Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2007-81 (Year: 2007, Number: 81)
Era: 2004-2010
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Paragraph Index: 3

3. § Az Egyez mény hi te les szö veg e és annak hi va ta los magyar nyel vû for dí tá sa a kö vet ke zõ: „Food Aid Convention 1999 Preamble The Parties to this Convention, Having reviewed the Food Aid Convention 1995 and its objective of securing at least 10 million t of food aid annually in the form of grain suitable for human consumption, and wishing to confirm their desire to maintain international cooperation on food aid matters among member governments; Recalling the Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit plan of action adopted in Rome in 1996, in particular the commitment to achieve food security for all and to an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger; Desiring to enhance the capacity of the international community to respond to food emergency situations and to improve world food security, through the assurance of supplies of food aid irrespective of world food price and supply fluctuations; Recalling that, in their 1994 Marrakesh decision on measures concerning least-developed countries and net food-importing developing countries, ministers of WTO member countries agreed to review the level of food aid established under the Food Aid Convention as further elaborated at the 1996 Singapore Ministerial Conference; Recognising that the recipients and members have their own policies on food aid and related matters, and that the ultimate objective of food aid is the elimination of the need for food aid itself; Desiring to improve the effectiveness and quality of food aid as a tool in support of food security in developing countries, particularly to alleviate poverty and hunger of the most vulnerable groups, and to improve member coordination and cooperation in the field of food aid, have ag re ed on the fol lo wing: PART I OBJECTIVES AND DEFINITIONS Article I Objectives The objectives of this Convention are to contribute to world food security and to improve the ability of the international community to respond to emergency food situations and other food needs of developing countries by: (a) making appropriate levels of food aid available on a predictable basis, as determined by the provisions of this Convention; (b) encouraging members to ensure that the food aid provided is aimed particularly at the alleviation of poverty and hunger of the most vulnerable groups, and is consistent with agricultural development in those countries; (c) including principles for maximising the impact, the effectiveness and quality of the food aid provided as a tool in support of food security; (d) providing a framework for cooperation, coordination and information-sharing among members on food aid related matters to achieve greater efficiency in all aspects of food aid operations and better coherence between food aid and other policy instruments. Article II Definitions (a) Under this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to: (i) ‘cif’ means cost, insurance and freight; (ii) ‘commitment’ means the minimum amount of food aid to be provided annually by a member under Article III(e); 2007/81. szám (iii) ‘Committee’ means the Food Aid Committee referred to in Article XV; (iv) ‘contribution’ means the amount of food aid provided and reported to the Committee by a member annually in accordance with the provisions of this Convention; (v) ‘Convention’ means the Food Aid Convention 1999; (vi) ‘DAC’ means the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD; (vii) ‘developing country’ means any country or territory eligible to receive food aid under Article VII; (viii) ‘eligible product’ means a product, referred to in Article IV, which may be provided as food aid by a member as its contribution under this Convention; (ix) ‘Executive Director’ means the Executive Director of the International Grains Council; (x) ‘fob’ means free on board; (xi) ‘food’ or ‘food aid’ includes, as appropriate, a reference to seed for food crops; (xii) ‘member’ means a party to this Convention; (xiii) ‘micro-nutrients’ means vitamins and minerals used to fortify or complement food aid products which are eligible, under Article IV (c), to be counted as a member’s contribution; (xiv) ‘OECD’ means the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; (xv) ‘products of primary processing’ include: – ce re al flo urs, – ce re al gro ats and ce re al meal, – ot her wor ked ce re al gra ins (e.g. rol led, fla ked, po - lis hed, pe ar led and kibb led, but not furt her pre pa - red) ex cept hus ked, gla zed, po lis hed or broken rice, – germ of ce re als, who le, rol led, fla ked or gro und, – bul gur, and – any ot her si mi lar gra in pro duct which the Com mit - tee may de ci de; (xvi) ‘products of secondary processing’ include: – ma ca ro ni, spag het ti and si mi lar pro ducts, and – any ot her pro duct, who se ma nu fac tu re in vol ves the use of a pro duct of pri ma ry pro ces sing, which the Com mit tee may decide; (xvii) ‘rice’ includes husked, glazed, polished or broken rice; (xviii) ‘Secretariat’ means the Secretariat of the International Grains Council; (xix) ‘tonne’ means a metric ton of 1 000 kilograms; (xx) ‘transport and other operational costs’, as listed in Annex A, mean costs beyond the fob stage or, in the case of local purchases, beyond the point of purchase, associated with a food aid operation, which may be counted in whole or in part towards a member’s contribution; (xxi) ‘value’ means the commitment of a member in a convertible currency; (xxii) ‘wheat equivalent’ means the amount of a member’s commitment or contribution as evaluated in accordance with Article V; (xxiii) ‘WTO’ means the World Trade Organisation; (xxiv) ‘year’ means the period from 1 July to the following 30 June, unless otherwise stated. (b) Any reference in this Convention to a ‘government’ or ‘governments’ or ‘member’ shall be construed as including a reference to the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the EC). Accordingly, any reference in this Convention to ‘signature’ or to the ‘deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, or approval’ or ‘an instrument of accession’ or ‘a declaration of provisional application’ by a government shall, in the case of the EC, be construed as including signature or declaration of provisional application on behalf of the EC by its competent authority and the deposit of the instrument required by the institutional procedures of the EC to be deposited for the conclusion of an international agreement. (c) Any reference in this Convention to a ‘government’, or ‘governments’, or ‘member’, shall be understood, where appropriate, to include a reference to any separate customs territory within the meaning of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or of the Agreement Establishing The World Trade Organisation. PART II CONTRIBUTIONS AND NEEDS Article III Quantities and quality (a) Members agree to provide food aid to developing countries or the cash equivalent thereof in the minimum annual amounts specified in paragraph (e) below (hereinafter referred to as ‘the commitment’). (b) The commitment of each member shall be expressed in either tonnes of wheat equivalent or in value or in a combination of tonnage and value. Members expressing their commitment in value terms shall also specify a guaranteed annual tonnage. (c) In the case of members expressing their commitment in value terms or in a combination of tonnage and value, the value may include the transport and other operational costs associated with the food aid operations. (d) Whether its commitment is expressed in tonnage, in value, or in a combination of tonnage and value, a member may also include an indicative value representing its total estimated cost, including the transport and other operational costs associated with the food aid operations. (e) Subject to the provisions of Article VI, the commitment of each member shall be: 2007/81. szám Mem ber Ton na ge (1) (whe at equ i va - lent) Va lue (1) (mil li ons) To tal in di ca ti ve va lue (mil li ons) Ar gen ti na 35 000 – Aust ra lia 250 000 – AUD 90 (2) Ca na da 420 000 – CAD 150 (2) Eu ro pe an Com mu nity and its Member States 1 320 000 EUR 130 (2) EUR 422 (2) Ja pan 300 000 – Nor way 30 000 – NOK 59 (2) Swit zer land 40 000 – Uni ted Sta tes of Ame ri ca 2 500 000 – USD 900 to 1 000 (2)

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