CELEX: 51975PC0182
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-24 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Rwanda 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)182 final
                                                       Brussels . 24 April 1975
                          RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                             COUNCIL DECISION
             on the conclusion of an agreement between the
                  European Economic Community and the
        Republic of Rwanda for the supply of cereals as food aid
              (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(75) 182 final
 ---pagebreak---  nuns COUÏÏOÏJ ; OJ? nm l'iasoïmw cjowroïwsi ,
 Having? rcjrj-d to tho Treaty establishing tho Euro pern Economic Courrunity,
 Mid .in particular Articles 113 » 114 anc'- 220 thereof }
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 Having refvr.rd to the Recommend ati on from the Commission ; .
 Vfiierer.s the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
 provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; whereas that
 Convention has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 5
 Whereas the Republic of Rwanda has requested food aid }
 Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in Rwanda that country should
"be accorded , by way of gift , 1,500 metric tons of cereals under the Community
 Pood Aid Programme for 197 0/7 1 5 and 1,500 metric tons of cereals under the
 programme for 1973/74 * The quantity of 3»000 metric tons of cereals shall be
delivered in the form of 1,986 metric tons of soft wheat .
                                           Article 1
 On behalf of the European Economic Community en Agreement , txie toirfc whereof
 is annexed hereto , shell be concluded between the European Economic Community
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 end tho Republic of Rwanda for the supply of cereals as food aid .
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                                           Article 2                        •
                                             «
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 The President of *che Council is hereby authorized to designate those who
ore to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind
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the Community . '                                ,              *      '       '•
Bono at lirussels ,                19*»'«*         .   -         Pc«• the Council
                                                                  Tho Présidant
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KÎ7KJÏ3W THE LUROPEAIT ECOïïOLÎÏC GOIî-iWilTY
AllD THE REPUBLIC OP RWANDA
COIJCERFinG TIE SUPPLY A3 FOOD All') OP
CEREALS .
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                                                             on "oho one. hand ,
TIE GOVJ-EiJi'IEIIT 0? TIM REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
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                                                             on . the o'bhcr hano ,
HAVE 1)330 IDKD "to conclude -this Acreomart and to 'this end have doai^nateci
r.rs "thoiir plenipotonii&ries :
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TÏÏ3 00VOTH5ÜKÏ OP EFJU KEPUBLIC OP RWA MBA :
WIO H '.713 AOïïRHD AS POLLOVJ' ; :
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                                                      Artiale I
   Xhe European Economic Community shall supply, by way of gift , the Republic of
   Rwanda , hereinafter referred to as the " recipient country" with 3,000 metric
   tons of cereals in the form of 1,986 metric tons of flour of soft wheat of
   which
   - 1,500 metric tons of cereals as a part of its Pood Aid Programme (cereals )
         for 1970/71
   - 1,500 metric tons of cereals as a part of its Pood Aid Programme ( cereals )
         for 1973 /74 .
                                          * .
                                                      Article II
  Deliveries will be made in new cotton sacs with a net weight of 50 k£? each ,
   half franco Kigali , half franco Ruhengeri .
                                                     .Aréole HT      .
  The obligr.iions P»d rcEtponsibilities of tfc© European Economic Cowminity nad
  of "the recipient country relating to delivery r- .nil the taking of delivery arc
  defined in the Anne;::, which, forms rn - integral pr.rt of this Asroeiaont .
                  „                                  Art-.ic.lc XV
  '.[lie recipient country unueric,kes to nc.ke all neocsssry arrangements ' for the
  transport and insurance of the product front the places of destination on .
                                                     Article V                    . ■ ;
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  The recipient country undertakes * to use the product received as aid for
  purposes of consumption and to distribute it to people in need free of charre
                                                     Article VI             .
                               *                                   .     *'   ' 1
  The Contracting Parties \uidertake to implement this Agreement in such a way
  an to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of dornVstio production and
  international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to
  ensure that aid supplies are in -addition to , end do not replace business
  trancactionn which might reaoonp^ly be expected in the absence of suoh suppli
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                                     '  Ar+ioln VTÏ
 The reca pient ooxmtry ohull take any laeacvres . required -to proveuv.:
                     , * "
•(i )     '..?iie re-c-rpori of 'the product received as aid find of
          products resulting frow suoh nupplieaj                     ,
  (ii ) rJ 'h3 export , commercially or otherm no , within r>ix rnontha of the last
          doliyery, cither of tho . product obtained locally end of.'fcho anus nature
          as the product received aa aid or of any products result ing . from it .
                                        T^iclo^vr'.T
 •Ilie recipient country undertake® to inforra the *j3iiro peril .EooiIomio Cownunvfcy
 how thin .Agreement is being implenentect , To this end it ohall provide the
 Co:'mi:i.r.f:ion of the 'Jfe-opef n G ornvmmties every three months until the quantities
 received as aid have "been fully used : reports indicating in particular number
 and nature of the beneficiaries , the quantities distributed , places and
 manner of distribution .
                           \ .
                                         t Article TX       . '  ■     ■ 4
The reoipient oountry shall take all appropriate step3 to enable those persona
duly authorized by the European Economio Community to make on the spot obser­
vations of the operations conneoted with the implementation of the Agreement .
                               *           Article X
At the request of either party , the contracting parties shall consult one
another on all questions conoerning the application of this Agreement .
                                           Article XX
This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---            ANNEX REPERR7® TO IIT ARTICLE III 0? THE AGItEEMEHT
                                 / rticle 1
Delivery shall "be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
Community to the reoipient -country at the moment at which the goods actually
arrive and have been unloaded at the place of destination .
The recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
any transshipment costs and all costs subsequent to delivery .
Any costs remitting from delays in taking delivery v:hich are attributable
to the recipient country shall "be "borne by the latter .
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                                  Article 2 .
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The European Economic Commimity, shall notify the recipient country , as soon
as possible after the goods have left the port of loading, of the date of
loading, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at loading , the
port of unloading and the means of land transport used to transfer the goods
to the place of delivery .                                  .
                                  Article 3
The European Economic Comimmity shall inform the recipient country of the
estimated date of arrival of the goods at the place of delivery at least ten
clear days before that date .                                  .
                                 *
The European Economic Community shall be obliged to inform the reoipient
country at least two days beforehand of the probable dato of arrival of the
goods at the place of delivery .    '
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 4
   On delivery a tolerance of 5 t° less than the quantity of wheat to he          j
   supplied under Article I of the Agreement is permitted .                        1
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                                   Article 5 •
  To implement the provisions of this Annex , the European Economic Community !
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  shall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address shall "be made        j
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  known in good time to the recipient country .                                    I
  The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of           j
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  delivery , whose name and address shall he made known to the European
  Economic Community before the Agreement is implemented .
                             V        • • ■
                                  Article 6
On delivery of the goods the country of destination shall hand to the authorid
agent of the European Economic Community a taking-over certificate , stating til
place and date of taking over , the nature and the quantity as well as contiger]
observations about the quality of these goods and shall send a copy thereof to!
the Commission of the European Community.               •                -       i