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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEMCOKMOiïITIES
COM(71)1209final
Brussels,26October1971
agreement
BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ANDTHEARABREPUBLIC OPYEMEN
ONTHESUPPLYOPWHEATOTHERTHANDURUM
ASFOODAID
C0M(71)1209final

THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
onthe onehand ,and
THEGOVERNMENT OFTEEARAB REPUBLIC OFYEMEN ,
onthe other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED toconclude thepresent Agreement andhave ,
forthis purpose ,appointed astheir plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE ARAB REPUBLIC OFYEMEN S
WHO HAVE AGREED asfollows :

ARTICLE I
Under itsfood aidprogramme forcereals fortheyear 1970/71jthe
European Economic Community shall ,inaccordance with thedecision
taken bytheCouncil on6April 1971 tmake theArab Republic ofYemen
agift of7«000 tons ofwheat other than durum (hereinafter referred
toas"wheat ")•
Deliveries shall beinbulk ,f.o.b .Community ports .
TheCommission oftheEuropean Communities shall inform theArab
Republic ofYemen ingood time ,byletter ,telex ortelegram ,of
theports ofshipment ,thequantities ,the dates ofavailability
atthe said ports and the daily loading rate .
The responsibilities oftheEuropean Economic Community and the
Arab Republic ofYemen with regard toshipment and totaking
;delivery f.o.b .respectively are set outintheAnnex ,which
forms anintegral part ofthepresent Agreement .

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ARTICLE II
TheArab Republic ofYemen undertakes tomake allnecessary
arrangements ;fortransporting the wheat from the ports of
shipment toits destinations
Itundertakes toexercise thegreatest possible care toensure
that thetendering arrangements for the transport bysea arenot
prejudicial tothe free play offair competition .Any problem
arising inthis connection shall bethe subject ofconsultations
under Article VIII ofthepresent Agreement .
ARTICLE III
The Arab Republic ofYemen undertakes touse forconsumption
purposes thewheat that issupplied asaidand toapply tosales
ofthis wheat onitsmarket theprices normally ruling onthis
market forproducts ofcomparable quality .
Theproceeds ofthese sales tless seafreight charges andnormal
marketing costs ontheYemen market ,shall bepaid into aspecial
account intended tocover expenditure incurred bytheArab
Republic ofYemen inconnection with the financing ofdevelopment
projects .

ARTICLE TV
TheContractingPartiesundertaketoimplementthepresentAgreementinsuchaway
astoavoidprejudicingthenoriaalstructureofnationalproductionandinter­
nationaltrade.Tothisend,theyshalltakethenecessarystepstoensure
thatsuppliesmadeavailableasaidshallbeadditionalto,andnotinlieu
of,thecommercialoperationwhichcouldreasonablyhavebeenexpectedin
theabsenceofsuchsupplies.InparticulartheArabRepublicofYemen
undertakestoimportcommercially fromallsources,between1July1971and
30June1972,aminimumof45«000tonsofwheatortheequivalentin
wheatflour.
ARTICLEV,
TheArabRepublicofYemenshalltakeallnecessarystepstopreventthe
re-exportation bothofthewheatreceivedasaid,andofproductsofthe'
firstprocessingstageandby-products obtainedfromwheat,aswellasthe
exportation ,commercialorotherwise,withinaperiodofsixmonthsfrom
thedateofthelastdelivery,oflocallygrownwheatofthesametypeas
thatreceivedasaid,ofproductsofthefirstprocessingstageandof
by-products obtainedfromthiswheat.

AETICLEVI
TheArabRepublicofYemenundertakestokeeptheEuropean
EconomicCommunityinformedontheconditionsofimplementation of
thepresentAgreement.Tothisend,itshallcommunicate thefollo­
winginformation totheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities :
1.Transport :portsanddatesofarrivalofvessels;nature,quantity
andqualityoftheproduceunloaded:thedateonwhichunloading
iscompleted :
2.Marketing:quantitiessold;methodofmarketing,sellingprices;
3.Commercialimportssquantitiesofwheatandwheatflourimported
commercially fromallsourcesbetween1July1971end30June1972?
4.Situationwithregardtothespecialaccountsetupwiththe
proceedsofthesale,inlocalcurrencyofthewheatsupplied
asaid:
5»Projectsfinancedfromthespecialaccount5relativeimportance
ofthesefundsintheoverallfinancingofprojects.

ARTICLE VII
The information referred toinArticle VIshall becommunicated
within thefollowing time-limits :
-With regard toitera 1 :not
unloading ofeach cargo :
-With regard toitera 3 :
-With regard toiteu 2S4and 5
31December each year shall be
thefollowing year ,until such
been completely liquidated .more than 30days after the
before 30septamber 1972 ;
:areport onthesituation at
communicated before 13January of
time asthe special account has
AHTIC3.E VIII
Atthe request ofany oneamongst them ,theContracting Parties shall
consult onall matters concerning theapplication ofthe present
Agreement .
ARTICLE IX
Thepresent Agreement isdrawn upinduplicate intheGerman ,French ^
Italian ,Dutch andEnglish languages ,each ofthese texts being
equally authentic .

ANNEX
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TOTHE HANDING OVER
OFTHE WHEAT ATTHE PORTS OFSHIPMENT
Toensure thesmooth operation oftheAgreement and inparticular
ofArticle Ithereof ,theContracting Parties have agreed as
follows :
ARTICLE 1
Except asotherwise provided inArticle sixth paragraph ,delivery
will bedeemed tobeeffected atthemoment atwhich thegoods have
effectively passed theship 'srail attheport ofshipment ?all
costs ofstowage and securing shall beborne bytheArab Republic
ofYemen .
ARTICLE 2
Except asotherwise provided inArticle 3»sixth paragraph ,risks
shall pass from theEuropean Economic Community totheArab Republic
ofYemen atthe moment atwhich the goods have effectively passed
the ship 'srail attheport ofshipment .

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TheArab Republic ofYemen shall procure andnotify tothe
European Economic Community ,ingood time ,,thevessels which are
toship thegoods ,sothat theloading dates indicated inaccordance
with Article IoftheAgreement may berespected .
Thevessel istobenamed bytheArab Republic ofYemen atleast
7clear days prior totheestimated date ofarrival inport .
TheArab Republic ofYemen shall beresponsible foranyconsequences
arising either ,from failure toname thevessel orfrom delay in
doing so.
TheArab Republic ofYemen shall insert inthecharter-party aclause
requiring the captain toinform theEuropean Economic Community at
least 72hours inadvance ofthe vessel 'sestimated date ofarrival
inport .
The goods shall beheld atthe disposal oftheArab Republic ofYemen
irithe port indicated from the date onwhich theship isdeclared
ready forloading .Inthe event oftheEuropean Economic Community
notplacing the goods atthedisposal ofthevessel ingood time ,,
anyconsequences resulting from this ,inparticular demurrage and/or
dead freight ,shall beacharge ontheEuropean Economic Community .

Should there beadelay inthearrival ofthevessel named bythe
Arab Republic ofYemen attheport ofshipment ,orshould itprove
impossible for ittoload ,andshould this delay prevent loading
within the time-limits indicated inaccordance with Article I
oftheAgreement ,the goods shall beheld atthe expense ,risk anc
peril oftheArab Republic ofYemen .
Should theArab Republic ofYemen fail toprovide avessel of
suitable tonnage within thetime-limit indicated inaccordance wi<
Article IoftheAgreement ,itshall beregarded asbeing indefai
unless itnotifies theEuropean Economic Community bytelegram ,nc
later than the last day oftheperiod fixed for delivery ,that it
isseeking anextension ofthis period .Where such anextension it
sought ,theEuropean Economic Community shall hold thegoods on
behalf oftheArab Republic ofYemen ,expenses resulting from this
being borne by;the latter .
TheArab Republic ofYemen shall beresponsible forany consequenc
resulting from the fact that the dimensions ofavessel supplied
byitdonot correspond tothe loading possibilities ofthe port
ofshipment .

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ARTICLE k
Thetolerance onshipment ofthequantities notified inaccordance
with Article IoftheAgreement shall be5 although thetotal
quantity of7^000 tons shall innocase beexceeded .
If,however ,thequantity made available forloading onagiven
vessel cannot beput onboard initsentirety because ofcircums­
tances beyond the control oftheEuropean Economic Community ,the
balance which could not beput onboard within thespecified time-
limits shall be ..stored attheexpense oftheArab Republic ofYemen
and shipped onthe next vessel . .
IftheArab Republic ofYemen informs theEuropean Economic Community
within aperiod of15clear days that itwill not take delivery of
this balance ,thehandling andstoring expenses incurred shall be
borne bytheArab Republic ofYemen until such time asitgives
notice that itgives upthis balance .
Inthis event ,theEuropean Economic Community .mayconsider that it
has discharged itscommitments totheArab Republic ofYemen .

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ARTICLE S
Once the goods are onboard thevessel ,theEuropean Economic
Community shall notify theArab Republic ofYemen without delay
ofthe date ofloading ,the quantity and quality loaded ,noted on
loading andmentioned inthevessel 'sbill oflading .
ARTICLE 6
All expenses incurred subsequent to
have effectively passed theships 's
Arab Republic ofYemen .
ARTICLE 7delivery ofthe goods once these
rail ,shall beborne bythe
TheContracting Parties reserve theright tonominate one ormore
agents toexecute theAgreement .
Todeal with anueventualities ,theArab Republic ofYemen shall
nominate arepresentative ineach port ofshipment .