CELEX: 51973PC1566
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-24 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Senegal for the supply of maize as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(73 ) 1566 Final
                                                Brussels , 24 September 1973
                             RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                               COUNCIL DECISION
           on the conclusion of an agreement between the European
             Economic Community and the Republic of Senegal for
                       the supply of maize as food aid
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 COM (73 ) 1566 Final
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 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COI-SIUIHTIES ,
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 Having regard "to "fcho Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 223 thereof j ■
 Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commissionj
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
 provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention j whereas that
 Convention has been applicable since 1 July 1971 J
Whereas the Republic of Senegal                       , by its letter of 7 December 1973 »
has requested food aid ;
Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Senegal
■that country should be accorded , by way of gift , 5*000                  metric tons
of maize                      under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1972 /73. 5
DECIDES :
                                               Article 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 Republic of Senegal                                  for the supply of maize
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. '*                                    "            •     v.
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Done at Brussels ,                    1$,S, .     ' •                   For the Council
                                  <                                      Tho Président .
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 ---pagebreak---                 • AGREERENT
BETWEETT THE EUR0PM1T ECOKDI-IIC COIE-IUIHTY
ALFL) THE REPUBLIC OP SENEGAL
COHCEROTUG THE SUPPLY AS FOOD AID OF
              MAI2E
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THE COUIJCIL OP THE EUROPEAiT COHIUMTISS .
                                                         on tho one haiid ,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OP SENEGAL
                                                         on the other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end havo designated
as their plenipotentiaries : '                                          '
THE C0U1ICIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :                        ■ '
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL                    ■        '. .
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :                    '
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Articie I
 As a port of- its Food Aid - Programme ( Cereals ) forl972/73 » the European
 Economic Community shall supply free to the Republic of Senegal ,                ,
 hereinafter referred as the "recipient country", with       5*000         metric tons
 of maize .
                                    Article II
 Deliveries will be made m new jute bags to the places of destination , to be
 fixed by the recipient country and the European Economic Community by
mutual consent *
                                   Article III
 The obligations and responsibilities of. the European Economic Community end
 of the recipient country relating to delivery and the talcing of delivery are
 defined in the Annex , which forms an - integral part of this Agreement .
                                   Article TV
 The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
 transport and insurance of the product from ports of unloading to places
 of destination ..
                                   Article V '                             r
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.The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for
 purposes of consumption and to distribute it to people in need free of charge .
                                   Article VT
 The Contracting Parties "undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way
 as to avoid any prejudice to the normal- : structure of domestic production and
 international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to
 ensure that aid supplies are in -addition 'to , and do not replace business
"transactions which might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .
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                                      Article VTI                                           t
The recipient country Ghall take any measures required to prevent :
 (i )        The re-export of the product received as aid and of
             products resulting from such supplies j
 (ii ) The export , commercially or otherwise within six months of the last-
             delivery , either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature
             as the product received as aid or of any processed products resulting
             from it .
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                                      Article ÏÏI1
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
how this Agreement is "being implemented . To this end it shall provide the
Commission of the European Communities with the following information :
(i )         Hot later than thirty days after the taxing over of each cargo :
        . ; places and dates of taking over        '         J nature , quantity and quality
             of the overtaken products }      -      - ... -                    I
(ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have "been fully
            used : reports indicating in particular number and nature of the
            "beneficiaries , the quantities distributed , places and manner of aistri-
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            "butiôn .                                             •          ;
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                                      Article IX -
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall consult
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each other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
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                                      Article X
                                                                                              .
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English, French,
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German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---             A2JHEX REFERRED TO HT ARTICLE III 0? THE AGREEMENT
                                  Article 1
Delivery shall "be effected and. risks shall pass from "the European Economic
                                                 /
Community to the recipient country at the moment at whioh the goods aotually
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reaoh the place of destination.                \
The recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
any transshipment costs and all costs subsequent to delivery .
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Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which are attributable
"to the reoipient country shall "be "borne by the latter.
                                  Article 2      ■
The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country , as soon
                                                          j
as possible after the goods have left the port of loading , of the date of
loading, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at loading , the
port of unloading and the means of land transport used to transfer the goods
to the place of delivery .
                                  Article 3
The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient country of the
 estimated date of arrival of the goods at the place of delivery at least ten
olear days before that date .             - ~
                                              1
 The European Economic Community shall be obliged to inform the reoipient
 oountry at least two days beforehand of the probable date of arrival of the
 goods at the place of delivery .
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On delivery a tolerance of 5 % less than the quantity of wheat to "be
supplied under Article I of the Agreement is permitted .
                                Article 5 --
To implement the provisions of this Annex , the European Economic Community
shall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address shall "be made
known in good time to the recipient country .             1
The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of
delivery , whose name and address shall "be made known to the European
Eoonoraio Community before the Agreement is implemented.