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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1535 final
Brussels ,12September 1973
RECOMMENDATION FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheconclusion ofanagreement "between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublic ofLebanon forthe
supply ofcommon wheat asfood aid
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73 )1535 final

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THISCOUNCILOFTHEEQROrJMCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,
andinpartioularArtioles113»114228thereof;
»
HavingregardtotheRooommendation fromtheCommission }
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasdepositedaDeclarationforpro­
visionalapplicationo'fthe1971FoodAidConvention }whereasthatConvention
has"beenapplicablesince1July1971;
WhereastheRepublicofLebanon,byitsletterof25August .1972,hasrequested
foodaid;
1-JhereasinviewofthecerealsupplysituationintheLebanonthatcountry
shouldbeaccorded,bywayofgift,5,000metrictonsofcommonwheatunder
theCommunityPoodAidProgrammefor1972/73}.
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
OnbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomioCommunitytheAgreement ,thetextwhereof
isannexedhereto,isherebyooncluded ,betweentheEuropeanEconomioCommunity
t
andtheRepublioofLebanonforthesupplyofcommonwheatasfoodaid.•
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCounoilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethepersons
s>
empoweredtosigntheAgreementandtooonferohthemthenecessarypowers
tobindtheCommunity.' •
• •
DoneatBrussels,19**•• FortheCounoil
ThePresident

AGREMENT
BETWE3HTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AHDTHEREPUBLIC OPLEBAITOK "
COMJERSTIMx THESUPPLYOPCOMMONWHEAT
.ASPOODAID

THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , 1
ontheonehand.
THEGOVERNMENT OPTHEREPUBLICOPLEBANON,
on"theotherhand,
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludethisAgreementandtothisendhavedesignated
astheirplenipotentiaries :
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THEGOVERNMENT OPTHEREPUBLICOPLEBANON:
WHOHAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:

Article I
Asapart ofitsFood AidProgramme (cereals )for1972/73,theEuropean
Economic Community ,hereinafter referred toasthe "Community ",shall supply
theRepublic ofLebanon ,hereinafter referred toasthe "recipient country ",
with 5,000 metric tons ofcommon wheat *
Article II
*
Deliveries will bemade inbulk fobtoCommunity ports .
Article III
Theobligations andresponsibilities oftheCommunity andoftherecipient
country relating todelivery andthetaking ofdelivery respectively axe -
defined intheAnnex ,which forms anintegral part ofthis Agreement .
Article IV
Therecipient country undertakes tomake allnecessary arrangements forthe
transport andinsurance ofthe product from ports ofshipment toplaces of
destination .
Itundertakes toexercise thegreatest possible care toensure that the
tendering arrangements forthetransport bysea arenotprejudicial tothe
free play offair competition .Anyproblems arising inthis connection shall
bethesubject ofconsultations under Article IXofthepresent Agreement .
Article V
Therecipient country undertakes tousetheproduct received asaidforpur­
poses ofconsumption ajid'toapply ,forthesale oftheproduct onitsmarket ,
theprices normally charged onthat market forproducts ofcomparable quality .
Theproceeds from this sale ,less thecost ofseatransport ,insurance ofsuch
transport andthenormal cost ofselling theproduct ontherecipient country *s
market ,will bepaid into aspecial account attheCentral Bank ofthat country
andallocated tothefinancing ofoneormore development schemes which shall
have been proposed bytherecipient country andapproved bytheCommunity .

Article VI
TheContracting Parties undertake toimplement this Agreement insuoh away
astoavoid anyprejudice tothenormal structure ofdomestic production and
international trade .Tothis end"they shall take anymeasures required to
ensure that aidsupplies areinaddition to,anddonotreplace ,commercial
transactions which might reasonably "beexpected intheabsence ofsuch supplies .
Inparticular ,therecipient country undertakes toimport commercially from
whatever source between 1July 1973 and30June 1974 aminimum quantity of
metric tons ofoomrnon wheat oritsequivalent infloir ofcommon wheat
Article VII
Therecipient country shall take allappropriate measures toprevent :
–there-export ofthe product received asaidandofproducts andby-products
resulting from such supplies ; •
-theexport ,commercially orotherwise ,id.thin sixmonths ofthelast delivery ,
either oftheproduct obtained locally andofthesame nature astheproduct
received asaidorofanyproducts orby-products resulting from it.
Article VIII
Therecipient country undertakes toinform theCommunity howthis Agreement
isbeing implemented .Tothis enditshall provide theCommission ofthe
European Communities with thefollowing information :
(i) Notlater than thirty days after theunloading ,ofeach cargo :
.– •>'"!•.
ports anddates ofarrival ofthevessel ;nature ,quantity and
quality oftheproducts unloaded ;date onwhich unloading wascompleted ;
r
(ii)Every three months until ^hequantities received a,saidhave been fully
used :quantities sold ,howthey have been sold ,selling prices ;normal
selling oosts ontherecipient country 'smarket ;
(iii)On15January every year'until thespecial account hasbeen fully used :
(a)State ofthis account (lodgements andwithdrawals )on31December
ofthepreceding year ;
(b)Progress achieved intheproject orprojeots ,with anindication
ofthetotal amount offinancing carried outatthat stage . /

ArticleIX•
Attherequestofeitherofthem,theContractingPartiesshalloonsulteach
'*
otheronanyquestions'concerningtheimplementation ofthisAgreement.
ArticleX
ThisAgreementshallhedrawnupinduplicateintheDanish,Ihitch,English,
French,GermanandItalianlanguages,eachofthesetexts "beingequallyauthentic.

AMEXTOARTICLEIIIOPTHEAGREEMENT
Article1
DeliveryshallbeeffectedandrisksshallpassfromtheEuropeanEconomic
Communitytotherecipientcountryatthemomentatwhichthegoodshave"been
placedintheship'sholdattheportofshipment.
Therecipientcountryshallhearallco-stssubsequenttodeliveryofthegoods,
includingcostsofstowageand,whereappropriate ,oftrimmingandbagging.
Anydemurragecostsordispatchattheportofshipmentshallbeachargeon
orforthebenefitoftheEuropeanEconomioCommunityandshallbedetermined
beforethevesselsails.Theratesanddetailedarrangements relatingthereto
laiddowninthecontractbetweentherecipientcountryandthecarriermust
havebeenagreeduponinadvancebytherecipientcountryandtheauthorized
agentoftheEuropeanCommunityreferredtoinArticle9*
Article2
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallnotifytherecipientcountrymgood
timeoftheportorportsofshipment,thequantitiestobedeliveredateach
port,theperiodwithinwhichloadingmustbegin,andthedailyloadingrate.
.r
Article3
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunitymustbepreparedtoloadthegoodsinthe
dateresultingfromtheinstructioninArticle8,whereonthevesselshould
bereadyforloading. '>_
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ArticleA
x•
Ondeliveryofthegoods,atoleranceof5$-lessthan"thequantitytobe
suppliedinaccordancewithArticle1oftheAgreementispermitted.
Article *5
«
Oncethegoodsareonboardthevessel,theEuropeanEconomioCommunityshall
notifytherecipientcountryofthedateofloading,andthequantityand
qualityofthegoodsasrecordedinloading.

Article6'
TherecipientcountryshallsupplytheEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,within
theperiodreferredtoinArticle2,withavesselofdimensionscorresponding
tothenormalloadingpotentialoftheportofshipment.
Shoulditproveimpossibleforthevesselto"beginloadingwithintheperiod
referredtoinArticle2andshouldtherecipientcountrynothavenotified
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityofthisfactinwritingatthelatest "bythe
dateonwhichthevesselshouldbereadyforloadinginaccordancewith
Article8,thegoodsshallbeatthedisposaloftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
Whateverthecircumstances ,thegoodsshallbeheldattheexpense,riskand
periloftherecipientcountry.
Article7
Shouldtherecipientcountryfailtoprovideavesselofsuitabletonnageor
ifthequantitymadeavailableforloadingonavesselofsuitabletonnage
cannotbeputonboardinitsentiretybecauseofcircumstances beyondthe
controloftheEuropeanEconomioCommunity,thebalanceshallbeloadedonto(
thenextvesselundertheconditionslaiddowninthisannex.
Inthisevent,-untilthedateofloadingofthisbalanceoruntiltherecipient
countrygivesnotioeinwritingthatitgivesupthisbalance,thego&dsshall
beheldattheexpense,riskandperiloftherecipientcountry.
TherecipientcountrymustnotifytheEuropeanEoonomioCommunitywithina
periodofamaximumof30daysfromthebeginningofgoadingoftheshipment
*
towhichthesegoodsshpuldhavebelonged,ofthedateonwhiohloadingof
thisbalanoeisduetobeginorofitsrenunoiationoft£isbalance..
Ifthisobligationisnotr'espeoted,theEuropeanEconomioCommunitymay
considerthatithasdischargeditscommitmenttotherecipientcountry
underArticle1oftheAgreement.

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Article8
Therecipientcountry'shallnamefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunitythe
vesselthatistoshipthegoodsatleast .10cleardayspriortothe
estimateddateofarrivalofthevesselinport,orwherepossible,20clear
dayspriortothisdate,andshallatthesametimeindicatehowsoonafter
thatdatethevesselwillhereadyforloading.
Therecipientcountryshg.llinsertinthecharterpartyaclauserequiring
thecaptaintoinformtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityatleast72hoursin
advanceofthevessel'sestimateddateofarrivalinport.
Article9
Toimplementtheprovisionsofthisannex,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
shallappointanauthorized'agent,whosenameandaddressshall "bemadeknown
ingoodtimetotherecipientcountry.
Therecipientcountryshallnominateareceivingagentineachportofship­
ment,whosenameandaddressshallbemadeknowntotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitybeforetheAgreementisimplemented .