonboard thevessel ,theEuropean Economic Community •
shall notify theDemocratic Republic oftheSudan without delay ofthedate
ofloading ,thequantity andquality loaded ,noted onloading andmentioned'
inthevessel 'sbill oflading .
ARTICLE 7
TheContracting Parties reserve theright tonominate oneormore agents
toexecute theAgreement .
Todeal with anyeventualities ,theDemocratic Republic oftheSudan shall
nominate arepresentative ineach port ofshipment .