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COMmSSIQN OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)592 final
Brussels ,16April 1973
RECOMMENDATION
for a
COUNCIL DECISION
concluding anagreement "between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublic ofUpper -
Volta onthesupply offood aid intheform
ofmaize
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73 )592final

THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES .
Havingregard "totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles113»114and228thereof3
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission 5
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasdepositedadeclarationof-pro­
visionalapplicationofthePoodAidConventionof19711s-ndwhereasthat
Conventionhas"beeneffectivesince1July1971?
WhereasbyletterofXDecember*97?"theRepublicofUpper-Voltasubmitteda
requestforemergencyfoodaid3
Whereastheadverseclimaticconditionsexperienced bytheRepublicofUpper-Volt
haveappreciably reduceditsgrainsupplies 3andwhereasthatcountryshould
thereforebegrantedagiftof2500metrictonsofmaizeundertheCommunity
PoodAidProgrammefor1971/723
H"SPTDCIDEDTHAT:
Article1
OnbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityanAgreementisherebyconcluded
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofUpper-Volta onthe
supplyoffoodaidintheformofmaize,thetextofwhichagreementisannexed
tothisDecision.

Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate thepersons
empowered tosign theAgreement ;and toconfer onthem thepowers necessary
tocommit theCommunity .
Done atBrussels , 19....
For the Council
The President

AGREEME33T
BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AM)
THEREPUBLIC OPUPPER-VOLTA
OHTEESUPPLYOPPOODAID
IffTHEFORMOPMAIZE

THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
ontheone part ,
THEGOVERNMENT OPTHEREPUBLIC OFUPPER-VOLTA ,
ontheother part ,
HAVE DECIDED toconclude this agreement and tothis endhave designated
their plenipotentiaries *
THE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OPTHE REPUBLIC OP-UPPER-VOLTA :
'WHO HAVE AGREED ASFOLLOWS :

Article I
Asapart ofitsPood AidProgramme (Cereals )for1971/72JtheEuropean Economic
Community shall supply 2500 -metric tons ofmaize asagift totheRepublic of
Upper-Volta ,hereinafter referred toasthe "recipient country ".
Article II
Deliveries will bemade free-at-frontier innew jute sacks ofanetweight of
50kgeach .
Article III
Theobligations andresponsibilities oftheEuropean Economic Community andof
therecipient country relating todelivery andthetaking ofdelivery aredefined
intheAnnex which forms anintegral part ofthis Agreement .
Article IV
Therecipient country undertakes tomake allnecessary arrangements forthe
transport andinsurance oftheproduct from ports ofunloading toplaces of
destination .
Article V
Therecipient country undertakes tousetheproducts received asaidforpurposes
ofconsumption andtodistribute such products topeople inneed free ofcharge .
Article VI
TheEuropean Economic Community shall grant therecipient country funds tocover
thecosts incurred bythat country forthetransport ofthedelivered products
from theplaces oftaking over toplaces ofdestination .

Thesefundsshallamountto10unitsofaccountpermetrictonofdelivered
product.
TheCommunityunderts-kestopaythisassoonaspossibleafterreceipt "bythe
Commissionoftheinformation requiredinthefirstindentofArticleIX.
ArticleVII
TheContractingPartiesundertaketoimplementthisAgreementinsuchawayas
toavoidanyprejudicetothenormalstructureofdomesticproductionand
international trade.Tothisendtheyshalltakeanymeasuresrequiredto
ensurethataidsuppliesareinadditionto,anddonotreplace,business
transactions whichmightreasonablybeexpectedintheabsenceofsuchsupplies.
ArticleVIII
Therecipientcountryshalltakeanymeasuresrequiredtoprevent:
(l)There-exportoftheproductreceivedasaidandofproductsandby-products
resultingfromsuchsuppliesj
(ii)Theexport,commerciallyorotherwise,withinsixmonthsofthelastdelivery,
eitherofthepr'ductobtainedlocallyandofthesamenatureastheproduct
receivedasaidorofanyproductsorby-productsresultingfromit.
ArticleIX
TherecipientcountryundertakestoinformtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhow
thisAgreementisbeingimplemented .Tothisend,itshallprovidetheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunitieswiththefollowinginformation :

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(i)Notmorethanthirtydaysafterthetalcingoverofeachcargotplaceand
datesoftakingover;nature,quantityandqualityoftheovertakenproducts 5
(ii)Everythreemonthsuntilthequantitiesreceivedasaidhaveteenfully
used:asituationreportgiving,inparticular ,thenuriberandnatureof
therecipients ,thequantitiesdistributed ,andtheplaceandmethodof
distribution .
ArticleX
Attherequestofeitherofthem,theContractingPartiesshallconsulteach
otheronanyquestionsconcerningtheimplementation ofthisAgreement.
ArticleXI
ThisAgreementisdrawnupinduplicateintheDanish,Dutch,English,French,
GermanandItalianlanguages,eachofthesetexts "beingequallyauthentic.

AHNEXREFERRED TOTITARTICLEIIIOPTHEAGREEMENT
Article1
DeliveryshallbeeffectedandrisksshallpassfromtheEuropeanEconomic
Communitytotherecipientcountryatthemomentatwhichthegoodsactually
crossthefrontieroftherecipientcountry.
Therecipientcountryshallpayallcostsoftakingdeliveryofthegoods,
anytransshipment costsandallcostssubsequenttodelivery.
Anycostsresultingfromdelaysintalcingdeliverywhichareattributable
totherecipientcountryshallbebornebythelatter.
Article2
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallnotifytherecipientcountry,as
aspossibleafterthegoodshavelefttheportofloading,ofthedate
loading,thequantityandqualityofthegoodsasrecordedatloading,
portofunloadingandthemeansoflandtransportusedtotransferthe
totheplaceofdelivery.
Article3
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallinformtherecipientcountryofthe
estimateddateofarrivalofthegoodsattheplaceofdeliveryatleastten
cleardaysbeforethatdate.soon
of
the
goods

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TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallbeobligedtoinformtherecipient
countryatleasttwodaysbeforehandoftheprobabledateofarrivalofthe
goodsattheplaceofdelivery.
Article4
Ondeliveryatoleranceof5%lessthanthequantityofmaizetobesupplied
underArticleIoftheAgreementispermitted.
Article5
ToimplementtheprovisionsofthisAnnex,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
shallappointanauthorizedagent,whosenameandaddressshallbemadeknown
ingoodtimetotherecipientcountry.
Therecipientcountryshallappointareceivingagentateachplaceofdelive
whosenameandaddressshallbemadeknowntotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
beforetheAgreementisimplemented .ofdelivery,
Community