CELEX: 51974PC1479
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-19 00:00:00
Title: Recommandation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees on the supply of cereals as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       COM(74)1479 final
                                                       Brussels , 19 September 1974
                              Recommandation
                                    for a
                            Council   Decision
 on the conclusion of an agreement "between the European Economic Community
             and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
      for Palestine Refugees on the supply of cereals as food aid
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(74) 1479 final
 ---pagebreak---   Tiili COU;: CIL OP 5.ÏIE EUROPEATT CO^UIJITIES .
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing; "the European Economic
  Community , in particular Articles 1 1 3 f 1M            228 thereof ;
 Having regard to the Recommendation of the Commission ;
 Whereas the European Economio Community has concluded the second Convention
 relating to food aid^"^
 Mi era as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
 Refugees in the Hear East has me.de known its requirements in cereal
 products for the refugees and whereas that Agency should accordingly
 be supplied with a quantity of food equivalent to lo 254 "tonnes
 of cereals in the form of 10 764 tonnes               0 f flour of soft wheat .
IIAS MÏCI3BD :                                     • '
                                      Article 1
                                      *
  On behalf of the European Economic Community , an agreement , the te::t
  of which is annexed to this decision , shall be concluded betv:een the
  European Economic Community and the United ITations Relief and Works
  Agency for Palestine refugees on the supply of cereals as food aid .
                                      Article 2
  The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
  persons empowered to sign the agreement and to confer on them "the
  powers required in order to bind the Community .          «
                                                 Done at Brussels , •
                                                 For the Council
                                                 The President
 ^O.J. L 219 of 9 .8.I974, p. 19
 ---pagebreak---                               ACREEÊiENT
           BliWlEN TilE EUKOPFAH ECONOMIC COIHiUlTITY
                               A1JD THE
UIJITTJI) 1TATI01IS RELIEF A13D WORKS AGENCY FOR PALES THIS REFUGItfS
               ON Tiffl SUPPLY OF CEREALS AS FOOD AID
 ---pagebreak---  Tirs COIUCIL ov AIRN EUROPFAIT COMIUIRMES ,
                                                        on the one h and .
THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES ,
IIEREIrtAFTiiiR CALLED UiJRWA , .                       on ihc other hrJid ,
HAVE DECIDED "to conclude this Agreement end to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP TH3 MJR0PEA1T COIMflTISS :    ;
KIE COVERllIIFSJT OP THE
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                 auticlf; i
Under its c-creal food aid programme for 197 3/ 74 , the European Economic
 Concnuni ty shall supply a consignment of 16.254 metric tons of cereals
in the form of. 10.764 tonnes of flour of soft wheat as a gift to UKKV.'A
hereinafter called 'The recipient ".
                                ARTICLE II
Deliveries shall "be made cif to Lebanese ports of unloading or cif to
Israeli ports of unloading in new jute . sacks of a net capacity of
50 kilograms ."                                                   •     .
                                ARTICLE III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community
and of the recipient , in particular as regards delivery and acceptance
are defined in the Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreerne
                                ARTICLE IV
The recipient undertakes to make all the necessary arrangements for th
transport and insurance of the products supplied,' from the ports of
unloading to the places of destination .
                                ARTICLE V
The recipient undertakes to distribute free of charge the products
received as aid to the Palestinian refugees for consumption .
                                ARTICLE VI
Ufte recipient undertakes to inforra the European Economic Corimunity of
the circumstances surrounding the implementation of this Agreement .
For this purpose it shall communicate to the Commission of the
European Communities the following information :
 ---pagebreak--- b'very three months until the deliveries received have been exhausted ,
a report on their distribution shoeing the number of beneficiaries ,
the quantities distributed , the localities , rate and manner of
distribution .
        /
                             ARTICLE VII
At the recruest of either Party , the Contracting Parties shall consult
each other on all matters relating to the application of this Agreement .
                             ARTICLE VIII
This Agreement is 'drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch , English ,
French , German and Italian languages , these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---           Aïîrosx )»:niîP5D TO IJÎ ARTICÏ>3S III OP 'rtilS AOrœEUT
                                  Article 1
Delivery shall Tc completed and the rinks shall pass from the
European Economic Community to the recipient at the time when the
goods are landed on the quay or , where applicable , when they are
transferred to a floating grain silo , or to a barge , if this last
method is employed .
The recipient shall bear' all costs incurred after delivery , including
the costs of toJking delivery of the goods .                              .
Any demurrage at the port of unloading for delays for which the
recipient is responsible shall be met by it .          The rates and methods
of collection as defined in the contract between the Community 's agent
referred to in Article 5 and the transport "agent must have been
previously agreed upon between the Community 's agent and the recipient 's
receiving agent referred to in Article 5 «                             ... ■
                                  Article 2
As soon as possible after the goods have been loaded on board , the
European Economic Community shall notify the recipient of the name of
the ship , the loading date , the quantity and quality of the goods as
established at the time of loading , the port of unloading and the daily
unloading rate in that port .
                                  Article 3
The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient of the
expected date of arrival of the ship at the port of unloading at least
ten clear days before that date .
The European Economic Community snail procure the insertion in the
charter party of a clause whereby the ship 's master shall ir.form the
recipient of the probable date of arrival at the port at least
seventy two hours in advance .
 ---pagebreak---                               Article 4
Upoiv delivery n margin of up to - 57J below the quantity laid down in
Article. I of the Agreement shall' be tolerated .
                              Article 5
The European Economic Community shall appoint an a^cnt to implement
the provisions of this Anne>: and shall in good time forward the
latter' s name and address to the recipient .
The recipient shall appoint a receiving agent in each port of
unloading and shall forward the latter' s name and address to the
European Economic Community prior to the implementation of the
Agreement .
                              Article 6
Upon delivery of the goods , the recipient country shall hand to the
agent of the EEC a certificate of acceptance stating the port of shipment ,
date of acceptance , the nature and quantity of the goods accepted and
including any comments on the quality of the goods and send a copy thereof
to the Commission of the European Communities .