CELEX: 51979PC0295
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Date: 1979-06-07 00:00:00
Title: RACCOMANDAZIONE DI DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO relativa alla firma e al deposito di una dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei protocolli recanti quinta proroga della convenzione sul commercio del grano e della convenzione relativa all'aiuto alimentare, che costituiscono l'accordo internazionale sul grano del 1971. (Presentata dalla Commissione al Consiglio)

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                   RACCOMANDAZIONE DI DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO
  relativa alla firma e al deposito di una dichiarazione di applicazione
  provvisoria dei protocolli recanti quinta proroga della convenzione sul
  commercio del grano e della convenzione relativa all' aiuto alimentare /
  che costituiscono l' accordo internazionale sul grano del 1971 .
              ( Presentata dalla Commissione al Consiglio )
C0M(79 ) 295 def .
 ---pagebreak---          Comunicazione della Commissione
                         "        I II I I ■ 1■ 1 " V
                  al Consiglio
Proposta di decisione del Consiglio relativa alla firma e al
               )
deposito di una dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei
protocolli recanti quinta proroga 'della convenzione sul com­
mercio del grano e della convenzione relativa all' aiuto ali­
mentare / che costituiscono l' accordo internazionale sul gra­
no 1971
 ---pagebreak--- Introduzione
1 . In data 19 marzo 1979 il Consiglio ha deciso ( 5544 / 59 PROBA 30 ) di
    autorizzare La Commissione a negoziare a nome della Comunità i testi
    dei protocolli recanti quinta proroga dell' accordo internazionale sul
    grano del 1971 .
2 . I testi dei protocolli relativi ad una proroga dell' accordo per un
    ulteriore periodo di due anni a far data dal 1° luglio 1979 sono sta­
    ti predisposti nel corso di riunioni tenute a Londra dal 19 al 22 mar­
    zo 1979 . Detti testi figurano nell' allegato 2 .
3 . Occorre ora provvedere alla firma e al deposito di dichiarazioni di ap­
    plicazione provvisoria dei protocolli da parte della Comunità .
                                                      \
Procedura
4 . Le modalità procedurali sono le seguenti :
    a ) La Comunità e tutti i suoi Stati membri depositano entro il 22 giugno
        dichiarazioni di applicazione provvisoria dei protocolli , ai sensi
        dell' articolo 8 del protocollo recante quinta proroga della convenzio­
        ne sul commercio del grano e dell' articolo VIII del protocollo recante
        quinta proroga della convenzione relativa all' aiuto alimentare ;
                               .
                                                              /•
    b ) ciascuno Stato membro della Comunità deposita al più presto , in confor­
        mità delle proprie procedure istituzionali , gli strumenti di adesione ai •
        sensi degli articoli 7 e VII dei protocolli suddetti . La conclusione dei
        protocolli da parte della Comunità come tale verrà effettuata non appe­
        na sarà completata l' adesione di tutti i suoi Stati membri .
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
Note di ordine finanziario
5 . La proroga della convenzione sul commercio del grano implica il mantenimento ,
    al livello attuale e per un ulteriore periodo di due anni a far data dal 1°
    luglio 1979 , dei contributi comunitari al bilancio amministrativo del Consi­
    glio internazionale del grano *
6. La proroga della convenzione relativa all' aiuto alimentare implica il manteni­
    mento per lo stesso periodo dell' attuale obbligo della Comunità di fornire ogni
    anno a titolo di aiuto, alimentare un minimo di 1.287.000 t di cereali ripartiti
    tra la Comunità come tale e i suoi Stati membri in conformità delle decisioni
    adottate al riguardo dal Consiglio delle Comunità europee .
Raccomandazione
7. Il Consiglio è invitato a decidere in merito alla firma e al deposito presso
    l' autorità depositaria , entro il 22 giugno 1979 , dei necessari documenti giu­
    ridici i cui progetti figurano nell' allegato I. »
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ALLEGATO I
                              DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO
                      relativa alla firma e al deposito di una
         dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei protocolli recanti
                   quinta proroga della convenzione sul commercio
                 del grano e della convenzione relativa all' aiuto
         alimentare , che costituiscono l' accordo internazionale sul grano
                                   del 1971
IL CONSIGLIO DELLE COMUNITÀ * EUROPEE ,
visto il trattato che istituisce la Comunità economica europea , in particolare
l' articolo 113,
vista la raccomandazione della Commissione ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ALLEGATO I
DECIDE :
                                 Articolo unico
IL Presidente del Consiglio è autorizzato a designare la persona abilitata
a firmare l' allegata dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei protocoll
recanti quinta proroga della convenzione sul commercio del grano e della con
venzione relativa all' aiuto alimentare , che costituiscono l' accordo interna­
zionale sul grano del 1971 , e a depositare tale dichiarazione presso il go­
verno deòli Stati Uniti d' America .
Fatto a Bruxelles ,                                      Per il Consiglio
                                                          Il Présidente
 ---pagebreak---                                                               ALLEGATO
  Dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei protocolli recanti quinta
  proroga della convenzione sul commercio del grano e della convenzione
  relativa all' aiuto alimentare , che costituiscono l' accordo internazionale
  sul grano del 1971 , i cui testi sono stati redatti nella conferenza tenu-
  tasi a tal fine a Londra il 21 marzo 1979
  La Comunità economica europea non potrà concludere prima del 22 giugno 1979
  le procedure istituzionali di adesione di cui all' articolo 7 del protocollo         !
  recante quinta proroga della convenzione sul commercio del grano del 1971       '    j
  e all' articolo VII del protocollo recante quinta proroga della convenzione          i
  relativa all' aiuto alimentare del 1971 .
  Di conseguenza /, a norma degli articoli 8 e Vili di tali protocolli , la Comu­
  nità fa la presente dichiarazione di applicazione provvisoria dei protocolli ,
  Depositando tale dichiarazione , la Comunità si considera provvisoriamente
  Parte contraente dei protocolli , con tutti i diritti e gli obblighi che ne derivano
, fino a che il Consiglio delle Comunità europee non abbia preso una decisione definì-
  tiva in materia .
                                                 A nome del Consiglio
                                                delle Comunità europee
 ---pagebreak---                   1979 PROTOCOL FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION
                    OF THE FOOD AID CONVENTION ,  1971
                                 f
 The parties to this Protocol ,
Considering that the Food Aid Convention , 1971 ( hereinafter
      referred to as " the Convention ") of the International
      Wheat Agreement , 1971 , which was further extended by
      Protocol in 1978 , expires on 30 June 1979 ,
Have agreed as follows :
                               ARTICLE I
         Extension , expiry and termination of the Convention
            Subject to the provisions of Article II of this
Protocol ,  the Convention shall continue in force between the
parties to this Protocol until 30 June 1981 provided that , if
a new agreement covering food aid enters into force before
30 June 1981 , this Protocol shall rerhain in force only until
the date of entry into force of ! the hew agreement .
                                                               '
                               ARTICLE II
               Inoperative provisions of the Convention
            The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ), ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of
Article II , of paragraph C1 ) of Article III , and of Articles VI
to XIV ,  inclusive , of the Convention shall be deemed to be
inoperative with effect from 1 July 1979.'
 ---pagebreak---                              ARTICLE III
                        International   food aid
      [1 J The parties to this Protocol agree to contribute as
food aid to the developing countries , wheat , coarse grains or
products derived therefrom , suitable for human consumption and
of an acceptable type and quality , or the cash equivalent
thereof , in the minimum annual amounts specified in
paragraph ( 2 ) below :
      (2 ) The minimum annual contribution of each party to this
Protocol is fixed as follows :
                                                      Metric tons
           Argentina                                        23,000
           Australia                                       225 , 000
           Canada                                          495,000
           European Economic Community                 1 , 207 , 000
           Finland                                          14 , 000
           Japan                                           225 , 000
           Sweden                                           35,000
           Switzerland                                      32,000
           United States of America                    1 , 890 , 000
      (3J  For the purpose of the operation of this Protocol , any
party which has signed this Protocol pursuant to paragraph ( 2 )
of Article V thereof , or which has acceded to this Protocol
pursuant to paragraph ( 2 ) or ( 3 ) of Article VII thereof , shall
be deemed to be listed in paragraph ( 2 ) of Article III of this
Protocol together with the minimum ■ contribution of such party as
determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Article V or Article VII of this Protocol .
 ---pagebreak---                                ARTICLE IV
                         , Food Aid Committee
           ' There shall be established a Food Aid Committee whose
membership shall consist of the parties listed in paragraph ( 2 )
of Article III of this Protocol and of those others that become
parties to this Protocol .    The Committee shall appoint a Chairman
and a Vice-Chaintian .
                               ARTICLE V
                               Signature
      (1 )   This Protocol shall be open for signature in Washington
from 25 April 1979 until and including 16 May 1979 by the
Governments of Argentina , Australia , Canada , Finland , Japan ,
Sweden , Switzerland and the United States of America , and by the
European Economic Community and its member States , provided that
they sign both this Protocol and the 1979 Protocol for the fifth
extension of the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971 .
      (2)    This Protocol shall also be open for signature , on the
same conditions , to any party to the Food Aid Convention , 1967
which is not enumerated in paragraph ( 1 ) of this Article ,
provided that its contribution is at least equal to that which
it agreed to make in the Food Aid Convention , 1967 .
 ---pagebreak---                                ARTICLE VI
          Ratif ication , acceptance , approvai or conclusion
           This Protocol shall be subject to ratification ,
acceptance , approval or conclusion by each signatory in
accordance with its constitutional or institutional procedures ,
provided that it also ratifies , accepts , approves or concludes
the 1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of the Wheat Trade
Convention , 1971 .   Instruments of ratification , acceptance ,
approval or conclusion shall be deposited with the Government of
the United States of America not later than 22 June 1979 , except
that the Food Aid Committee may grant one or more extensions of
time to any signatory that has not deposited its instrument of
ratification , acceptance , approval or conclusion by that date .
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                                                           X
                                                        / :
                               ARTICLE VII
                                   Accession
        ( 11  This Protocol shall be open for accession by any party
referred to in Article V of this Protocol , provided it also
accedes to the 1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of the
Wheat Trade Convention , 1971 and provided further that in the
case of any party referred to in paragraph ( 2 ) of Article V its
contribution is at least equal to -that which it agreed to make
in the Food Aid Convention ,        1967 .     Instruments of accession
under this paragraph shall be deposited not later than
22 June 1979 , except that the Food Aid Committee may grant one or
more extensions of time to any party that has not deposited its
instrument of accession by that date .
                                ■ >                 ■ -         4      ,
         (2)  The Food Aid Committee may approve accession to this
Protocol , as a donor , by the Government of any member of the
United Nations , of its specialized agencies or of the
International Atomic Energy Agency , on such conditions as the
Food Aid Committee considers appropriate , provided that the
Government also accedes at the same time to the 1979 Protocol
for the fifth extension, of 'the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971 , if
 not already a party to it .
    .  '                       ■t    '*    ?'            •      ■'  -
         (3 ) Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
 instrument of accession with the Government of the United States
                                          .]
 of America .                    ~
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                                                                   «
                             ARTICLE - VIII
                       Provisional application
           Any party referred to in Article. V of this Protocol may
deposit with the Government of the United States of America a
declaration of provisional application of this Protocol , provided
it also deposits a declaration of provisional application of the
1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of the Wheat Trade
Convention , 1971 ,  Any other party whose application for
accession is . approved may also . deposit with the Government of
the United States of America a declaration of provisional
application , provided that the party also deposits a declaration
of provisional application of the 1979 Protocol for the fifth         „   ' N -
extension of the Wheat Trade Convention ,    1971 , unless it is
already a party to that Protocol or has already deposited a
declaration of provisional application of that Protocol .      Any
such party depositing such a declaration shall provisionally*
apply this Protocol and be provisionally regarded as a party                    (
thereto .                                                           ■   .
                                                                             C
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                                       ARTICLE IX
                                    Entry into force   _
             .*                      X                    t
       (1 )     This Protocol shall enter into force for those parties
that have deposited instruments of ratification , acceptance ,
approval , conclusion or accession
                Ca )      on 23 June 1979 with respect to all provisions
                    *    other than Article II of the Convention and
                          Article III af the Protocol ,  and                    '
                (b)       on 1 July 1979 with respect to Article II of the
                  -   „   Convention and Article III of the Protocol
provided that all parties listed in paragraph ( 1 ) of Article .V
of this Protocol have deposited such instruments or a declaration
of provisional application by 22 June 1979 and that the 1979 "
Protocol for' the fifth extension of the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971
is in force .           For any other party that deposits an instrument of
ratification , acceptance , approval , conclusion or accession after
the entry into force of the Protocol , this Protocol shall enter
into force on the date of such deposit .
        C2 )    If this Protocol does not enter into force in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph ( 1 ) of this Article ,
the parties which by 23 June 1.979 have deposited instruments of
ratification , acceptance , approval , conclusion or accession , or
declarations of provisional application , may decide by mutual
consent that it shall enter into force among those parties that
 have deposited instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval ,
 conclusion or accession , or declarations of provisional
 application , provided that the, 1979 Protocol for the fifth              ,. '
 extension of the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971 is in force , or
 they may take whatever other action they consider the situation
 requires .             '                .
      *                                  i     !■
 ---pagebreak---                                ARTICLE    X
                Notification by depositary Government
            The Government of the United States of America    as  the
depositary Government shall notify all signatory and acceding
parties of each signature , ratification , acceptance , approval ,
conclusion , provisional application of , and accession to this
Protocol .
                               ARTICLE XI
                    Certified copy of the Protocol
           As soon as possible after the definitive entry into
force of this Protocol ,   the depositary Government shall send a
certified copy of this Protocol in the English , French , Russian
and Spanish languages to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the
Charter of the United Nations .    , Any amendments to this Protocol
shall  likewise be communicated .
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                              ARTICLE XII
                  Relationship of Preamble to Protocol
                      >                           ,            *
            This Protocol includes the Preamble to the 1979
Protocols for the fiFth extension of the International Wheat
Agreernent , 1971 .
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF- the undersigned ,   having been duly
authorized to this effectx by their respective Governments or
authorities , have signed this Protocol on the dates appearing
opposite their signatures . '                             "
             The texts of this Protocol in the English , French ,
Russian and Spanish languages shall all be equally authentic.'
The originals shall be deposited, with'the Government Of the
United States of America which shall transmit certified copies
 thereof to each signatory and acceding party .         .
 ---pagebreak---                                 RESOLUTION
     FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF THE WHEAT TRADE CONVENTION AND
                  ThjE FOOD AID CONVENTION CONSTITUTING \ '
                THE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT , 1971
THE CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH THE TEXTS OF THE 1979 PROTOCOLS FOR
THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF THE WHEAT TRADE CONVENTION AND THE FOOD
AID CONVENTION CONSTITUTING THE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT .      1971
Having met in London on 21 March 1979
Considering that the two separate legal instruments , the Wheat
      Trade Convention , 1971 and the Food Aid Convention ,   1971 ,
      which together constitute the International Wheat
      Agreement , 1971 were each extended by Protocol until
       30 June 1975 , were further extended by Protocol until
       30 June 1976 , by the 1976 Protocols for the third time until
       30 June 1978 and by the 1970 Protocols for the fourth time
      until 30 June 1979 ;
Considering that it is desirable to make arrangements for
      maintaining international cooperation in wheat matters and
       continuing a food aid programme with the help of contributions
   .   for the benefit of developing countries during the period
       between the expiry of the 1970 Protocols further extending
       the said Conventions and the coming into effect of a new
       agreement covering wheat and food aid ; and
Considering that the United Nations Conference to Negotiate an
       International Arrangement to Replace the International Wheat
       Agreement , 1971 , as Extended , has recommended the extension
       of the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971 and of the Food Aid
       Convention , 1971 in the light of the work accomplished at
       the Conference ;
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2  -
Having established the texts of the 1979 Protocol for the fifth
           .                                          /
     extension of the Wheat Trade Convention ,   1971 and the 1979
     Protocol for the fifth extension of the Food Aid
     Convention , 1971s
Decides that the English , French , Russian and Spanish texts of
     the Protocols shall be equally authentic )
Requests the Executive Secretary of the International Wheat
     Council to forward copies of the texts of the 1979 Protocols
     for the fifth extension of the Wheat Trade Convention ,    1971
   • and the Food Aid Convention , 1971 to all Governments party
     or provisionally regarded as party to these Conventions as
     further extended by the 1978 Protocols , or which are members
     of the United Nations , of its specialized agencies or of
     the International Atomic Energy Agency , and are listed in
     Annex A or Annex B of the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971j
Requests that such texts , authenticated by the signature of the
      Executive Secretary of the Council , be. forwarded to the      '
      Government of the United States of America , which is designated
      as depositary of the Protocolsj ,
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Requests the Government of the United States of America upon
     receipt of the authenticated texts to arrange for the
     Protocols to be open for signature in Washington during the
     period laid down in Article 5 of the 1979 Protocol for the
     fifth extension of the'Wheat Trade Convention ,   1971 and in
     Article V of the 1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of
     the Food Aid Convention , 1971 and to register them , upon
     their coming into force , with the Secretariat of the United
     Nations , in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of
     the United Nations ;
Draws the attention of . Governments to the procedures provided for
     in Article 6 of the 1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of
     the Wheat Trade Convention ,  1971 and in Article VI . of the
     1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of the Food Aid
     Convention , 1971 , and invites Governments to deposit
     instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval or
     conclusion on or before 22 June 1979 , or , if they
     cannot complete their constitutional and institutional
     procedures in time , to deposit a declaration of provisional
     application in accordance y</ith Article 8 of the
      1979 Protocol for the fifth extension of the Wheat Trade
     Convention , 1971 and Article VIII of the 1979 Protocol for
      the fifth extension of the Food Aid Convention , 1971 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           2-
           1979 PROTOCOLS FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF THE
  WHEAT TRAOE CONVENTION AND FOOD AID CONVENTION CONSTITUTING
              THE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT , 1971
                                 PREAMBLE
           The Conference to establish the texts of the 1979
Protocols for the fifth extension of the Conventions
constituting the International Wheat Agreement , 1971
Considering that the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 was
     revised , renewed or extended in 1953 , 1956 , 1959 , I^BZ ,
     1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 ,  1971 , 1974 , 1975 ,  1976 , and 1976 ,
Considering that the International Wheat Agreement , 1971 ,
     consisting of two separate legal instruments , the Wheat
     Trade Convention , 1971 and the Food Aid Convention , 1971 ,
     both of which were further extended by Protocol in 1978 ,
     will expire on 30 June 1979 ,
Has established the texts of the 1979 Protocols for the fifth
     extension of the Wheat Trade Convention ,         1971 and for the
     fifth extension of the Food Aid Convention ,         1971 .
 ---pagebreak---           1979 PROTOCOL FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF
                THE WHEAT TRAOE CONVENTION , 1971
The Governments party to this Protocol :
Considering that the Wheat Trade Convention , 1971  ( hereinafter
     referred to as " the Convention ") of the International Wheat
     Agreement , 1971 , which was further extended by Protocol
     in 1978 , expires on 30 June 1979 ,
Have agreed as follows :
                                ARTICLE 1
         Extension , expiry and termination of the Convention
            Subject to the provisions of Article 2 of this Protocol ,
the Convention shall continue in force between the parties to this
Protocol until 30 June 1901 provided that , if a new international
agreement covering wheat enters into force before 3Q June 1981 this
Protocol shall remain in force only until the date of entry into
force of the new agreement .
                                 ARTICLE 2
                Inoperative provisions of the Convention
             The following provisions of the Convention shall be deemed
 to be inoperative with effect from 1 July 1979 :
       (a )  paragraph ( 4 ) of Article 19i
       (b)   Articles 22 to 26 inclusivej
       (c )  paragraph ( 1 ) of Article 27j
       (d )  Articles 29 to 31 inclusive .
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                                ARTICLE 3                             •
                                Definition
           Any reference in this Protocol to a " Government " or
" Governments " shall be construed as including a reference to the
European Economic Community ( hereinafter referred to as " the Community'' )
Accordingly , any reference in this , Protocol to " signature " or to the
" deposit of instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval 'or
conclusion " or " an instrument of accession " or "a declaration of
provisional application " by a Government shall , in the case of the
Community , be construed as including signature or declaration - of
provisional application on behalf of the Community by its competent
authority and the deposit of the instrument required by the
institutional procedures of the Community to be deposited for the
conclusion of an international agreement .
                                 ARTICLE 4
                                  Finance
           The initial contribution of any exporting or importing
member acceding to this Protocol under paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of Article 7
thereof , shall be assessed by the Council on the basis of the votes
to be distributed to it and the period remaining in the current
crop year , but the assessments made upon other exporting and importing
members for the current crop year shall not be altered .
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                                 ARTICLE 5
                                 Signature
           This Protocol shall be open for signature in Washington
from 25 April 1979 until and including 16 May 1979 by Governments
of countries party to the Convention as further extended by the
1978 Protocol , or which are provisionally regarded as party to the
Convention as further extended by the 1978      Protocol , on
21 March 1979 , or which are members of the United Nations , of its
specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency ,
and are listed in Annex A or Annex B to the Convention .
                                 ARTICLE 6
          Ratif ication , acceptance , approvai or conclusion
           This Protocol shall be subject to ratification , acceptance ,
approval or conclusion by each signatory Government in accordance
with its respective constitutional or institutional procedures .
Instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval or conclusion shall
be deposited with the Government of the United States of America not
 later than 22 June 1979 , except that the Council may grant one or
more extensions of time to any signatory Government that has not
deposited its instrument of ratification , acceptance , approval or
 conclusion by that date .           -
 ---pagebreak---                                  ARTICLE 7
                                 Accession
      ((11 )) This Protocol shall be open for accession
        ,
        /     (a ) until 22 June 1979 by the Government of any member
                    listed in Annex A or B to the Convention as of that
                   date , except that the Council may grant one or more
                   extensions of time to any Government that has not
                   deposited its instrument by that date , and
              (b)  after 22 June 1979 by the Government of any member
                   of the United Nations , of its specialized agencies
                   or of the International Atomic Energy Agency , upon
                   such conditions as the Council considers appropriate
                   by not less than two thirds of the votes cast by
                   exporting members and two thirds of the votes cast
                    by importing members .
      (2 )    Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
instrument of accession with the Government of the United States
of America .
       (3 )   Where , for the purposes of the operation of the Convention
and this Protocol , reference is made to members listed in Annex A
or B to the Convention , any member the Government of which has acceded
to the Convention on conditions prescribed by the Council , or to this
Protocol in accordance with paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this Article , shall
be deemed to be listed in the appropriate Annex .
 ---pagebreak---                                  ARTICLE 8
                        Provisional application
           Any signatory Government may deposit with the Government
of the United States of America a declaration of provisional
application of this Protocol .      Any other Government eligible to
sign this Protocol or whose application for accession is approved
by the Council may also deposit with the Government of the         '
United States of America a declaration of provisional application .
Any Government depositing such a declaration shall provisionally
apply this Protocol and be provisionally regarded as a party thereto .
                                 ARTICLE 9
                             Entry into force
     (1 )   This Protocol shall enter into force among those
Governments which have deposited instruments of ratification ,
acceptance , approval , conclusion or accessior , or declarations of
provisional application , in accordance with Articles 6 , 7 and 8 of ,
this Protocol by 22 June 1979 as follows :
             (a ) on 23 June 1979 with respect to all provisions of
                  the Convention other than Articles 3 to 9 inclusive
                  and Article 21 , and              v
             (b)  on 1 July 1979 with respect to Articles 3 to 9
                  inclusive , and Article 21 of the Convention ,
if such instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval , conclusion
or accession , or declarations of provisional application have been
deposited not later than 22' June 1979 on behalf of Governments
representing exporting members which held at least 60 per cent of the
votes set out in Annex A and representing importing members which
held at least 50 per cent of the votes set out in Anne* B. or would
have held such votes respectively if they had been parties to the
Convention on that date .         i
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      (2)   This Protocol shall enter into force for any Government
that deposits an instrument of ratification , acceptance , approval ,
conclusion or accession after 22 June 1979 in accordance with the
relevant provisions of this Protocol , on the date of such deposit
except that no part of it shall enter into force for such a
Government until that part enters into force for other Governments
under paragraph C1 ) or ( 3 ) of this Article .
      (3 )   If this Protocol does not enter into force in accordance
with paragraph (1 ) of this Article , the Governments which have
deposited instruments of ratification , acceptance , approval ,-
conclusion or accession , - or declarations of provisional application ,
may decide by mutual consent that " it shall enter into force among
those Governments that have deposited instruments of ratification , '
acceptance , approval , conclusion or accession , or declarations of
provisional application .
                          ARTICLE 10
           Notification by depositary Government
            The Government of the United States of America as the
 depositary Government shall notify all signatory and acceding
                               *
 Governments of each signature , ratification , acceptance , approval ,
 conclusion , provisional application of , and accession to , this
 Protocol as well as of each notification and notice received
 under Article 27 of the Convention and each declaration and
 notification received under Article 28 erf the Convention .     .
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                              ARTICLE 11
                  Certified copy of ths Protocol
           As soon as possible after the definitive entry into force
of this Protocol , the depositary Government shall send a certified
copy of this Protocol in the English , French , Russian and Spanish
languages to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for
registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the
United Nations .   Any amendments to this Protocol shall likewise be
communicated *
                              ARTICLE 12
               Relationship of Preamble to Protocol
           This Protocol includes' the Preamble to the 1979 Protdcols
for the fifth extension of the International Wheat Agreement , 1971 .
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned , having been duly
authorized to this effect by their respective Governments or authorities
have signed this Protocol on the dates appearing opposite their
signatures .
           The texts of this Protocol in the English , French , Russian
and Spanish languages shall be equally authentic .   The originals shall
be deposited with the Government of the United States of America , which
shall transmit certified copies thereof to each signatory and acceding
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party and to the Executive Secretary of the Council .
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