CELEX: 21973A1126(04)
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine 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 Palestine refugees on the supply of butteroil as food aid
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
              on the one part,
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES ,
              on the pther part,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and have designated to this end as their
              Plenipotentiaries:
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES :
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                          Article 1                           delivered products from the ports of unloading to
                                                              their places of destination.
The - European Economic Community, hereinafter
 referred to as the 'Community', shall supply as a gift
to the United Nations Relief and "Works Agency for                                     Article V
 Palestine refugees, hereinafter referred to as 'the
recipient body', 2 000 metric tons of butteroil of the        The recipient body undertakes to distribute the
quality and with the packaging specified in Annex I,          products    received     as   aid   for    purposes   of
which forms an integral part of this Agreement.
                                                              consumption and to distribute such products to
                                                              Palestine refugees free of charge.
                         Article U
Deliveries shall be made cif to ports of unloading in
Lebanon or Israel.                                                                    Article VI
                        Article 111                           The Community shall make a contribution to the
                                                              recipient body to cover the costs incurred in
The obligations and responsibilities of the                   carrying out the operations provided for in Articles
Community and the recipient body, in particular as            IV and V.
regards delivery and the taking of delivery, are
defined in Annex II, which forms an integral part of          This contribution shall be 15 units of account per
this Agreement.                                               metric ton of delivered product.
                        Article IV                            The Community undertakes to pay this contribution
                                                              as soon as possible after receipt by the Commission
The recipient body undertakes to make all the                 of the European Communities of the information
necessary arrangements for the transport of the               provided for in the first indent of Article VII.
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                          Article VII                                     quantities   distributed,   places,  timetable     and
                                                                          manner of distribution .
The recipient body undertakes to notify the
Community of the manner in which this Agreement
is performed . It shall in particular send to the                                             Article VIII
Commission of the European Communities the
following information :                                              At the request of either of them, the Contracting
                                                                      Parties shall consult each other on any questions
— not more than thirty days after the unloading of                    concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
    each consignment : dates of arrival of ships at
    ports of destination, quantities and condition of
    the product unloaded, dates on which unloading                                            Article IX
    was completed ;
                                                                      This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the
— every month, until the quantities received as aid                  Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
    have been fully used : number of recipients ,                     languages , each of these texts being authentic.
                                                            ANNEX 1
                                              Quality and conditions of packaging
               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 0·2 °/o
                        — Fat — not less than 99·8 %
                        — Free fatty acids — not more than 0·5 % ( expressed as oleic acid )
                        — Peroxide level/ kg — not more than 1 unit ( in mil ! i equivalents of active oxygen
                           per kg)
                        — Taste — pure
                       — Smell — absence of smell extraneous to butteroil .
              II . Conditions of packaging
                   Metal cans of 20 kg — 1 can per carton .
                                                           ANNEX 11
                                     Provisions referred to in Article III of the Agreement
                                                            Article 1
             Delivery shall be effected and all liability shall pass from the Community to the recipient body
             at the moment when goods are either fully unloaded on quayside or else on silo-boat at
             port of unloading, or on lighter.
             The recipient body shall pay all downstream delivery costs , including costs of taking delivery .
             Any demurrage costs at the port of unloading, due to delay attributable to the recipient body ,
             shall be borne by the latter. The rates and conditions of payment laid down in the contract
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            between the authorized agent of the Community referred to in Article 5, and the carrier must
            have been agreed in advance between that agent and the receiving agent of the recipient;
            body referred to in the same Article.
                                                         Article 2
            The Community shall forward to the recipient body, as soon as possible after the goods have
            been shipped, a notice giving the name of the ship, the date of loading, the quantity and
            quality of the goods on loading, the port of unloading and the daily unloading capacity of
            that port.
                                                         Article 3
            The Community shall inform the recipient of the ship's estimated date of arrival at the port
            of unloading at least ten clear days before that date.
            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 in the port of unloading.
                                                         Article 4
            To implement the provisions of this Annex, the Community shall appoint an authorized agent
            whose name and address it shall make known in good time to the recipient body.
            The recipient body shall appoint a receiving agent in each port of unloading, whose name and
            address it shall make known to the Community before the Agreement is implemented.
            Statement 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 Palestine refugees (UNRWA)
            The Agreement between the European Economic Community and UNRWA on the
            supply of butteroil as food aid which the Council decided to conclude on 16 July
            1973 , was signed in Brussels on 19 October 1973
            on behalf of the European Communities by Mr Otto Møller, Minister-Counsellor,
            Deputy Permanent Representative,
            and Mr J. Durieux, Director in the Directorate-General for Development Aid of the.
            Commission of the European Communities ;
            and on behalf of UNRWA by Mr Ralph Owren , UNRWA Representative in Europe.