CELEX: 21974A0717(02)
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees on the supply of butteroil as food aid

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                                                      AGREEMENT
              between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works
                       Agency for Palestinian refugees on the supply of butteroil as food aid
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
              of the one part,
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
              of the other part,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and have designated to this end as their Pleni­
              potentiaries :
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES :
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                          Article 1                                                     Article TV
The European Economic Community, hereinafter                    The recipient body shall undertake to make all the
referred to as the 'Community', shall supply as                 necessary arrangements for the transport of the
a gift to the United Nations Relief and             Works       delivered product from the ports of unloading to
Agency for Palestinian refugees, hereinafter      referred      their places of destination.
to as 'the recipient body', 2 000 metric          tons of
butteroil fulfilling the quality and packing      require­
ments specified in Annex I, which forms an        integral                              Article V
part of this Agreement.
                                                                The recipient body shall undertake to distribute the
                         Article II
                                                                product received as aid for purposes of consumption
                                                                and to distribute it to Palestinian refugees free of
                                                                charge.
Deliveries shall be made cif to ports of unloading
in Lebanon or Israel .
                                                                                        Article VI
                         Article III                            The Community shall make a contribution to the
                                                                recipient body to cover the costs incurred in
                                                                carrying out the operations provided for in
The obligations and responsibilities of the Com­                Articles IV and V.
munity and the recipient body, in particular as
regards delivery and the taking of delivery, are
defined in Annex II, which forms an integral part               This contribution shall be 15 units of account per
of this Agreement.                                              metric ton of delivered product.
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The Community shall undertake to pay this                         of recipients ; quantities distributed; places, rate and
contribution as soon as possible after receipt by the             manner of distribution.
Commission of the European Communities of the
information provided for in Article VII.                                                 Article VIII
                                                                  At the request of either of them, the Contracting
                        Article VII                               Parties shall consult each other on any questions
                                                                  concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
The recipient body shall undertake to notify the
Community of the manner in which this Agree­                                              Article IX
ment is implemented. It shall in particular send the
following information to the Commission of the                    This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the
European Communities every three months until the                 Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
quantities received have been fully used up : number              languages, each of these texts being authentic.
                                                          ANNEX I
                                       QUALITY AND CONDITIONS OF PACKING
              I. Quality
                 (a) Characteristics of the product :
                     Concentrated milk fat containing no less than 99-8% of pure fat ;
                 (b) Standard ingredients :
                     (Analysis made at time of manufacture and packing)
                     — moisture and non-fat ingredients of milk : not more than 0-20% ;
                     — fat : not less than 99-8% ;
                     — free fatty acids : not more than 0-5% (expressed as oleic acid);
                     — peroxide level/kg : not more than one unit (in milli equivalents of active oxygen per
                        kg);
                     — taste : ptire ;
                     — smell : absence of smell extraneous to butteroil .
             II. Packing
                 Metal drums of 200 kg each.
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                                                          ANNEX 11
                         PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN/ARTICLE III OF THE AGREEMENT
                           Article 1                                                        Article 3
Delivery shall be effected and all liability shall pass           The Community shall inform the recipient of the ship's
from the Community to the recipient body at the                   estimated date of arrival at the port of unloading at
moment when the goods are either fully unloaded on                least 10 clear days before that date.
quayside or else on siloboat at port of unloading, or on
lighter.                                                          It shall have inserted in the charter-party an undertaking
                                                                  by the Captain to give the recipient body at least 72
                                                                  hours' notice of the probable date of the ship's arrival
The recipient body shall pay all subsequent delivery              in the port of unloading.
costs, including costs of taking delivery.
                                                                                            Article 4
Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading, due to              To implement the provisions of this Annex, the Com­
delay attributable to the recipient body, shall be borne          munity shall appoint an authorized agent whose name
by the latter. The rates and conditions of payment laid           and address it shall make known in good time to the
down in the contract between the authorized agent of              recipient body.
the Community referred to in Article 4, and the carrier
must have been agreed in advance between that agent               The recipient body shall appoint a receiving agent in
and the receiving agent of the recipient body referred            each port of unloading, whose name and address it shall
to in the same Article.                                           make known to the Community before the Agreement is
                                                                  implemented.
                           Article 2                                                        Article 5
The Community shall forward to the recipient body, as             On delivery of the goods the recipient body shall hand
soon as possible after the goods have been shipped, a             to the authorized agent of the Community a receipt for
notice giving the name of the ship, the date of loading,          the goods stating the place and date of their receipt,
the quantity and quality of the goods on loading, the             their nature and quantity and any observations regarding
port of unloading and the daily unloading capacity of             their quality. It shall send a copy thereof to the Com­
that port.                                                        mission of the European Communities.
               Information on the signing of the Agreement on the supply of food aid between the
               European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
                                            for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)
               The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the UNRWA on the
               supply of butteroil as food aid, which the Council decided to conclude on 15 July 1974,
               was signed in Brussels on 17 July 1974 on behalf of the Council of the European
               Communities by:
               Mr Emile Cazimajou, Minister Plenipotentiary,                Chairman of the          Permanent
               Representatives Committee, and
               Mr Durieux, Director, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation at the
               Commission of the European Communities, and on behalf of the UNRWA by :
               Mr Ralph Owren, representative of this body in Europe.