CELEX: 51974PC2097
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Afghanistan for the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(74)2097 final
                                                     Brussels , 17 December 1974
                             RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                               COUNCIL DECISION   .
               on the conclusion of an Agreement "between the
                 European Economic Community and the Republic
               of Afghanistan for the supply of skimmed milk
                              powder as food aid
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(74) 2097 final
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COM4UHITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomio Community
end in particular Artioles 113 , 114 arid 228 thereof ?
Havirg regard to the RecoaMeadatioa from the Co»Eissio*{
Whereas the Cotmoil in Regulation (EBC ) no . 1826/74 of 11 July 1974 on the
supply of skin med milk powder as food aid deeIced ta ns&k® 300 tons
      cf skimmed milk powder available to the Republic of Afghanistan#
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                                   Article 1                                  j
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An Agreement between the European Economio Community and the Republic of Afghanistan
for the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid is hereby conoluded on        j
"behalf of the European Eoonomio Community . The text of the Agreement is       !
 annexed to this Decision .
                                   Artide 2
 The President of the Counoil 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 .
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                                                      For the Council
                                                        The President
 ---pagebreak---                          AOREEMENT
          BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
          AND THE REPUBLIC OP AFGHANISTAN
ON THE SUPPLY OP FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF RKIWED MILK POWDER
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                           of the on© part .
THE GOVERNMENT OP  THE REPUBLIC OP AFGHANISTAN
                                                           of the ether part ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end faav® designated at
their plenipotentiaries *
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPE/LB" COMMUNITIES l
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THE GOVERNMENT OP  THE REPUBLIC OP AFGHANISTAN
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS *
 ---pagebreak---                                       «* 2 *■*
                                  ÂFtTICliE I
       European Economic Community ehall supply by way of gift to the
   Ffpiiblio of Afghanistan                    (hereafter referred to &a
 "tha recipient eouaixyn ) a quantity of 300 tonnes           of skimmed milk powder .
£li© cuality and packaging conditions are specified in Aonax I which fores mi
ixt'ssgral part of the present Agreemit *
                                  ARTICLE II
JteliwciatJ shall be effected under the arrangements provided in Aronex II
?rteoh .fo?SMi an integral part of the present Agreement *
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                                 ARTICLE III
The recipient country undertakes to make all neoessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the products from point of delivery to places of i
destination .                                                                        >:
It undertakes to exeroise the greatest, care to ensure that the tendering            .j
arrangements for sea transport do not prejudice the free play of fair com- !
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petition# Any problems arising in this connection shall be the subject of ■
consultations under Article VIII of the present Agreement *                             i
                                  ARTICLE IV               .                            i
 JJJ,€ recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur­
 ports of consumption and to distribute it free of charge to the people in need®
 ---pagebreak---                                 ARTICLE V
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement thiB Agreement in such a way
as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of national production
and international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required
to ensure that supplies as aid are in addition to and do not replace business
transactions which might reasonably be expected in the absence of suoh supplies .
                                ARTICLE VI
The recipient country shall take all steps required to prevents
(i )   the re–export of the product received as aid and also of any products
       resulting therefrom §
(ii ) the export , commercially or .otherwise , within a period of six months ■
       commencing from the final delivery , either of any product procured
       locally of the same nature as that received as aid, or of any products
       resulting therefrom.                                                     1
                                ARTICLE VII
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The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
of how this Agreement is implemented. To this end it shall provide the
Commission of the European Communities with the following details :
 (i )  Immediately after the unloading of each cargo t ports and dates of
       arrival of vessel j nature , quantity and any observations as to the
       quality of the products unloaded j date on which unloading was completed j
       oosts of sea transport and of insurance relating thereto *
 (ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully
       used ! quantities distributed j number and nature of beneficiaries }
       places , rates and method of distribution .
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                              ARTICLE VIII
The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either consult eaoh other
on any questions oonoerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                              ARTICLE IX
This Agreement is drawn up in duplioate in the Danish , Dutch , EhgliBh ,    <.
French, German and Italian languages , each of these texts having equal force .
 ---pagebreak---                                     SKIMMED MILK POWDER
 I , Quality regmrements
     (a)  fat oontent                          not exceeding 1,5 %
     (b ) moisture content                     not exceeding 4»0 %
     (c ) total acidity ( lactic acid.)        not; exceeding 0,15 $ (18° Dornic )
     (d ) test for neutralizing agents         negative
     (e ) permitted additives                  none
     (f ) test for phosphatasis                negative
     (g)  solubility                           not exceeding 0,5 ®1 (not lees than 99
     (h)  degree of purity                     not less than disc B ( 15 fO og )
     (i ) bacteria content                     not exceeding 50 000 per g
     (k ) strength of colon bacillus           negative in 0,1 g
     (l ) flavour and smell                    fresh
     (m)  appearance                           white or slightly yellowish ,          ;
                                               absence of impurities and oo loured
                                               partioles                    --
II . Packaging
     (a ) containing 25 kilogrammes net weight
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     (b ) composition of packing:                                                       h
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          (aa ) 4 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70 g per m ; :
                 1 interposed tar-lined paper bag of a strength representing at
                   least 140 g per m2j
                 1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0»06 mm thick, welded or double-
                   bound
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     or (bb ) 1 Mclupak-poly-duplo" paper bag of a strength representing at
                   least 50/20/50 per m2j
                 2 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70/75 g P01* m
                 1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0,10 mm (thick welded or double-
                   bound )
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er (ee ) 1 Kraft    paper bag ef a strength represanting at least 70 g/m
          1 Kraft   paper bag with a polyethylene layer of a strength
            representing at least 80 g + 15 g/m2
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          3 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70 g/m
          1 polyethylene inno* bag at least 0t06 mm thick, welded or double-
            bound
(o ) marking on the paokaging in English t
     SKIMMED MILK POWDER           -
     GIFT OP THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY    ;
     TO THE REPUBLIC OP AFGHANISTAN
     TO DISTRIBUTE FREE OF CHARGE
 ---pagebreak---                              Général provisions
                                  Artiole 1
 Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass from the European Eoonomio
 Community , hereinafter referred to as the EEC , to the reoipient country at
 the moment at whioh the goods are put down at the point of exportation
 named by the Commission of the European Communities at the berth speoified      '
 by the reoipient oountry or its agent referred to in Article 2 and under the
 terms specified in the following artioles . Without prejudice to Articles 7
 and 8 the EEC shall bear all costs up to delivery and the reoipient oountry
 those beyond such delivery .
                                   Artiole 2
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 The EEC shall appoint an agent to implement the provisions of the present
 Annex - or for each consignment - whose name and address it shall make known
 to the reoipient country immediately following his appointment .
 The reoipient country shall appoint an agent in the port or ports of shipment ,
 whose name and address it shall make known to the EEC with all despatch and
 if possible before the appointment of agent of the EEC .
                                   Artiole 3
 Before implementing the procedures for appointing the agent of the EEC
 referred to in Artiole 2 , the Commission of the European Communities and
 the reoipient oountry shall jointly establish the period during which
 delivery must begin .
              Obligations of the European Eoonomio Community
         1
                                   Artiole 4    •                  r
 Should the EEC not be in a position to carry out delivery on the date , and
'(if applicable ) on the sohedule as provided in Artiole 6 , all oosts arising
 for the reoipient oountry »• for example demurrage void freight and dead freight
 shall be borne by the EEC .
 ---pagebreak---      Should the recipient country be unable to begin loading on the date provided
     for in Artiole 6 , paragraph 1 , the agent of the reoipient country shall inform
     the agent of the EEC without delay .
     In this event a new date for the commencement of delivery and (if applioable )
     a new schedule could be agreed between the agents of the EEC and of the
     reoipient country . The oosts arising from this delay shall in all oases except
     force ma.jeure be borne by the reoipient country .
    Should the new date provided for in paragraph 2 be more than 30 dear days
    after the date for loading provided for in Artiole 6 , paragraph 1 , the EEC
    may dispose of the goods without prejudice to its oommitment under Artiole 1
    of this Agreement .                 1                                     ;
                                  Article 8
    If the quantity made available for loading on a vessel cannot be put on
   board in its entirety, the recipient country shall inform the EEC as soon
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    as possible and not later than fifteen clear days after loading has been
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   completed whether it intends to accept or to renounoe the belanoe .
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    In the former oase the provisions of Artiole 7 » paragraphs 2 and 3 , shall
   apply to the balanoe , if delivery has riot yet taken place .
   In the latter oase the EEC may oonsider that it has disoharged ^ts oommitment
  to the reoipient country under Article 1 of this Agreement and shall bear
  the oosts resulting from such renunciation .
   In any event after the expiry of an interval of fifteen clear days and in
  the absence of any notioe on the part of the reoipient oountry , the renun­
  ciation shall be deemed to have taken plaoe .
                                  Article 9
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  Upon delivery of the goods , the recipient country shall hand to the agent of
  the EEC a certificate of acceptance stating the port of shipment , date of
  aoceptanoe , the nature and quantity of the goods aooepted and inoluding any
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  comments on the quality of the goods and send oopy thereof to the Commission
  of the European Communities .