CELEX: 31976D0624
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-20 00:00:00
Title: 76/624/EEC: Council Decision of 20 July 1976 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) signed on 18 December 1972

29. 7. 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 203/43
                                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   of 20 July 1976
               on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
               amending the Convention between the European Economic Community and the
               United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
                                            signed on 18 December 1972
                                                     (76/624/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
COMMUNITIES,                                                                        Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113,           amending the Convention between the European
114 and 228 thereof,                                          Economic Community and the United Nations Relief
Having regard to the recommendation from the                  and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
Commission,                                                   signed on 18 December 1972 is hereby concluded on
                                                              behalf of the Community.
Whereas on 18 December 1972 the European                      The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Deci­
Economic Community signed a Convention (')                    sion .
concerning aid to refugees in the countries of the
Middle East for a period of three years ;                                           Article 2
Whereas owing to the market situation, the Commu­             The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
nity has been unable to provide UNRWA with the                designate the persons empowered to sign the Agree­
whole of the 6 000 metric tons of sugar due under             ment and to confer on them the necessary powers to
Article II ( 1 ) of the Convention ; whereas UNRWA            bind the Community.
has been obliged to buy 2 000 metric tons of sugar
from its own resources ; whereas the Community                Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976.
should reimburse UNRWA according to the Commu­
nity price plus transport in order to fulfil its obliga­                                 For the Council
tions under the Convention ;
                                                                                          The President
Whereas the Convention should be amended to this
effect,                                                                                 M. van der STOEL
(!) OJ No L 304, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 24.