CELEX: 21973A1015(01)
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply of food aid in the form of grain sorghum and maize

No L 343 /2                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 12. 73
                                                        AGREEMENT
               between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply
                                   of food aid in the form of grain sorghum and maize
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
               of the one part,
               THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI ,
               of the other part ,
               HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as their Pleni­
               potentiaries :
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
               THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI :
               WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                           Article 1                                                         Article V
As part of its Food Aid Programme ( Cereals ) for                    The country of destination undertakes to use the
the year 1971 /72, the European Economic Com­                        products received as aid for purposes of consumption
munity, hereinafter referred to as the ' Community',                 and to distribute such products to people in need
shall supply 4 000 metric tons of grain sorghum and                  free of charge.
3 000 metric tons of maize as a gift to the Republic
of Mali, hereinafter referred to as the 'country of
                                                                                             Article VI
destination '.
                                                                     The Community shall grant the country of desti­
                          Article II                                 nation a lump sum as its share of the costs incurred
                                                                     by that country for the transport of the delivered
Deliveries shall be made free-at-frontier in new jute                products from the frontier crossing points to the
sacks of a net weight of 50 kilogrammes each.                        places of destination .
                                                                     This amount shall amount to 10 units of account per
                          Article III                                metric ton of goods delivered.
                                                                     The Community undertakes to pay this as soon as
The obligations and responsibilities of the Com­                     possible after receipt by the Commission of the Euro­
munity and the country of destination relating to                    pean Communities of the information referred to in
delivery and the taking of delivery are defined in the             - the first indent of Article IX .
Annex which forms an integral part of this Agree­
ment .
                                                                                             Article VII
                          Article IV                                 The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this
                                                                     Agreement in such manner as to avoid any prejudice
The country of destination undertakes to make all                    to the normal structure of domestic production and
necessary arrangements for the transport and insu­                   international trade. To this end they shall take any
rance of the delivered products from the frontier                    measures required to ensure that aid supplies are in
crossing points to the places of destination .                       addition to, and do not replace, commercial trans­
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actions which might reasonably be expected to take                    — not more than thirty days after taking delivery of
place in the absence of such supplies.                                    each consignment : the places and dates of taking
                                                                          delivery; nature, quantity and quality of the pro­
                        Article VIII                                      ducts delivered;
                                                                      — every three months until the quantities received
The country of destination shall take all appropriate                     as aid have been fully used : a report giving, in
measures to prevent :                                                     particular, the number and type of recipients, the
                                                                          quantities distributed, and the place and method
— the re-export of the product received as aid and                        of distribution .
     of products and by-products derived from it;
— the export, commercially or otherwise, within six
                                                                                                Article X
     months of the last delivery, either of the pro­
     ducts obtained locally, of the same nature as the
     products received as aid, or of any products or                  At the request of either of them, the Contracting
     by-products derived from them .                                  Parties shall consult each other on any questions
                                                                      concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
                         Article IX
                                                                                               Article XI
The country of destination undertakes to inform the
Community as to how this Agreement is being imple­
mented. To this end, it shall provide the Commission                  This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
of the European Communities with the following in­                    Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
formation :                                                           languages, each of these texts being authentic .
                                                              ANNEX
                                    Provisions laid down in Article III of the Agreement
                                                              Article I
              Delivery shall be effected and all risk shall pass from the Community to the country of destination
              at the moment at which the goods actually cross the frontier of the country of destination.
              The country of destination shall pay all costs for taking delivery of the goods, any transhipment
              costs and all costs subsequent to delivery .
              Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which are attributable to the country of destina­
              tion shall be borne by the latter .
                                                              Article 2
              The Community shall notify the country of destination as soon as possible after the goods have
              left the port of shipment, of the date of loading, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded
              on shipment, the port of unloading, and the means of land transport used to transfer the goods
              to the place of delivery .
                                                              Article 3
              The Community shall inform the country of destination of the expected date of arrival of the
              goods at the place of delivery at least ten clear days before that date . It shall confirm that date at
              least two days in advance .
                                                              Article 4
              On delivery , a tolerance of 5 % less than the quantity laid down under Article I of the Agreement
              is permitted .
                                                              Article 5
              To implement the provisions of this Annex, the Community shall appoint an authorized agent
              whose name and address it shall make known in good time to the country of destination.
              The country of destination shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of delivery, whose name
               and address it shall make known to the Community before the Agreement is implemented .