CELEX: 51975PC0097
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-10 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply of cereals as food aid. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---       COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                            COM ( 75 ) 97 final .
                                                 Brussels . 10 march 1975
                                RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                 on the conclusion of an agreement between the
                 European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali
                 for the supply of cereals as food aid .
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                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COM(75 ) 97 final .
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 ---pagebreak---    THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
   Having regard to "the Treaty* establishing the European Eoonomio - Community,
   and in partioular Articles 113 r 1*4 and'223 thereof }            . ,
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   Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
                                                                              I         »
   Whereas the European Econoraio Community has oonoluded the second Convention
                         ( t)
   relating to food aidN ' ,
   Whereas the Republic of Mali has request ed.food. aid;
  Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in                                .r.
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  that oountry should he aooorded , by way of gift , 6 . 000 metric tons
 •0f oereals under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1973/74 .
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                                            Articlo 1
  On behalf of the European Eoonomio Comniunity on Agreement , the text whereof
  is annexed hereto , shall be oonoluded between the Europoan Eoonomio Community
  and the Republic Of Mali for the SUEDIV:. of NNRFTA.1 a na fnrui ai H ,
                           I
                                           'Artide 2
                           f    .    '
 The President of the . Counoil is hereby authorized to designate those who
 are to sign the Agreement and to oonfer on them the requisite powers to bind
'the Community.                                           • *'                                   '
 Done at Brussels ,                 19 «»«*  1                     .     For the Council
                                                •     * ■
                                                                            The Président
                                                                       •        ♦
  ( 1 ) O.J. L 219 of 9.8 1974 , p. 36 .
 ---pagebreak---                AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE REPUBLIC OP MALI CONCERNING THE
SUPPLY AS FOOD AID OP CEREALS .
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 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  ;
                                                        on the one hand ,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI
                                                        on the other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude . this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES s
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI :
 ---pagebreak---                                           ' Artiole I
     A b a part of its Pood Aid Programme (Cereals) for 197y74» "the European
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     Eoonomio Community shall supply, by way pf gift , t o the Republic of Mali
     hereinafter referred as the "reoipient oountry", with 6 000 metric tons__
      of cereals in the foraj 'of. maize . •                                        • •
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                       '•                   Article IX               *•'
                                                             *              * ■               •
     Deliveries will be made . oif to African ports of unloading in new jute sacks
                             •                      V
    with a net weight of 50 kg each.
                                      • " Article XXI '            '
                                               ' ■*                   '   t               '
     The obligations and responsibilities of the European Eoonomio Coragiunity ana
    of the reoipient oountry relating to. delivery and the taking of delivery are
    defined in the Annex, whioh forms an integral part of this Agreement .
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                                         Article IV
    The reoipient oountry undertakes to . make all neoessary arrangements for the
    transport and insurance1 of the produot from the oif stage to places, of destination
                               «
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                                         Artiole V
    The reoipient oountry undertakes to ude the product reoeived &s a^d for
    purposes of consumption and to distribute it to people in need free of oharge .
                                                         *
                                        Artiole VI     .   ,
The European Eoonomio Community shall grant the reoipient oountry funds towards the
oosts inourred by that oountry for the transport of the delivered produots from the
port of_di 8embarkation to places of destination .
The maximum amount of this contribution is fixed at 452.000 u.c .
The Community undertakes to pay this contribution as follows :
- 50 % after the Commission has received the oertifioate mentioned in article 6
    of the annex « •
 ---pagebreak---    . - the remainder after the Commission of the European Communities has received
       the certificates of recept-on establishing the places of destination and
       indicating the place and date of delivery as well as the type and quantity of
       the delivered product , sighted by. the Controleur of the Coramission ._
                                       / rticle VII
 The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way as to
 avoid any prejudioe to the normal struoturq of domestio production and international
 trade . To this end they shall take any mesures required to ensure that aid supplies
 are in addition to . and do not replace business transactions whioh might reasonably
                             *
 be expeoted in the absence of suoh supplies .
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                                         Article VIII                             '
                                                                                         i
 The reoipient country shall take any measures required to prevent t
                                                                i
 (i ) The re-export of the produot reoeived as aid and of produots and by-produots
       resulting from suoh supplies ;                               *. /
 ( ii)The export , oorameroially or otherwise , within six month of the last delivery,
       either of the produot obtained looally and of'the same nature as the produot
       reoeived as aid or of any produots or by-produots resulting from it .
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                                            Artide IX
 The reoipient country undertakes to inform the European Eoonomio Community how
 this Agreement is being implemented. To this end it shall provide the Commission
 of the European Communities every three month until the quantities received as
aid have been fully used ; with the following information t reports indicating in
partioular number and nature of the benefioiaries , the quantities distributed ,
places and manner of distribution.
                                          • Article X                           ,
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall oonsult eaoh
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement . _
                                            Artide XI
This Agreement is drawn up in duplioate in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , eaoh of these texts being aqually authentio .
 ---pagebreak---                   ANNEX TO ARTICLE III OP THE AGREEMENT
                                    Article !•
 Delivery shall be completed and the risks shall pass from the European
 Economic Community to the recipient at the time when the goods are landed on
 the quay.
 The recipient shall bear all costs incurred after delivery , including the
 costs of taking delivery of the goods .
                                   Article 2
As soon as possible after the goods have been loaded on board , the European
                                         J.
Economic Community shall notify the fecipient of the name of the ship , the
loading date , the quantity and the quality of the goods as established at the
                                         4L.
time of loading, the port of unloading and the daily unloading rate in that
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                                  Article 3
                                                                    *
The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient* of the expected
date of arrival of the ship at the port of unloading at least ten clear days
before that date .                       ~
The European Economic Community shall procure the insertion in the charter
of a clause whereby the ship 's master ; shall inform the recipient of the
probable date of arrival at the port at least seventy two hours in advance .
                                 Article 4
                                                                        %<
Upon delivery a margin of up to 5 % below the quantity laid down in Article I
of the Agreement shall be tolerated .
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                                 Article 5
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 add res 8 to the recipient .
The recipient shall appoint a reoeiving agent in each port of . unloading and
shall forward the latter 's name and address to the European Economic Community
prior to the implementation of the Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 6
Upon delivery of the goor     the recipient country shall hand to the agent of
the EEC a certificate! of acceptance stating the port of shipment , date of
acceptance , the nature and quantity of the goods accepted and including any
comments on the quality of the goods and send a copy thereof to the Commission
of the European Communities .