CELEX: 21976A0729(01)
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) concerning aid to refugees in the countries of the Near East

29 . 7. 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 203/41
                                                   CONVENTION
              between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief
              and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) concerning aid to refugees
                                         in the countries of the Near East
                        Article 1                             2. The Community shall pay UNRWA a contribu­
                                                              tion of 18-50 units of account per metric ton in
With a view to continuing the aid to Palestine refu­          respect of the sugar delivered under paragraph 1 ,
gees in the countries of the Near East undertaken             intended to cover the costs of inland transport and
pursuant to the Convention of 18 December 1972, the           distribution .
European Economic Community, hereinafter referred
to as 'the Community', shall make available to the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pales­
tine Refugees, hereinafter referred to as 'UNRWA',                           Transport and distribution
supplies in kind and payments in cash needed to
cover the entire operation of UNRWA's supplemen­                                      Article 5
tary feeding programme, as well as contributions
towards UNRWA's basic rations programme.                      Deliveries shall be made port of unloading. Detailed
                                                              arrangements and quality and packaging requirements
                                                              shall be fixed by subsequent agreement between the
                                                              two parties.
         Supplementary feeding programme
                         Article 2                                                    Article 6
The Community shall supply to UNRWA by way of                 UNRWA undertakes to take all measures necessary to
gift amounts of wheat flour, husked rice, skimmed­            transport the products from the ports of unloading to
milk powder and white sugar under the supplemen­              the places of destination and also to insure them to
tary feeding programme. The amounts to be supplied            the extent that it considers this necessary.
for the first period covered by this Convention are
specified in paragraph 1 of the Annex, which forms            If any loss of the products should occur, excepting
an integral part of this Convention .                         losses caused by riots, armed conflicts or acts of war or
                                                              losses against which insurance could not reasonably
                                                              have been effected, UNRWA shall replace the
                         Article 3                            products so as to restore the Community's contribu­
                                                              tion .
 1 . The Community shall pay to UNRWA a cash
contribution for use in the supplementary feeding
programme. The sum payable in respect of the first                                    Article 7
period covered by this Convention is specified in para­
graph 2 of the Annex. The contribution may be paid            UNRWA undertakes to distribute the products to the
in several instalments .                                       refugees in need covered by its programme, free of
                                                              charge and for their own consumption .
2.     Part of this contribution shall be used for the
purchase by public tender on the market of the
Community of certain quantities of foodstuffs as speci­
fied in paragraph 3 of the Annex.                                            Reporting and information
                                                                                      Article 8
               Basic rations programme
                                                               UNRWA undertakes to draw up by 1 March and 1
                                                               September each year reports on the implementation
                         Article 4                             of the programmes covered by this Convention,
                                                               including reports on the distribution of the products
 1 . The Community shall supply to UNRWA by                    mentioning the number of recipients, amounts distri­
way of gift 6 000 metric tons of white sugar in respect        buted, and the places and manner of distribution, and
 of the first period covered by this Convention, under         a progress report on the use of the cash contributions
 the basic rations programme.                                  in support of the supplementary feeding programme .
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                          Article 9                                 agreement between the two parties up to 30 June
                                                                     1978 .
UNRWA shall make all appropriate efforts to inform
the recipients and the authorities of the host countries
of the contributions towards UNRWA's programmes                                              Article 11
made by the Community.
                                                                    UNRWA and the Community shall consult each
                                                                    other on all questions concerning the application of
                   General provisions                               this Convention, whenever one party so requests.
                         Article 10                                                          Article 12
This Convention shall cover an initial period from 1                This Convention is drawn up in two copies in Danish,
July 1975 to 31 December 1976. It may be extended                    Dutch, English, French, German and Italian, each
for subsequent periods with or without amendment by                 version being equally authentic.
                                                            ANNEX
                                       SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING PROGRAMME
                               First period of the convention (1 July 1975 to 31 December 1976)
             1 . Contribution in kind
                 wheat flour :                                          3 675 metric tons (corresponding to 5 104
                                                                        metric tons of common wheat) ;
                 round grain milled rice :                              256 metric tons (corresponding to 330
                                                                        metric tons of husked rice);
                 skimmed-milk powder :                                  2 400 metric tons ;
                 white sugar :                                          153 metric tons .
             2. Contributions in cash
                 for period 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1976 :               2 681 000 units of account
                 for period 1 July 1976 to 31 December 1976 :           1 531 000 units of account
                                                         Total          4 212 000 units of account
             3. Foodstuffs to be purchased on the market of the Community
                 tomato paste :                                        42 metric tons
                 corned beef :                                          520 metric tons