CELEX: 21974A0717(01)
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Chad on the supply of skimmed-milk powder and butteroil as food aid

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                                                       AGREEMENT
              between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Chad on the supply
                                     of skimmed-milk powder and butteroil as food aid
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
              of the one part,
              THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD ,
              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 REPUBLIC OF CHAD ,
              WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                          Article I                                                       Article IV
The European Economic Community, hereinafter                      The country of destination shall undertake to make
referred to as the ' Community', shall supply as                  all the necessary arrangements for the transport and
a gift to the Republic of Chad, hereinafter referred              insurance of the delivered products from the ports
to as the 'country of destination', 800 metric tons               of discharge to their place of destination.
of skimmed-milk powder and 150 metric tons of
butteroil fulfilling the quality and packing require­
ments specified in Annex I, which forms an integral                                       Article V
part of this Agreement.
                                                                  The country of destination shall undertake to use
                                                                  the products received as aid for consumption and
                         Article II                               to distribute them free of charge to the needy
                                                                  populations.
Deliveries shall be made to the place ot destination,
to be fixed by the country of destination and the
Community by mutual consent.                                                              Article VI
                                                                  The Contracting Parties shall undertake to
                         Article III                              implement this Agreement in such a way as not
                                                                  to prejudice the normal structure of domestic
The obligations and responsibilities of the Com­                  production and international trade. To this end,
munity and of the country of destination, in                      they shall take any measures required to ensure that
particular as regards delivery and the taking of                  aid supplies are in addition to, and do not replace,
delivery are defined in Annex II, which forms an                  commercial transactions which might reasonably be
integral part of this Agreement.                                  expected in the absence of such supplies.
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                          Article VII                                 beneficiaries and the places, rate and method of
                                                                      distribution .
The country of destination shall take all appropriate
measures to prevent :                                                                         Article IX
— the re-export of the products received as aid and                  The country of destination shall take all appropriate
    of products derived from them ;                                  measures to enable those persons duly authorized
                                                                     by the Community to make on-the-spot observations
— the export, commercially or otherwise, within six                  of the operations connected with the implementation
    months from the date of the last delivery, either                of the Agreement.
    of the products obtained locally which should
    be of the same kind as that received as aid or
                                                                                              Article X
    of processed products derived from them .
                                                                     At the request of either of them, the Contracting
                         Article VIII
                                                                     Parties shall consult each other on any questions
                                                                     concerning the implementation of this Agreement.
The country of destination shall undertake to inform
the Community of the circumstances surrounding the
implementation of this Agreement. For this purpose,                                           Article XI
it shall communicate to the Commission of the
European Communities, every three months until the                   This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
quantities received as aid have been fully used, the                 Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian
quantities distributed, number and nature of the                     languages, each of these texts being authentic.
                                                           ANNEX 1
                                                Quality and conditions of packing
             A. Skimmed-milk powder
              I. Quality requirements
                  (a) fat content                               not exceeding 1-5 °/o ;
                  (b) water content                              not exceeding 4-0 °/o ;
                  (c) total acidity (lactic acid)               not exceeding 0-15 °/o ( 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 %>);
                 (h) degree of purity                           not less than disc B ( 15-0 mg);
                 (i)   germ content                             not exceeding 50 000/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) containing 25 k net weight;
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               (b) composition :
                    (aa) four Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70 g/m2;
                         one intercalated bag of tar-lined paper of a strength representing at least 140 g/m2 ;
                         one polyethylene inner bag at least 0-06 mm thick, welded or double-bound;
                    (bb) one bag of clubpack-poly-duplo-paper of a strength representing at least 50/20/50
                         g/m2 ;
                         two Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70/75 g/m2;
                         one polyethylene inner bag at least 0-10 mm thick, welded or double-bound ; or
                   (cc) 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 ;
               (c) marking on the packing (in French):
                    'LAIT ÉCRÉMÉ EN POUDRE — DON DE LA COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE
                    EUROPÉENNE A LA RÉPUBLLIQUE DU TCAD — A DISTRIBUER GRATUITE
                    MENT.'
           B. Butteroil
            I. Quality
               (a) Characteristics of the product:
                    Concentrated milk fat containing not less than 99-8 % of pure fat.
               (b) Standard ingredients (analysis made at time of manufacture and packing):
                    — moisture and non-fat ingredients of milk: not more than 0-20 %>;
                    — fat : not less than 99-8 %>;
                    — free fatty acids : not more than 0-5 °/o (expressed as oleic acid);
                    — peroxide level/kg: not more than one unit (in milli equivalents of active oxygen
                        per kg);
                    — taste : pure ;
                    — smell : absence of smell extraneous to butteroil.
           II. Packing
               (a) Metal cans of 51b (2-2 kg) — eight cans per carton
               (b) Marking on the packaging (in French):
                    'BUTTEROIL — DON DE LA COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE A
                    LA REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD — DISTRIBUER GRATUITEMENT.'
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                                                        ANNEX II
                                    Provisions laid down in Article III of the Agreement
                          Article 1                                                         Article 3
Delivery shall be effected and all risk shall pass from          The Community shall inform the country of destination
the Community to the country of destination at the               of the expected date of arrival of! the goods at the place
moment at which the goods acually arrive at the place of         of destination in good time before that date. It shall
destination .                                                    confirm that date at least two days in advance.
The country of destination shall pay all costs for taking                                  Article 4
delivery of the goods, any transhipment costs and all
costs subsequent to delivery.                                    To implement this Annex, the Community shall appoint
                                                                 an authorized agent, whose name and address it shall
Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which         make known in good time to the country of destination.
are attributable to the country of destination shall be          The country of destination shall appoint a receiving agent
borne by the latter.                                             at each place of delivery, whose name and address it shall
                                                                 make known to the Community before the Agreement is
                                                                 implemented.
                         Article 2
                                                                                           Article 5
The Community shall notify the country of destination            On delivery of the goods the country of destination shall
as soon as possible of the means of transport to be used         hand to the authorized agent of the Community a receipt
to carry the goods to the place of destination, the means        for the goods, stating the place and date of their receipt,
of shipment to be used during the intermediary stages, the       their nature and quantity and any observations regarding
date of loading and the quantity and quality of the goods        their quality. It shall send a copy thereof to the Com­
as recorded on shipment from the Community.                      mission of the European Communities.
              Information on the signing of the Agreement on the supply of food aid between the
                               European Economic Community and the Republic of Chad
              The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Chad on the supply
              of skimmed-milk powder and butteroil as food aid, which the Council agreed to conclude
              on 15 July 1974, was signed in Brussels on 17 July 1974 on behalf of the Council of the
              European Communities by :
              Mr Burin des Roziers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chairman of the
              Permanent Representatives Committee, and
              Mr Hans-Broder Krohn, Director-General for Development and Cooperation, Com­
              mission of the European Communities, and on behalf of the Government of the
              Republic of Chad by:
              Mr Aladji Oueddo, Ambassador, Representative of the Government of the Republic of
              Chad, accredited to the European Economic Community.