CELEX: 51973PC0664
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-04 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION CI1 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                             COM(73 ) 664 final
                                                      Brussels . 4      1973
                        RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
           concluding the agreement between the European Economic Community
           and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the supply of skimmed milk
           powder as food aid.
                    ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
                                               )•      •              ■
  COM( 73 ) 664 final
 ---pagebreak---      RSCOSMTDÙTXOIT FOR A CGUÏÏCIL E3CISI0Ë
concluding the agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt
on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMtWITIES ,
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 Council in Regulation (EEC ) HO . 2721/72 (l ) on the supply of
skimmed milk powder as food aid decided to make 2000 metric tons of skimmed
milk powder available to the Arab Republic of Egypt ,
HAS DECIDEDt
                                       Article 1
In agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of
Egypt on the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid is hereby concluded on
behalf of the European Economic Community . The text of the Agreement is annexed
to this Decision .
                                       Article 2
The President of the Council is authorized to designate the persons empowered
to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the powers required in order to
bind the Community .
Done at Brussels ,             ■ 19 ....                        For the Council
                                                                 The President
 (1 ) OJ No . L 291 , 28 December 1972 , p . 28 .
 ---pagebreak---                AGREEMEHT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECOITOMIC COMMUNITY
                  A1ÏÏJ
        THE ARAB REPUBLIC OP EGYPT
   OU THE SUPPLY OF SKIMMED MILK POWDER
              AS FOOD AID
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                           on the one part .
THE GOVERNIIENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ,
                                                           on the other part ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement , ancl-for this purp&se- have named as
plenipotentiaries :               ....
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :  '                                  '
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article  1
The European Economic Goiraunity shall supply free to the Arc.b iieputlic of
Egypt , hereinafter referred to as "recipient country ", 2000 metric tons of
skimmed milk powder of the quality , and packaged as specified in Annex I ,
which form an integral part of this Agreement .
                                 Article  2
The deliveries shall he made cif to ports of unloading in the recipient
country .
                                 Article  3
The duties and obligations of the European Economic Community and of the
recipient country , in particular as regards delivery and acceptance , are
defines in Annex II , which forms an integral part of this Agreement ,
                                 Article  4
The recipient country undertakes to make all the neoessary arrangements for
the transport and insurance of the deliveries from the ports of unloading to
their destinations .
                                 Article  5
The recipient country undertakes to use the product recieved as aid for human
consumption and to distribute it free to the refugee populations .
 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 6
The contracting parties undertake to so implement this Agreement as to avoid
any damage to the normal structure of national production and international
trade . For this purpose , they shall take the neoessary staps to ensure that
the supplies of aid are additional to and are not in lieu of trading operation©
which could reasonably "be expected in the absence of such supplies .
                                     Article 7
The recipient country shall take the appropriate steps to prevent :
- reexport of the product received as aid and any products derived therefrom }
- the export for trade or otherwise , within six months from the date of the
  last delivery , both of locally-produced skimmed milk powder of the same kind
  as that received as aid and of processed products derived therefrom .
                                     Article 8
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
of the circumstances surrounding the implementation of this Agreement . For this
purpose , it shall communicate to the Commission of the European Communities the
following information :
- thirty days at the latest after the unloading of each consignments port and
  date of ship 's arrival ; kind , quantity and quality of products unloaded ; date
  on which unloading was completed ;
- every three months until the quantities received as aid have been used up :
   quantities distributed , number and nature of the beneficiaries , places , rate
   and manner of distribution .
 ---pagebreak--- The recipient country shall take all appropriate steps to enable those persons
duly authorized "by the European Economic Community to make on the spot obser­
vations of the operations connected with the implementation of the Agreement .-
    \
                                    Article 10
At the request of either party , the contracting parties shall consult one another
on all questions concerning the application of this Agreement .
                                    Article 11
This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Butch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX I
                                   SKIMMFD MILK POWDER
Quality requirements
(a ) fat content                           not exceeding 1.5 p
(b ) water content                         not exceeding 4»0 %
(c ) total acidity (lactic acid)           not exceeding 0.15    (lS° Dornic )
(d ) test for neutralizing agents          negative
(e ) permitted additives                   none
(f ) test for phosphatasis                 negative
(g ) solubility                            not exceeding 0.5 ml (not less than 99 %)
(h)  degree of purity                      not less than disc 3 (l5«0 nig )
(k ) germ content                          not exceeding 50 000 per gr
(k ) strength of colon bacillus            negative in 0.1 gr
(l ) flavour and smell                     fresh
(m ) appearance                            white or slightly yellowish , absence of
                                           impurities and coloured particles
Packaging
(a ) containing 25 kilogrammes net weight
(b ) composition :
                                                                               2
     (aa ) 4 Kraft paper "bags of a strength representing at least 70 g per m ;
           1 intercalated "bag of tar-lined paper of a strength representing at
             least I40 g per m^j
           1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0.06 mm thick , welded or double-boundj
or (bb ) 1 bag of clubpack-poly-duplo-paper of a strength representing at least
             50/20/50 g per m2j                                                  >
                                                                                   2
           2 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70/75 S per m 5
           1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0.10 mm thick , welded or doubl abound.
(c ) marking on the packaging, in English !
     SKIMMED MILK POWDER
     GIFT GF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE ARAB REPUBLIC OP EGYPT
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 MTTEX II
                        ANNEX TO ARTICLE III OF THE AQHEEKETIT
                                    Article  1
Delivery shall be completed and the risks shall pass from the European Economic
Community to the recipient country as soon as the goods are actually taken in
charge in the ship 's hold at the port of unloading.
The recipient country shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery of the goods ,
including the costs of unloading (breaking bulk , hoisting, taking delivery , fox
example ) as well as any lighterage costs .
Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of unloading shall , as the
case may be , be borne by or paid to the recipient country. The rates and
conditions of payment applying to any contract between the Community agent
referred to in Article 4 and- the carrier must have been prviously agreed
between that agent and the receiving country 's agent referred to in the same
Article .
                                    Article  2
The European Economic Community shall forward to the recipient country , as
soon as possible after the goods have been shipped , a notice giving the name
of the ship , the date of loading, the quantity and quality of the goods on
loading and the port of unloading.
                                    Article  3
The European Community shall inform the recipient country of the ship 's
presumed date of arrival at the port of unloading at least ten clear days
before that date .
The European Economic Community shall cause to be inserted in the charter-
party an undertaking by the captain to give to the recipient country at
least 72 hours' notice of the probable date of the ship 's arrival in the
port .
 ---pagebreak---                                                  \
                                    Article   4
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 country.
The recipient country shall appoint an agent in each port of unloading ,
and shall forward the latter' s name and address to the European Econoraic
Community prior to implementation of the Agreement .