CELEX: 51975PC0191
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-30 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Catholic Relief Services for the supply of cereals as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM(75)191 final
                                                    Brussels . 30 April 1975
                         RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                          COUNCIL DECISION
             on the conclusion of an agreement "between the
                 European Economic Community and the
    Catholic Relief Services for the supply of cereals as food aid
             (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(75) 191 final
 ---pagebreak---  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof }
 Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
 Whereas the European Economic Community has concluded the second food aid
 Convention ( l ),
 Whereas the Catholic Relief Service has provided information about the needs ,
 in cereals , of vulnerable groups of persons in Chile ; it is . recommended to
 accord this organisation , by way of gift , 11,952 metric tons of cereals in
the form of T * 915 metric tons of soft wheat flour under the Community 's
 food aid programme for 1972/73 •
DECIDES :
                                                                           I
                                      Article 1
                                      1 > J    1
On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement , the text whereof
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Community
and the Catholic Relief Services for the supply of soft wheat flour as food
aid .
                                      Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate those who
are to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind
the Community.
Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                              The Président
( 1 ) O.J. L 219 of 9.8.74 , p. 36
 ---pagebreak---             AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES CONCERNING
THE SUPPLY AS POOD AID OF CEREALS .
 ---pagebreak---   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                           on the one hand .
  THE CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
                                                           on the other hand
  HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
  as their plenipotentiaries :
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
• THE CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES :
  WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS î
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article I
  As a part of its Pood Aid Programme (cereals ) for 1972/73 , the European
  Economic Community shall supply, "by way of gift , the Catholic Relief Services
  hereinafter referred as the "recipient organ i sat i on" , with 11,952 metric tons
     cereals in the form of 7,915 metric tons of soft wheat flour .
                                Article II
 ■Deliveries will be made cif ports of unloading in Chile in new cotton sacs
with a netweight of 50 kg each .
                                Article III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
of the recipient organisation relating to delivery and the taking of delivery
are defined in the Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                Article IV
The recipient organisation undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for
the transport and insurance of the product from the cif stage to places of
destination .
                                Article V
The recipient organisation undertakes to use the product received as aid for         ,
purposes of consumption and to distribute it free of charge . This distribution
to the vulnerable groups of population in Chile must be assured by the intermediary
of its linked organisation in that country, namely Caritas Chile .
                               Article VI
The recipient organisation undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
how the Agreement is being implemented . iTo this end it shall provide the Commission
of the European Communities every three monthsuntil the quantities received as aid
have been fully used with the following information : reports indicating in partic­
ular the number and nature of the beneficiaries , the quantities distributed ,
places and manner of distribution .                                      .
 ---pagebreak---                               Article VII
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                              Article VIII
This Agreement is drawn up m duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , Ehglish , French ,
German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic *
 ---pagebreak---            ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE III OP THE AGREEMENT
                               Article 1
 Delivery shall be completed and the risks shall pass from the European
 Economic Community to the recipient organisation 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 recinient shall bear all costs incurred after delivery, including the
 costs of taking delivery of the goods .
 Any demurrage at the port of unloading for delays for which the recipient
 organisation 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 organisation 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 organisation 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 organisation 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 shall procure the insertion in the charter
party of a clause whereby the ship 's master shall inform the recipient
organisation of the probable date of arrival at the port at least seventy
two hours in advance .
                               Article 4
Upon delivery a margin of up to 5 % below the quantity laid down in Article I
of the Agreement shall be tolerated .
 ---pagebreak---                            Article- 5
The European Economic Community shall appoint an agent to implement the
provisions of this Annex and shall in good time forward the latter 's name
and address to the recipient organisation .
The recipient organisation shall appoint a receiving agenl^in each port of
Tin loading 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 organisation shall hand to the
agent of the European Economic Community a certificate of acceptance stating'
the port of shipment , date of acceptance , the nature and quantity of the
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goods accepted and including any comments on the cpiality of the goods ?md
send a copy thereof to the Commission of the European Communities .