CELEX: 21974A1218(04)
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on the supply of common wheat and Maize as food aid

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                                                     AGREEMENT
             between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
                                 on the supply of common wheat and maize as food aid
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
             of the one part,
             THE . GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA,
             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 GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA :
             WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                         Article I                                                    Article V
As part of its food-aid programme (cereals) for 1973/         The country of destination undertakes to use the
74, the European Economic Community, hereinafter              consumption and to distribute them free to people in
referred to as the 'Community', shall supply the              consumption and to distribute them free to people
Islamic Republic of Mauritania, hereinafter referred          in need.
to as the 'country of destination', by way of gift,
with 8 000 metric tons of common wheat and 2 000
metric tons of maize.
                                                                                      Article VI
                         Article 11
                                                              The Community shall grant the country of
                                                              destination a lump-sum contribution for the costs of
Deliveries will be made in new jute sacks of a net            forwarding the products from the cif stage to the
weight of 50 kg each, cif port of unloading in the            places of destination.
country of destination.
                                                              This contribution shall amount to 50         units of
                        Article III                           account per metric ton of delivered product.
The obligations and responsibilities of the                   The Community undertakes to pay this contribution
Community and of the country of destination                   as soon as possible after receipt by the Commission
relating to delivery and receipt are defined in the           of the European Communities of the certificate
Annex, which forms an integral part of this                   referred to in Article 6 of the Annex.
Agreement.
                        Article IV                                                    Article VII
The country of - destination undertakes to make all           The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this
necessary arrangements for the transport and                  Agreement in such a way as to avoid any prejudice
insurance of the products from the cif stage to places        to the normal structure of domestic production and
of destination .                                              international trade. To this end they shall take any
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measures required to ensure that aid supplies are in               Agreement. To this end it shall provide the
addition to, and do not replace, commercial                        Commission of the European Communities, every
transactions which might reasonably be expected in                 three months until the amounts received as aid have
the absence of such supplies .                                     been fully used, with the following information :
                                                                   quantities distributed, number and description of the
                                                                   recipients, place and manner of distribution.
                          Article VIII
                                                                                               Article X
The country of destination shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent :                                              The country of destination shall take all necessary
                                                                   measures to enable the persons duly authorized by
— the re-export of the products received as aid and                the Community to observe on-the-spot the
     of products and by-products resulting from such               operations involved in the implementation of this
     supplies ;                                                    Agreement.
— the export, commercially or otherwise, within six                                           Article XI
     months of the last delivery, either of local
     produce of the same nature as that received as                At the request of either of them, the Contracting
     aid or of any products or by-products resulting               Parties shall consult each other on any questions
     from it.                                                      concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
                                                                                              Article XII
                           Article IX
                                                                   This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in
The country of destination undertakes to inform the                the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and
Community of the mode of implementation of this                    Italian languages, each of these texts being authentic.
                                                            ANNEX
                                              Procedures for delivery and receipt
                            Article 1                               shipped, a notice giving the name of the ship, the date of
                                                                    loading, the quantity and quality of the goods on loading
 Delivery shall be effected and all     . shall pass from the       and the port of discharge.
 Community to the country of destination at the moment
 at which the goods are actually taken in charge in the
                                                                                               Article 3
 ship's hold at the port of discharge.
 The country of destination shall bear all costs subsequent         The Community shall inform the country of destination
 to delivery of the goods, including the costs of discharge        of the ship's estimated date of arrival at the port of
 (such as breaking bulk, hoisting, taking delivery) as well         discharge at least 10 clear days before that date.
 as any lighterage costs.
                                                                    It shall have inserted in the charter-party an undertaking
 Any demurrage or despatch money at the port of                     by the captain to give the country of destination at least
 discharge shall be borne by or paid to the country of             72 hours' notice of the probable date of the ship's
 destination. The rates and conditions of payment laid              arrival in the port of discharge.
 down in the contract between the authorized agent of the
 Community referred to in Article 5 and the carrier must                                       Article 4
 have been agreed in advance between that agent and the
 receiving agent of the country of destination referred to
 in Article 5 .                                                     On delivery of the cargo, an allowance of 5 °/o less than
                                                                    the quantity laid down under Article I of the Agreement
                                                                    shall be permitted.
                            Article 2                                                           Article 5
 The Community shall forward to the country of                      To implement this Annex, the Community shall appoint
 destination, as soon as possible after the goods have been         an authorized agent whose name and address it shall
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make known in good time to the country of destination.                                 Article 6
                                                              On delivery of the goods the country of destination shall
                                                             hand to the authorized agent of the Community a
                                                             certificate of receipt, which shall set out the place and
The country of destination shall nominate a receiving        date of receipt, the nature and the quantity of the goods
agent in each port of discharge, whose name and address       received, together with any comments on the quality of
it shall make known to the Community before the               those goods. A copy of the certificate shall be sent to the
 Agreement is implemented.                                    Commission of the European Communities.
              Information on the signing of the Agreement between the European Economic
                     Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on the supply of food aid
               The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Mauritania on the
               supply of common wheat and maize as food aid, 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 Etienne Burin des Roziers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
               Chairman of the Permanent Representatives Committee, and
               Mr Hans-Broder Krohn, Director-General for Development and Cooperation at the
               Commission of the European Communities,
               and on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania by :
               Mr Ely Ould Allaf, Ambassador, Representative of the Government of Mauritania
               to the European Economic Community.