CELEX: 51979PC0295
Language: nl
Date: 1979-06-07 00:00:00
Title: AANBEVELING VAN BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD inzake de ondertekening en de nederlegging van een verklaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van de Protocollen houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwe-handelsverdrag en het Voedselhulpverdrag, welke te zamen de Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen (door de Commissie bij de Raad ingediend)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (79) 295
Vol. 1979/0113
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSIE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN
                                                   COM ( 79 ) 295 def .
                                                   Brussel , 7 juni 1979
                       AANBEVELING VAN BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD
            inzake de ondertekening en de neder legging van een ver­
            klaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van de
            Protocollen houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwe-
            handelsverdrag en het Voedselhulpverdrag , welke te .zamen
            de Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen
                   ( door de Commissie bij de Raad ingediend )
                                                          #               7 •
                                                           v.           ■
  COM ( 79 ) 295 def .
 ---pagebreak---                Mededeling van de Commissie aan de Raad
 Voorstel voor een besluit van de Raad inzake de ondertekening en de
nederlegging van" een verklaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing
 van de Protocollen houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwehandels-
 verdrag en het Voedselhulpverdrag, welke te zamen de Internationale
                     Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen      '
 ---pagebreak---    Inleiding                                                              '
  1      De Raad besloot op 19 maart 1979 ( 5544 / 59 / ROBA 30 ) de Commissie te machtigen
        om namens de Gemeenschap te onderhandelen óver de teksten van de Protocollen
        houdende vijfde verlenging van de Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 .
  2.    Tijdens de van 19 tot en met 22 maart 1979 in Londen gehouden vergaderingen
        werden de teksten van de Protocollen opgesteld voor de verdere verlenging van
        de Overeenkomst met twee jaar vanaf 1 juli 1979 .       Deze teksten zijn als
        bijlage 2 bijgevoegd .
  3.    Thans dienen maatregelen te worden genomen voor de ondertekening en de
        nederlegging van verklaringen 1 betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van de
        Protocollen door de Gemeenschap . ..
  Procédure
  4.    De te volgen procedure is als volgt :
        (a)   De nederlegging van de verklaringen betreffende de voorlopige .toepassing
              van dé Protocollen moet overeenkomstig artikel 8 van het Protocol
              houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwehandelsverdrag en artikel VIII
            - van het Protocol houdende vijfde verlenging van het Voedselhulpverdrag
              door de Gemeenschap en al haar Lid-Staten gelijktijdig plaatsvinden
              voor 22 juni .        -
        (b)   De nederlegging van de akten van toetreding , overeenkomstig respec­
              tievelijk artikel 7 en artikel VII van de Protocollen moet zo spoedig
              mogelijk door elke Lid-Staat van de Gemeenschap geschieden, in overeen­
              stemming met de nationale institutionele procedures .      De sluiting van de
              Protocollen door de Gemeenschap als zodanig zal plaatsvinden zodra de
              toetreding van èlle Lid-Staten is voltooid .
;                 i                       !                     ' '
 ---pagebreak--- Financiële gevolgen
5.   De verlenging van het Tarwehandelsverdrag houdt verdere voortzetting in van de
     contributies van de Gemeenschap aan de administratieve begroting van de '
     Internationale Tarweraad voor 2 jaar vanaf 1 juli 1979 op het huidige niveau .
6.   De verlenging van het Voedselhulpverdrag houdt voortzetting in voor dezelfde
     periode van de voor de Gemeenschap bestaande verplichting om jaarlijks ten
     minste 1 287 000 ton voedselhulp inde vorm van granen te leveren, overeen­
     komstig de betrokken besluiten van de Raad van de EEG . verdeeld over de
                        <             . !
     Gemeenschap als zodanig en haar Lid-Staten .
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Aanbeveling _   .■ .      .                                        .          '
7.   De Raad wordt verzocht voor 22 juni 1979 te besluiten over de ondertekening en
     de nederlegging bij de depot-autoriteit van de nodige juridische documenten /
     waarvan ontwerp-teksten als bijlage 1 zijn bijgevoegd .
 ---pagebreak---                                                              BIJLAGE 1
                                BESLUIT VAN DE RAAD
                                   van
                   inzake de ondertekening en de neder legging
   van een verklaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van de Protocollen
                         houdende vijfde verlenging van
                            het Tarwehandelsverdrag en
                              het Voedselhulpverdrag ,
         welke te amen de Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen
DE RAAD VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN,
Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Economische Gemeenschap,
inzonderheid op artikel 113 ,
Gezien de aanbeveling van de Commissie,
                                     • ι
 ---pagebreak---                                          2
 BESLUIT :
                                              \
                                   Enig artikel
De Voorzitter van de Raad wordt gemachtigd de persoon aan te wijzen die bevoegd is
de aan dit besluit gehechte verklaring betreffende voorlopige toepassing van de
Protocollen houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwehandelsverdrag en het Voedsel-
hulpverdrag , welke te zamen de Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen, te
ondertekenen en deze bij de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika neder te
leggen .
Gedaan te Brussel ,                                         Voor de Raad
                                                            De Voorzitter
 ---pagebreak---                                                          BIJLAGE
Verklaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van de Protocollen houdende vijfde
verlenging van het Tarwehandelsverdrag en het Voedselverdrag , welke te samen de
Internationale Tarweovereenkomst 1971 vormen, van welke Protocollen de teksten
werden opgesteld op de daartoe op 21 maart 1979 te Londen gehouden conferentie
De in artikel 7 van het Protocol . houdende vijfde verlenging van het Tarwehandels-
verdrag 1971 en de in artikel VII van het Protocol houdende vijfde verlenging van
het Voedselhulpverdrag 1971 bedoelde institutionele procedures zullen in de
Europese Economische Gemeenschap niet vóór 22 juni 1979 kunnen worden afgewikkeld .
Derhalve legt de Gemeenschap overeenkomstig de artikelen 8 en VIII van de onder­
scheiden Protocollen deze verklaring betreffende de voorlopige toepassing van deze
    . κ                                                             ,
Protocollen af . Door het neder leggen van deze verklaring beschouwt de Gemeenschap
zich voorlopig als Partij bij de Protocollen, met alle rechten en verplichtingen
die daaruit voortvloeien totdat de Raad van de Europese Gemeenschappen een
definitief besluit dienaangaande heeft genomen . >
                                                         Namens de Raad van de
                                                        Europese Gemeenschappen
 ---pagebreak---                   1979 PROTOCOL FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION
                    OF THE FOOD AID CONVENTION ,  1971
 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 1970 , 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 rertain in force only until
the date of entry into force of' the hew agreement .
                                   ί;                   ,   .  ,
                                ARTICLE II
               Inoperative provisions of the Convention
            The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ), ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of
Article II ,, of paragraph ( 1 ) 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 .
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                                ARTICLE  III
                           International  food aid
     ( 1J  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                 1,267,000
           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 aqceded to this Protocol
pursuant to paragraph ( 2 ) or ( 3 ) of Article VII thereof , shall
be deemed to be listed in paragraph ( 23 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-Chairman .
                              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
          Ratification , acceptance , approvai 3r 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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                             ARTICLE VII
                              Accession
      (1 ) 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 exten-sion 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 .
      (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 .
      (3 ) Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an
instrument of accession with the Government of the United States
                                   'i
of America .             . ■ m
 ---pagebreak---                               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
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 bs provisionally regarded as a party
thereto .           .
 ---pagebreak---                                  ARTICLE IX
                              Entrv into force
       (1 )  This Protocol shall enter into force for those parties
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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 of the Protocol , and ~  ,
             lb )   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 .                    .
       [2 \  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 .                       .
 ---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 .;
 ---pagebreak---                              ARTICLE XII
                 Relationship of Preamble to Protocol
           This Protocol includes the Preamble to the 1979
Protocols 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 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
                THE 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 m London on 21 Marc h 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 1978 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 1978 Protocols further extending
     the said Conventions and the coming into effect of a new
     agreement covering wheat and food aidj 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 Conferences
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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 , 1971 ;
Decides that the English , French, Russian and Spanish texts of
      the Protocols shall be equally authentic ;
Requ ests 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 197B 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 , 1971 *
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 Protocols ;
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                                  - 3
  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
  9    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 with 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---           1979 PROTOCOLS FOR THE FIFTH EXTENSION OF THE
  WHEAT TRADE CONVENTION AND FOOD AID CONVENTION CONSTITUTING
             THE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT , , 1 971
                                 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 , 1'962 ,
     1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1960 ,  1971 , 1974 , 1975 ,    1976 , and 1970 ,
                                                       χ
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 1970 ,
     will expire oh 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 TRADE 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 Conventi on
             Subject to the provisions of Article 2 of th-fp f-votocoi ,
the Convention shall continue in force between the parties to this
Protocol until 30 June 1981 provided that , if a new international
agreement covering wheat enters into force before 30 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 19 »
       (b)   Articles 22 to 26 inclusive »
       Cc )   paragraph ( 1 ) of Article 27j
        (d )  Articles 29 to 31 inclusive .
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                                ARTICLE 3
                                Définition
           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     Prctocol , 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 .
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                                ARTICLE 6
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         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
      (1 )   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 .
      C2 ]   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 ) Cb ) of this. Article , shall
be deemed to be listed in the appropriate Annex , '
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                                 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 J   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 0 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
             lb ) 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 Annex 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 ( 1 ) 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 af 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 2B of the Convention .        »
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                              ARTICLE 11
                 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 *
                              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 thei ^ 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 .