CELEX: 51974PC0491
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-17 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Upper Volta for the supply of cereals as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIT1ES
                                                  COM(74)401 Final
                                                  Brussels , 17 April 1974
                              COUNCIL DECISION
    on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic
         Community and the Republic of Upper Volta for the supply
                           of cereals as food aid
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM(74 ) 491 Final
 ---pagebreak---  MD3 C0U3.CI1» OF ÏÏT.E mOlfiW ttTitfJUDITXES ,
 Having regard i.o *t)io Treaty er^tablish.ms tho Euro p?.<\n Economic Conraunity ,
 and. .in particular Art :!. clew 113 , 114 and 220 "thereof ;
 Having regard to the Recommendation from "the Contra cr.iouj
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
 provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; v.'herean that
 Convention has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 >
Whereas the Republic of Upper-Volta                    , by its letter of Jj.10.1973
has requested food aid :
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Whereas in view of the cereal supply siti\ation in the Republic of Upper-Volta
that country shoiild be accorded , by v:ey of c;i"ft ,                    15 000     r.ets'ic to:is of
 cereals in the form of 12.000 metric tons of uiaize and 3 COO metric tons of'
 sorghum .
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                                           Article 1
On behalf ox the European Economic Cousnmiu'cy an Agreencnt , tho te:rt vrnnreof
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Co:^;uinity
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and the Republic of Upper-Volta for the supply "of maize and sorghum as food
aid .
                                           Article 2
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The President of . the Council is hereby authorised to desi^ntte vliorje v:ho
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are to rsi^n the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite poucrs to bind
the Community . ''                                              ' •             >v •
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Done at Brussels ,                 I9 .  •    .      •       "*                  For the Council
           .• .                  .                                                 The Président
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 BSTiraiS' 'ilis E'JFÏOpEAIT Ï2COKOIÏCO GOlülïmJITY
AlîD EIJ3 RÏJPUBLIC OF UPPER-VOLTA
 COlîCïïrffîïîîG 'j'iS SUPPLY AS FOOD AICJ) Oj?
'CEREALS .
 ---pagebreak---  •L'ilG COUÍJCIL OI-' 'i.'íiG SOROPFZJÍ COIÍIímUTISc! ,
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                                                                    on 'Ilio omo h&nd ,
•RIRØ GOVENJWIILUT O? TIL-; KEPUELIG OF UPPER-VOLTA
                                                                    on /the other hand ,
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IlAV3.il 3)350 1'DKO to conclxi.de "this Agreement and "to 'this end h?,vc dcKi^na'bed
c« ihoir plenipotentiaries :
•nra council a?' ® WRGPS ^I coisniinRcss :
•niis txwidtasRT o? KEJ REPUBLIC OF UPPER-VOLTA
WIO MVE AGRK3D A3 F0ï.L0iï3 :
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                               ' '   Articlo !C
 As a peri of its Food Aid ■ Pro&Twniric (Cereals ) for 1973/74 » the Diropo-n
 Economic Comrh \nity shall supply free to "the Republic of Upper-Volta
 hereinafter referred as the "recipient country", vith 15 000 metric .tons
 of cereals in the form of 12 000 metric tons of maize and 3 000 metric tons
of . sorghum .
                                     Artide .0'
            l
Deliveries will he made in new jute sacks . with a net weight of 56 kg each free
to the places of destination ! to be fixed toy "the recipient country and the
European Economic Community by mutual consent .
                                   .Article ITX
The ohligations end rcaponslbili'txcs of the Suropean IDconornic • CoJSEwniiy «?;id
of the recipient country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery c.re •
defined in the Anne::, which forms en - integral part of this Agreement .
        ..     .    •              Article ?J
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product fro:/: the places of destination on .
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                                   Article V
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The recipient country undertakes to use the proauct receivea as e,id -for
purposes of consumption and to distribute it to people in need free of charge#
                                   Article VI
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5"he Contracting Parties \vndertake to implement this Agreement in si: en a way
as to avoid any prejudice to the normal' structure of doinc'stic production and
international trade . To this end they shall take any measures recftiired to '
ensure that aid supplies are in -addition "'to , end do not replace business
transactions which i.iirht reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies'
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The recipient oouxrtxy chall tefeo any laea&rres required' to prcvexit : •
 (i )          re-export of the products received aw aid and of products and by­
          products reoultin^ froi.i such Hupplienj              •  <
 (:ii ) 'J.'he extort , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last
          delivery , either of the products obtained locally and of the eajse nature
          as the products received as aid or of any products or by-products resulting
          from it .
                                       Article VXJ..L
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•file recipient country undertaker.; to inforra the European Economic Consr-unroy
how tiiis Agreement is being implene:ited « 'lb this end it yhn.ll provide the
CoJiitaiasion of the LVropCc-n C'orvriuiiitiera "every tlirce months until the quantities
received as aid have been fully used : reports indicating in particular number
and nature of the beneficiaries j the quantities distributed , places and
manner of distribution .
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                                            Art 5 cl o IX
The recipient country shall take all appropriate steps to enable those persons ,
duly authorized by the European Economic Community to make on the spot obser­
vations of the operations connected with the implementation of the Agreement .
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                                            Article X       •
At the reqiiest of either party , the contracting parties shall consult one
another on all questions concerning 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---            AMIJSX REFERRED TO IIT AI1TICLE III 0? THE ACTESUKiT
                                  Article 1
Delivery shall "be effected and risks shall pass from the' European Economic
Community to the recipient country at the moment at which the goods actually
reach the place of destination .
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The recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
any transshipment costs<Sid all costs subsequent to delivery .
Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which are attributable
to the recipient country shall be borne by the latter .
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The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient co\mtry , 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 Commmity shall inform the recipient country 01 the
estimated date of arrival of the goods at the place of delivery at least ten
dear days before that date .
The European Economic Community shall be obliged to inform the recipient
country at least tv;o days beforehand of the probable date of arrival of the
goods at the place of delivery .     .                             •
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                                       Article A
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       On delivery a -tolerance of 5 g lens than the quantity of wheat to bo -         j
       supplied "under Article X of the Agreement is permitted.
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         ■       '                     Article 5."                                       I
• To implement the provisions of this Annex, the European Economic Communr .y
       ehall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address shall he marie
       knovm in good time to the recipient country                        '            ,
       The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of
 • delivery, . whose name and address shall he made knovm to the European
        Economic Community before the Agreement is implemented.                           ;
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                                         Article 6                                    .!
     On 'delivery of the goods the country of destination shall hand to the authorize
     a^ent of the European Economic Community a talcing–over certificate , seating, the
     place and date of taking over , the nature and the quantity as well as contigent
     observations about the quality of these goods and shall send a copy thereof to
      the Commission of the European Community .
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