CELEX: 21973A1213(03)
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees on the supply of flour of common wheat and milled rice as food aid

No L 343 / 18                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             13 . 12. 73
                                                    AGREEMENT
              between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works
              Agency for Palestinian refugees on the supply of flour of common wheat and milled
                                                   rice as food aid
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
              of the one part ,
              THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORK AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES '
              of the other 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 PALESTINIAN REFUGEES :
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                         Article I                             the delivered products from the ports of unloading
                                                               to their places of destination .
Within its Food Aid Programme ( Cereals ) for 1972/'
73 , the European Economic Community, hereinafter
referred to as the ' Community ', shall supply as a                                      Article V
gift to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestinian refugees, hereinafter referred to as 'the      The recipient body undertakes to distribute the pro­
recipient body', a consignment of 17 022 metric tons           ducts received as aid for purposes of consumption
of cereals in the form of 9 316 tons of flour of com - *       and to distribute such products to Palestinian refu­
mon wheat and 2 290 tons of milled rice .                      gees free of charge.
                         Article II                                                    Article VI
Deliveries shall be made cif to ports of discharge in
Lebanon or Israel in new jute sacks each weighing              The recipient body undertakes to notify the Com­
50 kilogrammes net.                                            munity of the manner in which this Agreement is
                                                               performed. It shall in particular send to the Com­
                        Article III
                                                               mission of the European Communities the following
                                                               information :
The obligations and responsibilities of the Commu­             — not more than 30 days after the unloading of each
nity and the recipient body, in particular as regards              consignment : the dates of arrival of ships at ports
delivery and the taking of delivery, are defined in                of destination, quantities and condition of the
the Annex, which forms an integral part of this Agree­             product unloaded, dates on which unloading was
ment .
                                                                   completed ;
                        Article IV                             — every three months, until the quantities received
                                                                   as aid have been fully used : number of recipients,
The recipient body undertakes to make all the neces­               quantities distributed, places, timetable and man­
sary arrangements for the transport and insurance of               ner of distribution .
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                        Article VII                                                        Article VIII
At the request of either of them, the Contracting                  This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the
Parties shall consult each other on any questions                  Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
concerning the implementation of this Agreement.                   languages, each of these texts being authentic.
                                                            ANNEX
                                  Provisions referred to in Article III of the Agreement
                                                           Article I
             Delivery shall be effected and all liability shall pass from the Community to the recipient body
             at the moment when the goods are either fully unloaded on quayside or else on siloboat 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 discharge , 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 between
             the authorized agent of the Community referred to in Article 4, 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 discharge 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
             discharge at least 10 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 discharge .
                                                           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 discharge, whose name and
             address it shall make known to the Community before the Agreement is implemented .