CELEX: 51974PC1921
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-21 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tchad 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(74)1921 final
                                                       Brussels . 21 November 1974
                              RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                                COUNCIL DECISION
  on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community
       and the Republic of Tchad for the supply of cereals as food aid
                 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(74) 1921 final
 ---pagebreak---  vim- COUNCIL OP TUG KJIJOP&W'CO^MTTIEIS ,
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                          .■ / •
 Having regard to tho Treaty establishing "the European Economic Community ,
 and in parti cular Articles 113 , 114 and 220 thereof $
Having regard, to the Recommendation from the Commission 3
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a. Declaration for
provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; whereas tha.t
Convention has ho en applicable since 1 July 1971 >
Uhereas the Republic of Tchad , by its letter of 20 November 1973 .
has requested food aid ;
Whereas in v:l ew of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Tchad
that country .should be accorded , by v?«?y of gift , lQ. oOO tonnes _of cereals in
the form of 5»000 tonnes of soft wheat , 3.000 tonnes of sorghum and 2.000 tonnes
  of maize .
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D5CID733 :
                                         Article 1
On behalf of the European Economic. Cotfjmmity an Agreement , the *cexo imoreoj.
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded betucen the European Economic Community
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and the Republic     of Tchad for the supply of soft wheat , sorghum and maize
as food aid .
                                         .Article ?.
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                                                              %
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate Those wno
are to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite poucrs to bind
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the Commimity . '
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Done at Brussels ,               19»»'«.       '                  ^or '^ne Council
                                                                   The Président
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BETIFFLJS" TEE LTJFIOPJTAIF ECOKXIIO COIS-IUIJITY
Aim 'J.JK REPUBLIC       OP TCHAD'
COJJCSRIMRA WIS SUPPLY AS POOD AID OJ? CEREALS .
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                                                            on fkc ono hand ,
 TIE GOVIEHIOT? 0? TID3 REPUBLIC OP TCHAD
                                                            on . thé other hsnd ,
                                                     \
HAVE DECIDE!) "to conclude, "this Agreement end to 'this end have designated
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r.3 thoir plenipotentiariea :                                         '
Tills COUiTCIL 07 THK JiHKOPS/tfT COJ-MJIJITISS :
THE GOVJiffi-JIJEKT OP THE REPUBLIC OP TCHAD :
ÏJÏIO H/LVE ACREHÛ II5 F0LL01J3 :
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    As a part of its Food Aid ■ Programme ( Cereals ) fori973/74 » ihe European
    Economic Coninninity shall supply free -to the Republic of Tohad " ■
    hereinaf ter referred as ihe "recipient country", with 10.000 tonnes of . cereals in
' the form of 5.000 tonnes of soft wheat , 3.000 tonnes of sorghum and 2.000 tonnes
    of maize .
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                                             Article 77
    deliveries will he made m new jute sacs with a net weight of 50 kg each to the-
   places of destination ,. to he fixed "by the recipient -country and the i?arep<?an
   Economio Community by mutual oonsent .
   'The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Coj.^nunity and
   of the recipient country relating to delivery 'said the taking of delivery arc
   cLc'I incd. in the Anne .C , v.'hich forris CJV integral part of this Arroej.iont .
                                           Art rie . le XV
   The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the >
   transport raid insurance of the product fror;: the places of destination on .
                                           Arti c l e V                                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 charge . "i
                                           Article V J.           -
  Tne Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a v;ay •
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  as to avoid any prejudice to the normal" structure of domestic production and
  international trade . To this end they shall take any measures recfuired to
  ensure that aid supplies are in 'addition to , and do not replace business
  transactions which night reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .
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                                    •«M**»'»*"*»#***»» - * - »* i* ,
                           4
  The recipient country chall take any Measures roq\iired to prevent :
•(i )     tfhe re-export of the product received as aid find of
          product a and "by-products resulting from such supplies ;
  (ii ) O.'he export , commercially or othennrce . within .six months of the last
          delivery, either of "the product obtained, locally and of the fcrwo nature
          as the product received as aid or of any products or by-products resulting
          from it .
                                     Article vm
 r11'ie recipient country uvjaertcL".^ to infor/i the Jfaropem nconoi'ac Co,.:';".ii. ni'o;,r
 how this Agreement is being implemented , to this end it ahall provn do the
 CoiaoicBion of the irXvopecn C'-o;mnunitics 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 .
                                      < Arti c J o IX
The recipient country shall take all appropriate stops to cnablo 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 .
                                        ΛΓ+.ΙοΙΟ X
At the request 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 .
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                                        Article 1
Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
 Community "to 'Die recipient country at the moment at v/hich the poods have
  actually been discharged at the place of destination ..
ri'he recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
any trail ssh'j. pinent costs and all costs subsequent to delivery .
Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which arc attri1.nrta.ble
to the recipient country shall be borne by the latter#
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                                       .Artic^l^J?
The European Economic Co ::ii "unity shall notify the recipient country , as soon
as possible after the goods have left the port of loading , of the date of
loading, the o/uantity 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 Community shal 1 inform the recipient country oi 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 reci i>i ent
country at least two days beforehand of the probable date of arrival of the
goods at the place of delivery .
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  On delivery a tolerance of 5 ^ less than "the quantity ox wheat to DO
  supplied -under Article I of the Agreement is permitted.                      !
                                    Article 5 -
  To .implement the provisions of this Annex, the European Economic Community
  shall appoint an authorised agent , whose name and address shall "be Made
  known in good time to the recipient country#
  The recipient ooxmtry shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of
  delivery , whose name and address shall "be made known to the European
  Economic Community "before the Agreement is implement ca .                      ;
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                                  ' Article 6
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On delivery of the goods the country of destination shall hand to the authorise
agent of the European Economic Community a taking-over certificate , stating 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 .                                           1