CELEX: 21974A1207(04)
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on the supply of flour of common wheat as food aid

7. 12 . 74                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 328 /51
                                                      AGREEMENT
               between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works
               Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on the supply of flour of common wheat
                                                       as food aid
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
               of the one part,
               THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES,
               of the other part,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement, and to this end have designated as their
              Plenipotentiaries :
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES :
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                          Article I                                                    Article V
 As part of its food-aid programme ( cereals ) for              The recipient body undertakes to distribute the
 1973/74, the European Economic Community,                      product received as aid for purposes of consumption
 hereinafter referred to as the ' Community', shall              and to distribute that product to Palestine refugees
 supply as a gift to the United Nations Relief and              free of charge .
 Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, hereinafter
 referred to as 'the recipient body', a consignment of                                 Article VI
 16 254 metric tons of common wheat in the form of
 10 764 tons of flour of common wheat.
                                                                The recipient body undertakes to notify the
                         Article 11
                                                                Community of the manner in which this Agreement
                                                                is performed. The following information in
 Deliveries shall be made cif to ports of discharge in          particular shall be sent to the Commission of the
 Lebanon or Israel in new jute bags each weighing               European Communities every three months, until the
 50 kg net.                                                     quantities received as aid have been fully used :
                                                                number of recipients, quantities distributed, places,
                                                                timetable and manner of distribution.
                         Article 111
The obligations and responsibilities of the                                          Article Vll
Community and the recipient body, in particular as
regards delivery and the taking of delivery, are               At the request of either of them, the Contracting
defined in Annex II, which forms an integral part of           Parties shall consult each other on any questions
this Agreement.                                                concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
                         Article IV
                                                                                     Article VIII
The recipient body undertakes to make all the
necessary arrangements for the transport and                   This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the
insurance of the delivered product from the ports of           Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
unloading to their places of destination.                      languages, each of these texts being authentic.
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                                                            ANNEX
                                    Provisions referred to in Article III of the Agreement
                           Article 1                               It shall have inserted in the charter-party an undertaking
                                                                   by the captain to give the recipient body at least 72
Delivery shall be effected and all liability shall pass from       hours' notice of the probable date of the ship's arrival
the Community to the recipient body at the moment                  in the port of discharge.
when the goods are either fully unloaded on quayside or
else on siloboat at port of unloading, or on lighter.                                         Article 4
The recipient body shall pay all downstream delivery
costs, including costs of taking delivery.                          On delivery of the goods, a tolerance of 5 °/o less than
                                                                   the quantity to be supplied in accordance with Article 1
Any demurrage costs at the port of discharge, due to                of the Agreement is permitted .
delay attributable to the recipient body, shall be borne by
the latter. The rates and conditions of payment laid
                                                                                              Article S
down in the contract between the authorized agent of the
 Community referred to in Article 5, and the carrier must           To implement the provisions of this Annex, the
have been agreed in advance between that agent and the              Community shall appoint an authorized agent whose
receiving agent of the recipient body referred to in the            name and address it shall make known in good time to
same Article .
                                                                    the recipient body.
                           Article 2                                The recipient body shall appoint a receiving agent in
                                                                    each port of discharge, whose name and address it shall
 The Community shall forward to the recipient body, as              make known to the Community before the Agreement is
 soon as possible after the goods have been shipped, a              implemented .
 notice giving the name of the ship, the date of loading,
 the quantity and quality of the goods on loading, the                                        Article 6
 port of discharge and the daily unloading capacity of
 that port.                                                         Upon delivery of the goods, the recipient body shall hand
                                                                    over to the authorized agent of the Community a
                            Article 3                               certificate of acceptance which shall set out the place and
                                                                    date of acceptance and the nature and quantity of the
 The Community shall inform the recipient of the ship's             goods accepted, together with any comments on the
 estimated date of arrival at the port of discharge at least        quality of the goods. A copy of the certificate shall be
  10 clear days before that date.                                   sent to the Commission of the European Communities.
                Information on the signing of the Agreement between the European Economic
                Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
                                              (UNRWA) on the supply of food aid
                The Agreement between the European Economic Community and UNRWA on the
                supply of flour of common wheat as food aid, which the Council decided to conclude
                on 3 October 1974, was signed in Brussels on 7 October 1974, on behalf of the Council
                of the European Communities by :
                Mr Emile Cazimajou, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Chairman of the Permanent
                Representatives Committee, and
                Mr Durieux, Director in the Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation of
                the Commission of the European Communities,
                and on behalf of UNRWA by :
                Mr Beroudiaux , Representative of UNRWA in Europe.