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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)66final
Brussels,26January1973
Recommendation fora
, DECISION OFTHECOUNCIL
concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheWorldFoodProgramme
onthesupplyofcerealsasfoodaidtodeveloping
countries
(submittedtotheCouncilToytheCommission)
COM(73)66final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheCouncil ,"bywritten procedure which expired on23May1972 ,drew up
the1971-72 outline plan forimplementing commitments entered into "by
theCommunity andtheMember States under the 1971 Pood AidConvention .
Inaccordance with that Decision ,theCommission negociated theagree­
ment with theWFPforthesupply of15000metric tons ofcereals to
developing countries (Recommendation foraCouncil Decision andAgree­
ment annexed hereto ).
2.Asregards theprocedure to "befollowed forCommunity approval ofthe
programme which isto "besubmitted totheCommunity "bytheWPPin
accordance with Article IIoftheDraft Agreement ,theCommission
points outthat inorder toimplement thepreceding Agreement with the
WFPforthesupply of9000metric tons ofcereals theCouncil ,atits
meeting on25/26September 1972 appointed thetext toberecorded inits
minutes ofthedeclaration contained intheAnnex todocument r/758/72
(COMER 125)*That declaration provides foraspecial accelerated
procedure . ''
*
CONCLUSION
TheCommission recommends that theCouncil adopt theDecision annexed hereto
concluding anagreement with theWPPforthesupply of15000metric tons of
cereals .

RECOMMENDATION "FOR ADECISION OPTHE COUNCIL
concluding anAgreement "between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheWorld Pood Programme onthesupply ofcereals asfood
aid todeveloping countries
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Articles 113 ,114and228thereof ;
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ;
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community hasdeposited adeclaration of
provisional application ofthe 1971 Pood Aid Convention ;whereas that
Convention takes effect from 1July 1971 »
Whereas theWorld Pood Programme hasgiven notice ofitsrequirements in
cereals forthepurpose ofmeeting emergency food requirements andof
carrying outprojects foreconomic andsocial development indeveloping
countries ,andwhereas forthat purpose aquantity ofproducts equivalent
to15000metric tons ofunprocessed cereals should "bemade available to
theWorld Pood Programme ,under the 1971/72Community food aidprogramme
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :

Article 1
TheAgreement "between theEuropean Economic Community and theWorld i<ood
Programme onthesupply ofcereals asfood aid todeveloping countries ,
thetext ofwhich isannexed ,ishereby concluded on "behalf oftheEuropean
Economic Community .
Article 2
The President ofthe Council isauthorized todesignate thepersons
empowered tosign theAgreement and toconfer upon them thepowers
required inorder to "bind theCommunity .
Done at 19– Bythe Council
The President

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AGRF.EMENT
BETWEEN .THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE WORLD POOD PROGRAMME
ONTHE SUPPLY OFCEREALS
ASFOOD AID TODEVELOPING COUNTRIES

THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
ontheonehand,and
THEWORLDPOODPROGRAMME,aProgrammeundertakenjointly "bythe
UnitedNationsandthePoodandAgricultureOrganization ofthe
UnitedNations,
ontheotherhand,
WhereastheaimoftheWorldPoodProgrammeistomakeuseofcontributions
receivedundertheProgrammetomeetwithemergencyfoodrequirements and
tocarryoutprojectsinvolvingtheuseoffoodstuffsforeconomicand
socialdevelopment purposes;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,whoseMembersaretheKingdom
ofBelgium,theKingdomofDenmark,theFederalRepublicofGermany,the
FrenchRepublic,Ireland,theItalianRepublic,theGrandDuchyof.
Luxembourg ,theKingdomoftheNetherlands andtheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIreland,whoareallmembersoftheUnited
NationsortheFoodandAgricultureOrganization oftheUnitedNations,
depositedadeclarationofprovisionalapplicationofthe1971PoodAid
Convention ;whereasthatConventionentersintoforceon1July1971*
HavedecidedtoconcludethisAgreementandhaveappointedastheir
representatives forthispurpose:

THE BOUNGIti ©FTHB BUR9PEAN eSMMUNfl^IES i
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME :
WHO HAVE AGREED UPON THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS

ARTICLE I
Under its food aidprogramme (cereals )fortheyear
1971/72,andinaccordance with thedecision taken bythe
Council on23May1972 , theEuropean Economic Community
undertakes tosupply tothe World Food Programme asafree
gift theequivalent of15000metric tons ofunprocessed
cereals fordeveloping countries .
ARTICLE II
The V/orld Food Programme undertakes touse the cereals
supplied asaidforemergency orforeconomic andsocial
development and food aidprojects which shall besubject to'
prior approval bytheEuropean Economic Community .
ARTICLE III
1. For each delivery ,theEuropean Economic Community ,
taking into account theinformation received from the V/orld
Food Programme ,shall notify the latter ingood time ofthe
port orports ofshipment and thedates ofavailability 'at
the said port orports .
2. Only seaports accessible toocean-going vessels and
utilized for'international freight may benamed asports of
shipment . '
ARTICLE IV
The 15000metric tons ofunprocessed cereals shall be
supplied inthenatural state orinthe form ofproducts of
the' first processing stage ,asrequested bythe V/orld Food
Programme andagreed bytheEuropean Economic Community .
Deliveries shall bemade inbulk orpacked injute orcotton -
sacks with agross content of50kgnet ,inaccordance v;ith the
requirements oftheprojects .

ARTICLE V
1. The European Economic Community shall arrange for
delivery f.o.b .port ofshipment .Theresponsibilities of
theEuropean Economic Community and theWorld Food Programme
with regard respectively todelivery f.o.b .and totalcing
delivery shall belaid down inanexchange ofletters
between the Contracting Parties .
2. The World Food Programme shall take delivery ofthe
goods delivered and beresponsible ,inaccordance with its
general rules /fortheir transport ,insurance anddistri­
bution inthe country ofdestination .
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3. For the expenses referred toinparagraph 2,the
European Economic Community shall make tothe World Food
Programme acontribution of14.28 USdollars permetric toncharge­
able to'it .TheEuropean Economic Community undertakes to
pay this contribution within thirty days following each
acceptance ofdelivery ofgoods bytheWorld Food Programme .
. . ■* ' *
^ ARTICLE VI
The World Food Programme undertakes toinform the
European Economic Community oftheconditions under which this
Agreement isimplemented .Tothis end itshall make available
tothe Commission oftheEuropean Communities :
(a)with regard totransport :within areasonable period
after unloading ,reports indicating thedates ofarrival
ofthevessels atthe ports ofdestination ,quantities and
qualities ofproducts unloaded ,andthedates onwhich
unloading was completed ;

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(b)with regard totheusemade ofproducts :periodic infor­
mation ontheprogress made with projects forwhich
.Community assistance hasbeen provided ;ontheusemade of
theproducts ;onthequantity distributed and onthe
number ofbeneficiaries together with details ofthe
methods used fordistributing theproducts ,and inparti­
cular ofthemeasures taken toprevent theproducts from
being drawn into commercial channels .
ARTICLE VII
Inthe event offresh circumstances arising ,the World
Food Programme and the European Economic Community shall
together decide onanyamendments tobemade tothis
Agreement .
. • ' ARTICLE VIII .
This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after
the date ofsignature .
.ARTICLE IX
This Agreement isdrawn upmtwo copies inthe German ,
English ,Danish ,Spanish ,French ,Italian andDutch languages ,
these texts being equally authentic .

EXCHANGE OPLETTERS
Letter from theRepresentative oftheWorld Food Programme
With reference totheAgreement between theEuropean
JEconomic Community and theWorld Food Programme onthe
supply ofcereals asfood aid todeveloping countries ,and
particularly toArticle V(1)ofthat Agreement ,Iwould
propose that thefollowing procedure beapplied fordelivery
f.o.b »bytheEuropean Economic Community (EEC ),andaccep­
tance ofdelivery bytheWorld Food Programme (WFP),of
15000metric tons ofcereals :
.onthe basis ofinformation received from the WFP
concerning transport ,theEECshall notify theWFP ,
foreach delivery ,ofthesupplier orsuppliers and
shall indicate aperiod offifteen days within which
the WFPmay fix thedate ofdelivery :
not less than fifteen days before thedate laid down ■
foreach delivery ,the WFP :shall notify theEEC of '
the estimated date ofarrival ofthevessel inport ;
.the WFP shall also notify the supplier orsuppliers ,
not less than five days inadvance ,ofthe exact date
ofarrival ofthe vessel inthedesignated port of
shipment ;
.the goods shall bedelivered bythe EEC tothe place ■
ofshipment and onthe date ofavailability indicated
•pursuant toArticle III oftheAgreement ; - i-
delivery shall bedeemed tohave been effected once
the goods effectively pass the ship 'srail atthe
port ofshipment ,allcosts ofstowage being borne by
..the WFP ;

atthemoment ofdelivery ,risks shall pass from the
EEC tothe WFP ,all costs prior todelivery being
borne bythe EEC and all costs after delivery being
borne bythe WFP ;
should the EEC fail todeliver the goods atthe
place and date indicated ,where the WFP has rendered
itpossible ,anyconsequences resulting from this
shall beborne bythe EEC ;
should the WFP fail totake delivery ofthe goods at
the place and date indicated ,where the EEC has
rendered itpossible ,any consequences resulting from ,
this shall beborne bythe WFP ;
the EEC and the WFP reserve the right tonominate one
ormore agents toimplement the Agreement ,Todeal
with any eventualities ,the WFP shall nominate a
representative ineach port ofshipment .

II.totter from the Representative oftheEuropean Economic
Community
Iacknowledge herewith receipt ofyour letter dated
,worded asfollows :
"With reference totheAgreement between the
♦European Economic Community and theWorld Food
Programme onthe supply ofcereals asfood aid to
developing countries ,andparticularly toArticle V(1)
ofthat Agreement ,Iwould propose that the following
procedure beapplied fordelivery f.o.b .bythe
European Economic Community (EEC ),andacceptance of
delivery bytheWorld Food Programme (WFP),of15000
metric tons ofcereals :
onthe basis ofinformation received from the
WFP concerning transport ,theEEC shall notify
the WFP ,for each delivery ,ofthe supplier or
suppliers and shall indicate aperiod offifteen
days within which the'WFP may fix thedate of
delivery ;
not less than fifteen days before thedate laid
down for each delivery ,theWFP shall notify the
EEC ofthe estimated date ofarrival ofthe
vessel inport ;
theWFP shall also' notify the supplier orsup­
pliers ,not less than five days inadvance ,of ,.
the exact date ofarrival ofthe vessel inthe
designated port ofshipment ;
the goods shall bedelivered bytheEEC tothe
place ofshipment andonthedate ofavailabi­
lity indicated pursuant toArticle IIIofthe
Agreement ;

delivery shall bedeemed tohave been effected
once the goods effectively pass the ship 'srail
atthe port ofshipment ,all costs ofstowage
being borne bytheWFP ;
atthe moment ofdelivery ,risks shall pass
ifrom the EEC tothe WPP ,all costs prior to
delivery being borne bythe EEC and all costs
after delivery being borne bythe WFP ;
should theEEC fail todeliver thegoods atthe
place and date indicated ,where the WFP has
rendered itpossible ,any consequences resul­
ting from this shall beborne bythe EEC ;
should the WFP fail totake delivery ofthe
goods atthe place and date indicated ,•where
the EEC has rendered itpossible ,any conse­
quences resulting from this shall beborne by
the WFP ;
the EEC and the WFP reserve the right to -
nominate one ormore 'agents toimplement the
Agreement .Todeal with anyeventualities ,the
WFP .shall nominate arepresentative ineach
port ofshipment ."
/•
Iwould inform you that the EEC agrees toyour pro­
posals regarding theprocedure fordelivery and acceptance
ofdelivery ofthe cereals .
•Irequest you toconsider this procedure assettled
between the WFP and the EEC ,inimplementation of
Article V(1)ofthe said Agreement .