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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)805final
Brussels,7June1974
RECOMMENDATION FOR
ACOUNCILDECISION
concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheWorldFoodProgramme
onthesupplyofcerealsasfoodaidtodeveloping
countries
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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CCMC74)805final

RECOMMENDATION FOR
"ACOUNCIL DECISION
concluding anAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
World Pood Programme onthesupply ofcereals asfood aidtodeveloping
countries
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Articles 113 ,114and226thereof ;
Having regard rotherecommendation from theCommission ;
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community hasfiled adeclaration ofprovisional
application ofthe1971 Pood AidConvention ;whereas that Convention takes
effect from 1July 1971 ;
Whereas theWord Pood Programme hasgiven notice ofitsrequirements incereals
forthepurpose ofmeeting emergency food requirements andofcarrying out
projects foreconomic andsocial development indeveloping countries ,and
whereas forthat purpose aquantity ofproducts equivalent to10000metric tons
ofunprocessed cereals should bemade available totheWorld Pood Programme ,
under the1971/72Community Pood AidProgramme ,and5000metric tons under the
1972/73programme ;
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS : •
'Il , '
i•Article 1
TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheWorld Pood
Programme onthesupply ofcereals asfood aidtodeveloping countries ,the
text ofwhich isannexed ,ishereby concluded onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic
Community .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil isauthorized todesignate thepersons empowered
tosign theAgreement andtoconfer upon them thepowers required inorder to
bind theCommunity .
1i • '
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President

<?
AGREEMEÎIT
"betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheWorld.PoodProgrammeon
thesupplyofcerealsasfoodaidtodevelopingcountries
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
ontheonehand,and
THEWORLDFOODPROGRAMME,aProgrammeundertakenjointly "bytheUnitedNations
andtheFoodandAgricultureOrganization oftheUnitedNations,
ontheotherhand;
WHEREAStheaimoftheWorldPoodProgrammeistomakeuseofcontributions
receivedundertheProgrammetomeetemergencyfoodrequirements andtocarry
outprojectsinvolvingtheuseoffoodstuffsforeoonomicandsocialdevelopment
purposes ; '
WHEREAStheEuropeanEconomioCommunityfiledadeclaration ofprovisional
application ofthe1971PoodAidConvention ;whereasthatConventionisappli­
cableon1July1971»
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludethisAgreementandhaveappointedastheirrepresen­
tativesforthispurpose:
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THEWORLDFOODPROGRAMME .:,
M /.-'1
WHOHAVEAGREEDUPONTHEFOLLOWING PROVISIONS s
i'".
1 1'Article1'II.'
UnderitsFoodAidProgramme(cereals),theEuropeanEconomicCommunityshall
supplytotheWorldFoodProgrammeasafreegiftfordevelopingcountriesthe
equivalentof15000metrictonsofunprocessedcereals,ofwhich10000metrio
tonsshallbeunderthe197l/72programmeand5000metrictonsunderthe
1972/73programme.

Article 2
TheWorld .Pood Programme undertakes tousethecereals supplied asaidfor
emergency orforeconomic andsocial development andfood projects which shall
besubject toprior approval bytheEuropean Economic Community .
Article 3
1.Foreach delivery ,theEuropean Economic Community ,taking into account the
information received from theWorld Pood Programme ,shall notify thelatter
ingood time oftheport orports ofshipment andthedates ofavailability
atthe said port orports .
2.Only seaports accessible toocean-going vessels andutilized forinterna­
tional freight maybenamed asports ofshipment .
Article 4
The 15000metric tons ofunprocessed cereals shall besupplied inthenatural
state orintheform ofproducts ofthefirst processing stage ,asrequested
bytheWorld Food Programme andagreed bytheEuropean Economic Community .
Deliveries shall bemade inbulk orpacked innew jute oi4cotton sacks with a
gross content of50kgnet ,inaccordance with therequirements oftheprojects .
Article 5
1.TheEuropean Economic Community shall arrange fordelivery fobport of
shipment .Theresponsibilities oftheEuropean Economic Community andthe
World Food Programme with regard respectively todelivery fobandtotaking
delivery arelaid down intheAnnex which forms anintegral part ofthis
Agreement .
2.TheWorld Food Programme shall take delivery ofthegoods delivered andbe
responsible ,inaccordance with itsgeneral rules ,fortheir transport ,
insurance anddistribution inthecountry ofdestination .
3.Fortheexpenses referred toinparagraph 2,theEuropean Economic Community
shall make totheWorld Food Programme acontribution of16u.a .permetric
ton ofunprocessed cereals ox*fortheequivalent amount ofproducts ofthe
first processing stage .TheEuropean Economio Community undertakes topay
this contribution within thirty days following each acceptance ofdelivery
ofgoods bytheWord Food Programme .

.3.
Article 6
TheWorld .Food Programme undertakes toinform theEuropean Economic Community
oftheconditions under which this Agreement isimplemented .Tothis end it
shall make available totheCommission oftheEuropean Communities :
a)with regard totransport :within areasonable period after unloading ,
reports indicating thedates ofarrival ofthevessels attheports of
destination ,quantities andqualities ofproducts unloaded ,andthedates
;onwhich unloading wascompleted ;
"b)with regard totheusemade ofproducts speriodic information onthe
progress made with projects forwhich Community assistance hasbeen provided ;
ontheusemade oftheproducts ;onthequantity distributed andonthe
number ofbeneficiaries together with details ofthemethods used fordis­
tributing theproducts ,andinparticular ofthemeasures taken toprevent
theproduots from being drawn into commercial channels .
' ; ■ t
:Article 7
Intheevent offresh circumstanoes arising ,theWorld Pood Programme andthe
European Economic Community shall together decide onanyamendments tobemade
tothis Agreement . <i
i :Article 8
This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after thedate ofsignature .
.:» 'I
;Article 9
This Agreement isdrawn upintwocopies intheDanish ,Butch ,English ,French ,
German ,Italian andSpanish languages ,these texts being equally authentic .
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4.
ANNEX PROVIDES FORINARTICLE 5(1)OFTHEACREEMSM 1
Procédure fordelivery
-onthebasis ofinformation received fromtheWFPconcerning transport ,the
EECshall notify theWFP,foreachdelivery ,ofthesupplier orsuppliers
andshall indicate aperiod offifteen dayswithin which theWFPmayfixthe
date ofdelivery ;
-notlessthanfifteen daysbefore thedate laiddown foreachdelivery ,the
WFPshall notify theESCoftheestimated date ofarrival ofthevessel in
port ;
-theWFPshall alsonotify thesupplier otsuppliers ,notlessthanfivedays
inadvance ,oftheexact :'date ofarrival ofthevessel inthedesignated
port ofshipment ;
-thegoods shall bedelivered bytheEECtotheplace ofshipment andonthe
date ofavailability indicated pursuant toArticle 3oftheAgreement ;
~delivery shall bedeemed tohavebeeneffected once thegoods effectively
pass theship'srail attheport ofshipment ,allcosts ofstowage being
borne bytheWFP ;
atthemoment ofdelivery ,risks shall pass from theEECtotheWFP ,all
costs prior todelivery being borne bytheEECandallcosts after delivery
being borne bytheWFP ;
-should theEECfail todeliver thegoods attheplace anddate indicated ,
where theWFPhasrendered itpossible ,anyconsequences resulting from this
shall beborne bytheEEC ;
should theWFPfail totake delivery ofthegoods attheplace anddate
indicated ,where theilEChasrendered itpossible ,anyconsequences resulting
from this shall beborne bytheWFP ;
-theEECandtheWFPreserve theright tonominate oneormore agents to
implement theAgreement .Todeal with anyeventualities ,theWFPshall
,,nominate arepresentative ineach port ofshipment .