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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)331 final
Brussels ,1March 1973
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
concludinganagreement "betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheHashemiteKingdom
ofJordanonthesupplyofflourofcommon
wheatasfoodaid.
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)331final

THECOIMCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOM-IUHITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles113,114and228thereof}
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomioCommunityhasdepositedadeclarationof
provisionalapplicationofthe1971PoodAidConvention;whereasthat
Conventionhasbeeninforcesince1July1971»
Whereas,inviewofthesupplysituationforcerealsintheHashemiteKingdom
ofJordan,5000metrictonsofcommonwheatintheformof3311metrictons
offlourshouldbemadeavailable,bywayofgift,tothatcountryunderthe
Community'sfoodaidprogrammefor1971/72;
DECIDES:
Article 1
AnAgreementisconcluded,onbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheHashemiteKingdomofJordanforthe
supplyofcommonWheatasfoodaid.ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedto
thisDecision.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisauthorizedtoappointdelegatestosignthe
Agreementandtoconferonthemtherequisitefullpowersonbehalfofthe
Community.
DoneatBrussels, 19-–*
PortheCounoil
ThePresident

Agreemerrt
BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ANDTHEHASHEMITE KINGDOMOPJORDANON
THESUPPLYOPFLOUROPCOMMONWHEATAS
POODAID

THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES .
oftheonepart.
THEGOVERNMENT OPTHEHASHEMITE KINGDOMOPJORDAN,
oftheotherpart,
HavedecidedtoconcludethisAgreementandhavedesignatedtothisend
astheirplenipotentiaries :
THECOUNCILOFTIIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEHASHEMITE KINGDOMOPJORDAN:
WHOHAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
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Article I
Under itsfood aidprogramme foroereals forASIA/12theEuropeari Economic
Community shall ,"bywayofgift ,"supply totheHashemite Kingdom ofJordan ,
hereinafter called "therecipient country ",aquantity of5000metric tons
ofcommon wheat in "theform of-3311metrio tons offlour ofcommon wheat .
Article II
Deliveries shall befo"bCommunity ports innewcotton "bags containing
50kilogrammes netweight .
Article III
Theobligations andresponsibilities oftheEuropean Economic Community and
oftherecipient country relating todelivery andtaking ofdelivery are
defined .intheAnnex which forms anintegral part ofthis Agreement *
"' ' " Article TV ' "*
Therecipient country undertakes to .make allnecessary arrangements for
thetransport andinsurance oftheproducts supplied from ports of
shipment toplaces ofdestination.' '•
Itundertakes toexercise thegreatest ;possible -.care toensure that tendering
arrangement sfortransport oftheproduct byseadonotprejudice thefree
play offair competition .Anyproblems arising inthis connection shall be
the subject ofconsultations under Article IXofthis Agreement .
Article 7
Therecipient oountry undertakes tousetheproduct received asfood aidfor
consumption andtodistribute itfree ofcharge torefugees .

ArticleVI
ThecontractingpartiesundertaketoimplementthisAgreementinsuchaway
astoavoidanyprejudicetothenormalstructureofdomestic.production
andinternational trade,Tothisendtheyshalltakeany'measuresrequired
toensurethatsupplies ,receivedasfoodaidareinadditionto,anddonot
replace,commercialtransactions whichmightreasonablybeexpectedinthe
absenceofsuchsupplies.
ArticleVII
Therecipientcountryshalltakeanymeasuresrequiredtoprevents
–re–exportationoftheproductreceivedasfoodaidandofproductsderived
fromsuchsupplies;*
–commercialornon-commercial exportation,withinsixmonthsofthelast
delivery,oflocally–producedcommonwheatsimilartothatusedto
producetheflourreceivedasfoodaidandofby–productsderivedfrom
suchwheat*
'ArticleVIII
TherecipientcountryundertakestoinformtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
ofthemannerinwhichthisAgreementisimplemented.Tothisenditshall
providetheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunitieswiththefollowing
information :
–notlaterthanthirtydaysaftertheunloadingofeachcargo:portsand
datesofarrivalofthevessel;nature,quantityandqualityoftheproducts
unloaded;dateonwhichunloadingwascompleted.
•/

«•every-threemonthsuntilthequantitiesreceivedasaidhave"been
exhausted:quantitiesdistributed,numberandnatureof"beneficiaries ,
places,rateandmannerofdistribution.
ArticleIX
Attherequestofeitherofthem,thecontractingpartiesshallconsulteach
otheronanyquestionsconcerningtheimplementation ofthisAgreement.
ArticleX
ThisAgreementisdrawnupinduplicateintheDanish,German,English,
French,ItalianandDutchlanguages,eachofthesetesctsbeingequally
authentic *

AMEX REFERRED TODTARTICLE III OPTHEAGREEMENT
Article 1
Delivery shall "beeffected andrisks shall .pass from theEuropean Economic .
Community totherecipient country atthemoment attvhich thegoods have
"been placed inthe ship 'shold attheport ofshipment .
Therecipient country shall bear allc6sts subsequent todelivery ofthegoods
including costs ofstowage ,andwhere appropriate ,oftrimming andbagging .
Anydemurrage costs oranydispatch money attheport ofshipment shall bea
charge onorforthebenefit ofthe -European -Economic Community and shall be
determined before thevessel sails# .Therates -anddetailed arrangement 's
applying thereto laid down inthe contract between therecipient country
andthecarrier must have been agreed upon inadvance by -therecipient
country andtheauthorized agent oftheEuropean Economic Community
referred toinArticle 9#
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: ..Artide ,2 ,:.f
TheEuropean Economic Community shall notify therecipient country in .good
time ofthe "port orports ofshipment ^thequantities tobedelivered ateach
port ,theperiod within which loading must begin andthedaily loading rate .
Article 3 -" .'
TheEuropean Economic Community must beprepared toload thegoods onthedate ,
resulting from theinformation referred toinArtiole 8,onwhich thevessel
should beready forloading . -r■■ J""

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Article 4
Ondelivery atolerance of5%less -than thequantity to "besupplied under
Article IoftheAgreement ispermitted *
Article 5 ■■
Once thegoods areon "board thevessel ,theEuropean Economic Community shall
notify therecipient country ofthedate ofloading ,andthequantity and ,
quality ofthe goods asrecorded 'onloading .
Article 6
Therecipient country shall ,within theperiod referred toinArticle 2,
procure fortheEuropean Economic .Community avessel ofdimensions
corresponding tothenormal loading potential oftheport ofshipment .
Should ,itprove impossible forthevessel tobegin ,loading within the
period referred toinArticle 2andshould therecipient country nothave
notified theEuropean -Economic Community ofthis fact inwriting atthelatest
"bythedate onwhich thevessel should beready forloading inaccordance with
theconditions inArticle 8,thegoods maybedisposed ofbytheEuropean
Economic Community .
Whatever thecircumstances ,thegoods shall beheld attheexpense ,risk and
peril oftherecipient country .
Article 7
Should therecipient country fail toprovide avessel ofsuitable tonnage
orifthequantity made available forloading onavessel ofsuitable
tonnage cannot beputonboard initsentirety because ofcircumstances
beyond thecontrol oftheEuropean Economic Community ,thebalance shall be
loaded onto the next vessel under the conditions laid down inthis Annex .
/•

Inthisevent,untilthedateofloadingofthisbalanceoruntilthedate
onwhichtherecipientcountrygivesnoticeinwritingthatitrenounces
thisbalance,thegoodsshall"beheldattheexpense,riskandperilofthe
recipientCountry.
TherecipientcountrymustinformtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,within
amaximumperiodof30cleardaysfromthedayonwhichloadingofthe
shipmentwithwhichthesegoodsshouldhavebeenloadedbegan,ofthedate
onwhichloadingofthisbalanceisduetobeginorofitsrenunciation of
thisbalance.
Ifthisobligationisnotrespected,theEuropeanEconomicCommunitymay
considerthatithasdischargeditscommitmenttotherecipientcountry
underArticleIoftheAgreement.
Article8
TherecipientcountryshallnamefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunitythe
vesselthatistoshipthegoodsatleast10cleardayspriortothe
estimateddateofarrivalofthevesselinportor,whereverpossible,20
cleardayspriortothisdate,andshallatthesametimeindicatehowsoonafter
thatdatethevesselwillbereadyforloading.
Therecipientcountryshallinsertinthecharter-party aclauserequiring
thecaptaintoinformtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityatleast12hoursin
advanceofthevessel'sestimateddateofarrivalintheportofshipment.
Article9
ToimplementtheprovisionsofthisAnnex,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
shallappointanauthorizedagent,whosenameandaddressshallbemadeknown
ingoodtimetothereoipientcountry.
Therecipientcountryshallnominateareceivingagentineachportof
shipment,whosenameandaddressshallbemadeknowntothe.European
EconomicCommunitybeforetheAgreementisimplemented.