CELEX: 21974A1218(03)
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator (UNDRO) on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid for the disaster victims in Honduras

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                                                       AGREEMENT
               between the European Economic Community and the Office of the United Nations
               Disaster Relief Coordinator (UNDRO) on the supply of skimmed-milk powder as
                                   emergency food aid for the disaster victims in Honduras
                THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
                of the one part,
                THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DISASTER RELIEF COORDINATOR (UNDRO ),
                of the other part,
                HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement, and to this end have designated as their
                Plenipotentiaries:
                THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
                THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DISASTER RELIEF COORDINATOR (UNDRO ):
                WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                            Article 1                                                       Article IV
 The European Economic Community, hereinafter
 referred to as the 'Community', shall supply as gift             The recipient body undertakes to obtain from the
 to the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief              Government of the Republic of Honduras the
                                                                  assurance that:
  Coordinator (UNDRO), hereinafter referred to as the
  'recipient body', 90 metric tons of skimmed-milk
 powder for the disaster victims in Honduras.                     (a) the product delivered will be distributed free of
                                                                       charge to the people in need as a result of the
  The quality and packing of the product are specified                  disaster;
  in Annex I, which forms an integral part of this
  Agreement.                                                       (b) it will be distributed by the national and
                                                                        international bodies currently responsible for
                                                                        local relief operations.
                            Article II
                                                                   It also undertakes to supervise distribution, through
                                                                   its representatives in Honduras in cooperation with
  Deliveries shall be made franco European airport in              the distributing bodies.
  accordance with the arrangements set out in Annex II,
  which forms an integral part of this Agreement.
                            Article III                                                      Article V
   The recipient body undertakes to make all necessary             The recipient body undertakes to inform the
   arrangements for the transport and insurance of the             Community of the mode of implementation of this
   product from the airport of despatch to the place of             Agreement as soon as possible after the completion
   destination.                                                     of the operation.
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                           Article VI                                                          Article VII
                                                                      This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
At the request of either of them, the Contracting                     Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
Parties shall consult each other on any questions                     and Spanish languages, each of these texts being
concerning the implementation of this Agreement.                      authentic.
                                                             ANNEX 1
                                                    SKIMMED-MILK POWDER
                                               Quality and packaging requirements
                I. Quality requirements
                   (a) fat content:                        not exceeding 1-5 %
                   (b) water content:                      not exceeding 4-0 °/o
                   (c) total acidity (lactic acid):        not exceeding 0.15 % ( 18° Dornic)
                   (d) test for neutralizing agents:       negative
                   (e) permitted additives:                none
                   (f) test for phosphatasis:              negative
                   (g) solubility:                         not exceeding 0-5 ml (not less than 99 °/o)
                   (h) degree of purity:                   not less than disc B (15-0 mg)
                   (i) germ content:                       not exceeding 50 000 per g
                   (k) strength of colon bacillus:         negative in 0.1 g
                   (1) flavour and smell:                  fresh
                   (m) appearance:                         white or slightly yellowish, absence of impurities and
                                                           coloured particles.
               II. Packing
                   (a) Composition :
                        one 'Kraft' paper bag of a strength representing at least 70 g/m2;
                        one 'Kraft' paper bag with a polyethylene layer of a strength representing at least 80 g
                        + 15 g/m2;
                        three 'Kraft' paper bags of a strength representing at least 70 g/m2;
                        one polyethylene inner bag at least 0.06 mm thick, welded or double-bound.
                    (b) Marking on the packing (in Spanish):
                        LECHE      DESCREMADA          EN    POLVO      DONATIVO         DE    LA    COMUNIDAD
                        ECONOMICA EUROPEA A LA REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS ACCION DE LA
                        OFICINA DEL COORDINADOR DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LOS
                        SOCORROS EN CASE DE CATASTROFE (UNDRO ).
                                                             ANNEX II
                                                 Procedures for delivery and receipt
                             Article 1                                 The recipient body shall bear all costs for taking delivery
                                                                       of the goods, any loading costs and all other costs
 Delivery shall be effected and all risk shall pass from the           subsequent to delivery.
 Community to the recipient body at the moment at                      Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which
 which the goods actually arrive at the specified European             are attributable to the recipient body shall be borne by
 airport.                                                              the latter.
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                       Article 2                            The recipient body shall appoint a receiving agent at
                                                            each place of delivery, whose name and address it shall
                                                            make known to the Community before the Agreement is
The place and date of delivery shall be fixed by mutual      implemented.
agreement between the Community and the recipient
body.
                                                                                     Article 4
                                                             On delivery of the goods the recipient body shall hand to
                        Article 3                           the authorized agent of the Community a certificate of
                                                            receipt which shall set out the place and date of receipt,
                                                            the nature and the quantity of the goods received,
To implement this Annex, the Community shall appoint        together with any comments on the quality of those
an authorized agent, whose name and address it shall        goods. A copy of the certificate shall be sent to the
make known in good time to the recipient body.               Commission of the European Communities.
             Information on the signing of the Agreement between the European Economic
             Community and the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
                                         (UNDRO) on the supply of food aid
             The Agreement between the European Economic Community and UNDRO on the
             supply of skimmed-milk powder as emergency food aid for the disaster victims in
             Honduras, 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 Emile Cazimajou, Minister Plenipotentiary, Chairman of the Deputy Permanent
             Representatives Committee, and
             Mr Durieux, Director for Development and Cooperation at the Commission of the
             European Communities,
             and on behalf of the Office of the United        Nations   Disaster Relief    Coordinator
             (UNDRO) by :
             Mr Faruk Berkol, United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator.