CELEX: 21975A0522(01)
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali on the supply of Maize as food aid

22. 5 . 75                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 131 /21
                                                   AGREEMENT
             between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali on the
                                            supply of maize as food aid
              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 Plenipotenti­
              aries :
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
              THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI :
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                         Article I                                                    Article V
As part of its food-aid programme (cereals) for               The country of destination undertakes to use the
1973/74, the European Economic Community, here­               product received as aid for consumption and to distri­
inafter referred to as the 'Community', shall supply          bute it free of charge to the needy populations.
the Republic of Mali, hereinafter referred to as the
'country of destination', by way of gift, with 6 000
metric tons of maize .                                                                Article VI
                                                              The Community shall grant the country of destination
                        Article II                            funds towards the costs incurred by that country for
                                                              the transport of the delivered products from the port
Deliveries shall be made cif to African ports of              of unloading to the places of destination .
discharge in new jute sacks with a net weight of 50 kg
each .                                                        The maximum amount of this contribution is fixed at
                                                              452 800 units of account.
                        Article III
                                                              The Community undertakes to pay this contribution
                                                              as follows :
The obligations and responsibilities of the Commu­
nity and of the country of destination relating to            — 50 % after the Commission of the European
delivery and receipt are defined in the Annex, which              Communities has received the certificate referred
forms an integral part of this Agreement.                         to in Article 6 of the Annex ;
                                                              — the remainder after receipt by the Commission of
                                                                  the European Communities of the certificates of
                        Article IV                                receipt drawn up in the places of destination, indi­
                                                                  cating the place and date of delivery and also the
The country of destination undertakes to make all the             nature and quantity of the product, and initialled
necessary arrangements for the transport and insur­               by the Inspector of the European Development
ance of the product from the cif stage.                           Fund .
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                          Article VII                                                          Article IX
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this                 The country of destination undertakes to inform the
Agreement in such a way as to avoid any prejudice -to               Community of the manner in which this Agreement
the normal structure of domestic production and inter­              is performed. To this end, it shall communicate the
national trade. To this end, they shall take any                    following information to the Commission of the Euro­
measures required to ensure that aid supplies are in                pean Communities every three months until the quan­
addition to, and do not replace, commercial transac­                tities received as aid have been fully used : quantities
tions which might reasonably be expected in the                     distributed ; number and nature of the beneficiaries ;
absence of such supplies.                                           places, rate and method of distribution .
                         Article VIII                                                          Article X
The country of destination shall , take all appropriate             At the request of either of them, the Contracting
measures to prevent :
                                                                    Parties shall consult each other on any questions
— the re-export of the product received as aid and of               concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
     products and by-products derived from it ;
— the export, commercial or otherwise, within six                                              Article XI
      months from the date of the last delivery, both of
     the product obtained locally which is of the same              This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
     kind as that received as aid or of processed                   Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
      products and by-products derived from it.                     languages, each of these texts being authentic.
                                                                ANNEX
                                        PROCEDURES FOR DELIVERY AND RECEIPT
                            Article 1                                                            Article 4
 Delivery shall be effected and all risk shall pass from the         On delivery of the goods, an allowance of 5 % less than the
 Community to the country of destination at the moment               quantity to be supplied in accordance with Article I of the
when the goods are fully unloaded on quayside at port of             Agreement shall be permitted .
 discharge .
                                                                                                 Article 5
The country of destination shall pay all subsequent delivery
 costs, including costs of taking delivery.
                                                                    To implement the provisions of this Annex, the Community
                                                                     shall appoint an authorized agent whose name and address it
                            Artiiie 2                                shall make known in good time to the country of destina­
                                                                     tion .
The Community shall forward to the country of destination,
 as soon as possible after the goods have been shipped, a            The country of destination shall appoint a receiving agent in
 notice giving the name of the ship, the date of loading, the        each port of discharge, whose name and address it shall
 quantity and quality of the goods on loading and the port of        make known to the Community before the Agreement is
 discharge .                                                         implemented .
                            Article 3
                                                                                                 Article 6
 The Community shall inform the country of destination of
 the ship's estimated date of arrival at the port of discharge at    On deli /ery of the goods, the country of destination shall
 least 10 clear days before that date.                               hand over to the authorized agent of the Community a certifi­
                                                                     cate of receipt which shall set out the place and date of
 It shall have inserted in the charter-party an undertaking by       receipt and the nature and quantity of the goods received,
 the captain to give the country of destination at least 72          together with any comments on the quality of the goods. A
 hours' notice of the probable date of the ship's arrival in the     copy of the certificate shall be sent to the Commission of the
 port of discharge .                                                 European Communities .