CELEX: 21974A1218(02)
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the Agreement of 25 March 1974 between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Somalia on the supply of flour of soft wheat and husked rice as food aid

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                                                      AGREEMENT
            in the form of an exchange of letters amending the Agreement of 25 March 1974
            between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of
                Somalia on the supply of flour of soft wheat and husked rice as food aid
                                  A. Letter from the European Economic Community
            Sir,
            With reference to the Agreement of 25 March 1 974 between the European Economic
            Community and the Democratic Republic of Somalia on the supply of flour of soft wheat
            and husked rice as food aid, which provides that the products supplied as food aid are to
            be sold on the local market, and the request by the Democratic Republic of Somalia that
            in view of the deterioration in the food supply situation in Somalia, the effect of which is
            to threaten the survival of certain sections of the population, the European Economic
            Community authorize the free distribution of these products to the people in need, I have
            the honour to propose to you the following amendments to the abovementioned Agree­
            ment :
            1 . The following shall be substituted for Article V :
                'The country of destination undertakes to use the products received as aid for purposes
                 of consumption and to distribute them free to people in need.'
            2 . The last sentence of Article VI shall be deleted .
            3 . The following shall be substituted for points 2 and 3 of Article VIII :
                 '2. every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully used : a situa­
                      tion report giving the number and description of recipients, the quantities distri­
                      buted, and where and how they were distributed .'
            I shall be obliged if you will inform me whether your Government can agree to the
            above .
            Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                     of the European Communities
                                  B. Letter from the Democratic Republic of Somalia
            Sir,
            I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, reading as
            follows :
                   'With reference to the Agreement of 25 March 1974 between the European
                   Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Somalia on the supply of
                   flour of soft wheat and husked rice as food aid , which provides that the products
                   supplied as food aid are to be sold on the local market, and the request by the
                   Democratic Republic of Somalia that in view of the deterioration in the food supply
                   situation in Somalia , the effect of which is to threaten the survival of certain sections
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               of the population, the European Economic Community authorize the free distribu­
               tion of these products to the people in need, I have the honour to propose to you the
               following amendments to the abovementioned Agreement :
               1 . The following shall be substituted for Article V :
                   "The country of destination undertakes to use the products received as aid for
                   purposes of consumption and to distribute them free to people in need."
               2. The last sentence of Article VI shall be deleted .
               3 . The following shall be substituted for points 2 and 3 of Article VIII :
                   "2. every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully used : a
                        situation report giving the number and description of recipients, the quanti­
                        ties distributed, and where and how they were distributed."
               I shall be obliged if you will inform me whether your Government can agree to the
               above .'
          I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Democratic Republic of
          Somalia agrees to the amendments proposed in your letter.
          Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                     For the Government
                                                           of the Democratic Republic of Somalia
          Information on the signing of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of
          letters amending the Agreement of 25 March 1974 between the European
                    Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Somalia
          The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the Agreement of 25
          March 1974 between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic
          of Somalia on the supply of flour of soft wheat and husked rice as food aid , which the
          Council decided to conclude on 17 December 1974, was signed in Brussels on 18
          December 1974, on behalf of the Council of the European Communities by :
          Mr fitienne Burin des Roziers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chairman
          of the Permanent Representatives Committee and
          Mr Hans-Broder Krohn, Director-General for Development and Cooperation at the
          Commission of the European Communities,
          on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Somalia by :
          Mr Mohamed Omar Giama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia's
          Representative to the European Economic Community.