title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco for the supply of butteroil as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 1922
Vol. 1974/0309
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEÀN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(74)1922 final
                                                          Brussels , 21 November 1974
                        PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                 on the conclusion of an Agreement /between the
            European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
                     for the supply of butteroil as food aid
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(74) 1922 final
 ---pagebreak---   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
  and in particular Articles 113t 114 and 228 thereof j
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,}
  Whereas the 'Council in Regulation (EEC ) no . 530/74 of 4« 3*1974  on the
  supply of butteroil as food aid^licided to make
  butteroil available to
  HAS DECIDED :
                                   Article 1
  An Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
■ for the supply of butteroil as food aid is hereby concluded on behalf of
  the European Economic Community . The text of the Agreement is annexed to
  this Decision .
                                   Article 2
  The President of the Council is authorized to designate the persons
  empowered to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the powers required
  in order       bind the Community.
  Done at Brussels ,
                                                  For the Council
                                                   The Président
   ( 1 ) O.J. L 65 of 7.3.1974 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak--- ISTIEKIT TIE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COwKUHITY
  A7JD THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
OH THE SUPPLY OP FOOD AID II? TIIE FOJIM OP
             BUTTER 01 L
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROrS/JT COMMUNITIES .
                                              of the one part ,
                          .                »■
THE GOVEmniEKT OP THE KINGDOM OP MOROCCO
                                              of the other part ,
HAVE DECID3D to concluded this Agreement and to this end have
designated as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUÎÎCIL OP THE EUROPEAIT COMIÏUKITIES :
THE G0YER1?IJEIJT OP THE KINGDOM OP MOROCCO :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                    . ■                ARTICH3 I
         <       •                ;                  ; 7."
 The European Economic Commuhity shall supply by way of gift to the
  Kingdom of Morocco            ( hereafter referred to as "the recipient
 country ") a quantity of 150 tonnes of butteroil .
         ...             \      *                        »          •   I
 The quality and packaging conditions are specified in Annex                     I vhich forme an
'integral part of the present Agreement .
                                                               •      "   ■
                                    • /JRTICTJ3 II
 Dolivcries shall be effected under the arrangements provided in Annex                      II vhich
       *
 fornjK an integral part of the present Agreement .
                       •                                                                       •
                                                                                • >
                                                                 "i
                                      AïïTIOIE III
 The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
 transport and insxtrance of the' products from point of delivery to places of
 destination .                                  ■ .
 It undertakes to exercise the greatest care to ensure that the tendering arran
 gements for sea transport do not prejudice the free play of fair competition .
 Any problems arising in this connection shall be the subject of consultations
 tmder Article VIII of the present Agreement .                              .                    „
               «         -                                   .                . .
 • * '                                ARTICI3S . IV
                                      1 - -1 11  1 ■ - 1   1
                                                                  '                '•
 The recipient country raidertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
 poses of consumption and io distribute it free to the refugee population.
 ---pagebreak---                                        . ARTICIJE V
  The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement m such a way
  as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of national production
  and international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required
  to ensure that supplies as aid are in addition to and do . not replace business
  transactions v/hich' might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .
                   /               ■     '                              s
                                           ARTICLE VI
  The recipient country shall take all steps required tq 'prevent s
  ( i ) the re-export of the product received, as aid and also of any products
     " resulting therefrom ;                                        *
                                     »
  ( ii ) the export , cotfraercially or otherwise ,• within a period of six months
          commencing from the final delivery, either of any product procured
          locally of the saxne nature as that received as aid , or of any products
                                                                                *
        ; resulting therefroia » .                                    •                  •
                 '   .                     ARTICLE VII
  The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
, of how this Agreement is implemented . To this end it shall provide the
  Commission of the European Communities with the following details :
  ( i ) Immediately after the unloading of each cargo : ports and dates of
         arrival of vessel ; nature , quantity and any observations as to the
       . quality of the products unloaded ; date on which unloading v?as completed ;.
• (ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully
          used' : quantities distributed ; number and nature of "beneficiaries ; places , j
       . rates and method of distribution .            '     "*
 ---pagebreak---                                 ARTICLE VIII
The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either consult each other
on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                                   i       • •
                  ,                                                    i
                              ' ARTICLE IX
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , each of - these texts having equal force .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                AKHEX I
               •                                                                       • '
                                                                    BUTTEROIL '            .
                    i                  '          *                                •               •       .
              4 ;                                                                                ,
                          (          •                                                               ...
          i                                                                     *.
I. QUALITY                                                        ,
     ( A) Product characteristics :
          Concentrated milk fats containing not less than 99*8'/' °f pure fats ;
                             /                                         * •
            /
; ' ( d) Standard composition :
                 Il   r I   ■  1 ■ .m    m r II I   II II - r r i
           (Analysis mado at 'time of manufacture and packing) \                             • *»
          - iioieturc and non-fat milk substance s-not more than 0.2%
          - Fats - not less than 99*9%
          - Free fatty acids - not more than 0.5$ (expressed as oleic acid)
          - Peroxide level/kg - not more than 1 unit ( in milli-equivalento of
                   active oxygen per kg )
        ' - Tante - pure
          - Smell - absence of smell extraneous to butteroil
                                                                                *
                                         «
                                                                                *
II . C0HDITI0K3 07 P/.CKAOIKG
    . a) Metal cans of 20 kg - 1 can per carton.
  • "b ) Marked the , -packaging in French :
          HJTTEROIL
          GIFT OF TIIE EUROPE A17 ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
          TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
          FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  ANHEX IX
        .  '        .         General     provisions
             i                                             '
                                   ■ • Article 1
 Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass .from the . European Economic
 Community , hereinafter referred to as the EEC , to the recipient country at
 the moment /at which the goods- are put doA-m at the point of exportation
 named "by the Commission of the European Communities at the      "berth  specified
 "by the recipient country or its agent referred to in Article 2 and under the
                                                             S
 terms specified in the following articles . Without prejudice to Articles 7 snd
.8 the EEC shall bear all costs up to delivery end the recipient country those
 beyond such delivery .
                                      Article 2
 The EEC shall appoint an agent to implement the provisions of the present
 Annex- or for each consignment- who no nsme and address it shall make knovoi
 to .the recipient country immediately follovring his appointment .
 The recipient country shall appoint cn agent in the port or ports of shipment
 whose name and address it shall make knovna to the 17:5C with all despatch and
                                                    "i
 if possible before the appointment of agent of the EEC .
                                      Article 3
 Before implementing the procedures for appointing the agent of the EEC
 referred to in Article 2 , the Commission of the European Communities and
 the recipient country shall jointly establish the period during vdiich deli
 very must begin .      .      (
               ''                .                     #
                          Obligations of the EuropeaJi Economic Community
             •    •   "               Article 4          ,
 Should the EEC not be in a position to carry out delivery on the date ,
  and " ( if applicable ) on the schedule as provided in Article 6 , all costs
 arising for the recipient country- for example demurrage void freight and
.dead freight- shall be borne by the EEH
 ---pagebreak---   The charges and "the arrangements relating to demurrage laid down in the
   contract "between the recipient country and the carrier must have been agreed
- in - advance "by the recipient country and the agent of the EEC .
  The other costs referred to in the first paragraph shall only "be refunded
  "by the EEC if they have "been paid "by the recipient country with the approved
   of the ESC .
                                                               i   ■
                                                             ' •' •
                                   Article 5
   Should it prove impossible for the EEC to supply all or part of the goons
   on the date and within the time-limits provided for in Article 6 and without
  prejudice to the provisions of Article 4 » a new date and a new tins-limit
   shall be agreed between the agents of the EEC and of the recipient country
  for the delivery of all the goods or of the undelivered part thereof .
       J
                           Oblifat ions of the rens'.nient country
                                   A T-H c!?C 6
  After contacting the EEC , the recipient country shall procure one or more vessel ::
  to transport all the quantities provided for in Article 1 of the Agreement , of
   dimensions corresponding to the normal capacity of the port of shipment ; these
  vessels must "be ready for loading on a date falling within the period referred
  to in Article 3 *   .
  The agent, of the recipient country shall inform the EEC of this date
   immediately on learning it , and also that for commencement of delivery ,
   if possible twenty days in advance and in any case ten days before the date
  for commencement of delivery.
  He shall establish with' the agent of the EEC the schedule on which delivery
   shall take place .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 7
Should the recipient country be unable to begin loading on the date provided
for in- Article 6 , paragraph 1 , the agent of the recipient country shall in
form the agent of the EEC without delay*
In thin event a new date for the commencement of delivery and(if applicable) a new
schedule    could be agreed between the agents of the EEC and of the recipient
country. The costs arising from this delay shall in all cases except force
majeure be borne by the recipient country.
Should the new date provided for in paragraph 2 be more than 30 clear days
after the date for loading provided for' in Article 6 , 'paragraph 1 , the EEC
mayodispose of the goods without prejudice to its commitment under Article 1
of this Agreement .                                       •      '
                               Article 8
If the quantity made avai3.ablc for loading on a vessel cannot be put on
board in its entirety, the recipient country shall inform the EEC as soon
as possible and no.later than fifteen clear days after loading has been
completed whether it intends to accept or to renounce the balance .
                                                  t                            . '
In the former case the provisions of Article 7 ». paragraphs 2 and 3 » shall
apply to the balance , if delivery has not yet taken place .
In the latter case the EEC may consider that it has discharged its commitment
to the recipient country under Article 1 of this Agreement' and shall bear
the costs resulting from such renunciation .
In any event after the expiry of an interval of fifteen clear days and in
the absence of any notice on the part of the recipient country , the renun
ciation shall be deemed to have taken place .
                                 Article 9
Upon delivery of the goods , the recipient country shall hand to the agent of
the EEC a certificate of acceptance stating the port of shipment , date of
acceptance , the nature , ' "" .     an<* quantity of the goods accepted and including
any comments on the quality of the goods 3-nd send a copy thereof to" the Commission
of the European Communities .             »                     • •


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to open negotiations on behalf of the Community with the Kingdom of Laos and with the Republic of Sri Lanka with a view to concluding separate agreements with those countries on trade in fabrics of silk or of waste silk other than noil and in fabrics of cotton, woven on handlooms (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 636
Vol. 1974/0101
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EU&OEBAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(74) 636 final
                                                          Brussels , 13 May 1974
                     RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
        authorizing the Commission to open negotiations on "behalf of the
     Community with the Kingdom of Laos and with the Republic of Sri Lanka
            with a view to concluding separate agreements with those
        countries on trade in fabrics of silk or of waste silk other than
               noil and in fabrics of cotton , woven on handlooms
                  (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(74) 636 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    In conformity with the Community 's declaration of intent as re
gards certain developing countries during the GATT multilateral tariff
negotiations in 19^7 , autonomous duty-free tariff quotas of a value of
one million units of account were opened by the Community , for all
countries , as from 1968 for the following products :
              ex 50.091       fabrics of silk or of waste silk
                              other than noil , woven on handlooms
              ex 55.09 :      other fabrics of cotton , woven on
                              handlooms
      As part of the implementation of the declaration of intent as re
gards trade relations with certain Asian countries , and having regard
to the needs of the new Member States in conformity with the Act - of
Accession , these Community tariff quotas have been doubled for 197^ to
                                  1
the value of 2 million u.a . each •
2.    Duty-free importation is subject , however , to production to the
Community customs authorities of a certificate , issued by the authorities
recognized by the Community of the recipient State , certifying that the
products in question have been woven on a handloom .
3.    India , Pakistan , Thailand and Bangladesh have already concluded
separate agreements in which the above terms have been specified and
so this year their products will be imported duty-free under the said
Community tariff quotas .
 Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 359V73     28 December 1973i OJ No L 365
 of 31 December 1973
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -
4.    On 3 January 197 ^ and 6 February 197*S the Laostian and Sri Lanka
Missions to the European Communities addressed notes verbales to the
Commission ( see Annexes II and III ) stating that their Governments
would like the concessions already accorded to India , Pakistan , Thailand
and Bangladesh to be extended to their respective countries .
5.    As the Community tariff quotas in question were opened for all
countries , the Commission considers that favourable replies should be
given to these requests and thus recommends that , pursuant to Article 113
of the Treaty , the Council adopt the following decision ( Annex I ),
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   ANNEX I
                  RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
             authorizing the Commission to open negotiations
             on behalf of the Community with the Kingdom of
             Laos and with the Republic of Sri Lanka with a
             view to concluding separate agreements with those
             countries on trade in fabrics of silk or of waste
             silk other than noil and in fabrics of cotton ,
             woven on handlooms
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the Recommendation cf the Commission ,
Whereas the Governments of the Kingdom of Laos and of the Republic of,
Sri Lanka have stated that they would like the duty-free quotas opened
autonomously by the Community for imports of fabrics of silk or of waste
silk other than noil and of fabrics of cotton , woven on handlooms , to be
extended to their countries on the same terms as for other exporting
third countries ;
Whereas action should be taken upon the requests of Laos and Sri Lanka
by opening negotiations with those countries with a view to establishing
the terms on which the products in question may be imported duty-free
under the tariff quotas opened autonomously by the Community for all
                                                                      1
countries by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 359V73 of 2o December 1973 5
-1
   OJ No L 3"5 of 31 December 1973
 ---pagebreak--- HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                             Sole Article
       The Commission is hereby authorized to open negotiations cn
behalf of the European Economic Community with the Kingdom of Laos
and with the Republic of Sri Lanka with a view to concluding separate
agreements with those countries on trade in fabrics of silk or cf
waste silk other than noil and in fabrics of cotton , woven on hand-
looms , on the same terms as those specified in the agreements con
cluded by the Community with other third countries .
Done at Brussels ,                             For the Council
                                               The President
 ---pagebreak---   ROTAUME DU LAOS                                             AIWSXE II
     MINISTERE
        DES
AFFAIRES ETRANGERES
                                                  Vientiane , le 3 janvier 1974
  Monsieur le Directeur Général ,
         J' ai l' honneur de vous faire connaître que le Laos possède un
  patrimoine artistique qui se traduit dans un artisanat susceptible de
  prendre une place importante parmi les autres artisanats du Sud-Est
  Asiatique .
         Jusqu' à un pas3é relativement récent , ses productions étaient
  destinées uniquement à la consommation locale , la qualité des articles ,
  sans aucun contrôle , ne permettant pas d' envisager , leur exportation .
         Depuis quelques années , des efforts constants ont été faits pour
  que la qualité des articles soit conforme aux normes internationales
  tout en leur gardant leur caractère traditionnel et original .
         Parmi les articles artisanaux exclusivement faits à la main ,
  on peut citer principalement des tissus de soie et de coton ( écharpes ,
  tapis de table), des objets traditionnels en argent .pur ( titrage 999 )»
  des poteries et des panneaux de bois sculpté etc. ...
         Le Gouvernement Royal du Laos a conscience d' occuper dans ce
  domaine une place de® choix . Il sollicite donc d' être inclus dans la
  liste des pays autorisés à exporter leurs produits artisanaux dans
  les Etats membres de la Communauté Européenne .
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -
                                                                          *
                                                                            I
Cette demande est faite conformément aux règlements du Conseil de
la CEE no 2732/72 du 19.12.1972 ( tissus fait à la iaain) et no 2733/72
du 19/12/72 ( autres produits fait à la main), instituant des contingents
tarifaires pour ces produits .
       Lorsque le Laos sera autorisé à exporter ses produits artisanaux
vers le pays membres de la Communauté , il se conformera aux conditions
stipulées dans les règlements du Conseil de la CEE précités et , en
particulier , à la présentation du Certificat d' Origine dont la signa
ture sera confiée au Directeur du Service National de l' Artisanat et
de l' Industrie .
        Je vous prie d' accepter , Monsieur le Directeur Général , les
assurances de ma haute considération .
                      (
 ---pagebreak---                                                             AKNEXE III
EMBASSY OP THE REPUBLIC OP SRI LANKA
             IN BELGIUM                                     6 February 1974
      Dear Sir
              I wish to refer to ay letter no . B/EEC /5A of 23 January 1974
      informing you that the Government of Sri Lanka wishes to benefit from
      the Special Duty Free quota of 2 million units of account for handloom
      textiles (CET ex 55*09) •    "the discussion I had with Mr. C. Paoli
      yesterday , I indicated that Sri Lanka would also like to "benefit in
      the Special duty Free quota of 2 million units of account for Woven
      fabrics of silk or wast-3 silk , other than noil ( CET ex 50*09)* This letter
      is to confirm my request to Mr , Paoli and I shall ba glad if the
      necessary arrangements are made as early as possible for Sri Lanka
      to benefit from the Community 's duty free quota for both categories
      of handlooias textiles - namely :
                            C.E.T         ex 50.09
                                   and
                            C.E.T         ex 55*09


               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 26.2.2016
            COM(2016) 88 final
            Recommendation for a
            COUNCIL DECISION
            approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

               The attached proposal constitutes the legal instrument for the Recommendation for a Council Decision approving the conclusion of the Protocol, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

               (i)Recommendation for a Council Decision approving the conclusion of the Protocol, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

               This proposal is presented jointly with a:

               (ii)Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Protocol on behalf of the European Union and its Member States;

               (iii)Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on behalf of the European Union and its Member States;

               According to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Croatia is to accede to international agreements signed or concluded by the European Union and its Member States by means of a protocol to those agreements.

               The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", was signed on 11 october 2004 and entered into force on 1st October 2010.

               A Council Decision of 14 September 2012
                  1
                authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned, in order to conclude the relevant protocols. The negotiations with the Republic of Tajikistan were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Protocol.

               The proposed Protocol incorporates the Republic of Croatia as contracting party to the Agreement and commits the EU to providing the authentic version of the Agreement in the Croatian language.

               The Commission has judged the results of the negotiations to be satisfactory and requests the Council to recommend a Council Decision approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

               Recommendation for a

               COUNCIL DECISION

               approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

               Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

               Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,

               Whereas:

               (1)In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part ('the Agreement') is to be agreed by means of a protocol to the Agreement.

               (2)On 14 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the third countries concerned
                  2
               . The negotiations were successfully concluded with the Republic of Tajikistan by the initialling of the Protocol.

               (3)The conclusion, by the Commission, of the Protocol should be approved as regards matters falling within the competence of the European Atomic Energy Community.

               (4)The signature and conclusion of the Protocol are subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling within the competence of the Union and its ,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

               Sole Article

               The conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, is hereby approved.

               The text of the Protocol is attached to the Decision on its signature.

               Done at Brussels,

                     For the Council

                     The President

                     (1)
                  Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for the adaptation of agreements signed or concluded between the European Union, or the European Union and its Member States, with one or more third countries or international organisations, in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (Council doc. 13351/12 LIMITED).

                     (2)
                  Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for the adaptation of agreements signed or concluded between the European Union, or the European Union and its Member States, with one or more third countries or international organisations, in view of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (Council doc. 13351/12 LIMITED)


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia for the supply of soft wheat as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 561
Vol. 1974/0095
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM(74 ) 561 final
                                                    Brussels , 26 April 1974
                               RECOMMENDATION
                                  FOR A
                         "   COUNCIL decision
           on the conclusion of an agreement between the European
          Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia for the
                      supply of soft wheat as food aid
                                              ■
                                          .                         *
                       \                    _                     .
                 ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(74 ) 561 final
 ---pagebreak---   THE C0UM3IL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
             ,                                              I
  Having regard, to the Treaty establishing tho European Economio Community ,
- and in particular Articles 113 » H4 and 228 thereof j
                             ' • * '
  Having regard, to the Reoommendation from - the Commission ;
                            C?
 Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
  provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; whereas that
                         «                                i
  Convention has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 I
  Whereas the Republic of Tunisia , . by its letter o,f 10.11.1972 , has requested
  food aid ;
  Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Tunisia
 that country    should be accorded , by way of gift ,        10,000   metric tons
 of soft wheat under the Community Food Aid Programme for 1972/73 ?                . .
 DECIDES :
                                       Article 1
 On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement , the text whereof
 is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Community
 and the Republic of Tunisia for the supply of soft wheat as food aid .
                                                        %
                                       Article 2
 The President of the Council io hereby authorized to designate those who
 are to sign tho Agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind
 tho Community#
                                                                κ
 Done at Brussels .                      19 **«*«               Por the Council
                                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                 AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA      '
ON THE SUPPLY OF FOOD AH) IN THE FORM OF
SOFT WHEAT .
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                    on the one hand ,
THE GOVERNMENT 0? THE REPUBLIC OP TUNISIA
                                                    on the other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP TUNISIA :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                   ARTICLE I
 As a part of its Pood Aid Programme (Cereals ) for 1972/ 73 » ^10 European
 Economic Community shall supply, by -way of gift , the Republic of Tunisia ,
  hereinafter referred to as the "recipient country ", with 10 000 metrio tons
  of soft wheat .
                                  ARTICLE II
 Deliveries will be made in bulk , fob to Coircnunity ports .
                                  ARTICLE III
 The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
 of the recipient country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery
 are defined in the -Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                  ARTICLE 17
 The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
 transport and insurance of the product from ports of shipment to places of
 destination .
 It umtertakes to exercise the greatest possible care to ensure that the
tendering arrangements for the transport by sea are not prejudicial to the
 free play of fair competition . Any problems arising in this connection shall
"be the subject of consultations under Article IX of the present Agreement .
                                   ARTICLE V
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption and to apply , for the sale cf the product on its market ,
•the prices normally charged on that market for products of comparable quality
 ---pagebreak---  The proceeds from this sale , less the cost of sea transport , insurance and the
normal cost of selling the product on the recipient country 's market , will
"be paid into a special account and allocated to the financing of one or more
development schemes which have already been proposed by the recipient country
and approved by the European Economic Community .
                                    ARTICLE VI
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way as
to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of domestic production and inter
national trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to ensure that
aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace , business transactions which
might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies . In particular ,
the recipient country undertakes to import commercially from whatever source
                                        «
between 1 July 1973 and 30 June 1974 & minimum quantity of 85 000        metric tons
 of soft wheat or its equivalent in flour of soft wheat .
                                    ARTICLE VII
The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevents
 (i )   The re-export of the product received as aid and of products and
        by-products resulting from such supplies :
                                                      \
 (ii )  The export , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last
        delivery , either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature
        as the product received as aid. or of any products or by-products resulting
        from it .
                                    ARTICLE VIII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community how
this Agreement is being implemented . To this end it shall provide the Commission
of the European Communities with the following information :
 ---pagebreak---  (i )   Not later than thirty days after the unloading of each cargo :
        ports and dates of arrival of the vessel 5 nature , quantity and
 ~~~~~  quality of the products unloaded } date on which unloading was
        completed ;
(ii )   Every three months until the quantities received as aid have "been
        fully used : quantities sold , how they have "been sold , selling prices }
        normal selling costs on the recipient country 's market }
(iii )  On 15 January every year until the speoial account has "been fully
        used :
        (a ) State of this account ( incomings and outgoings ) on 31 December
               of the preceding ," year }
        (b ) Progress achieved in the project or projects , with an indication
               of the total amount of financing undertaken at that stage .
                                   ARTICLE IX
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                                 \
                                   ARTICLE X
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , Biglish , French ,
German and Italian languages , eaoh of these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---                         AMEX TO ARTICLE III OP THE AGREEMENT
                                      Article 1
Delivery shall "be effected and risks s"hall pass from the European Economic
 Community to the recipient country at the moment at which the goods have
"been placed in the ship 's hold at the port of shipment .
                                         c
The recipient country shall "bear all costs subsequent to delivery of the goods ,
including costs of stowage and , where appropriate , of trimming and bagging .
Any demurrage costs or dispatch at the port of shipment shall be a charge on
or for the benefit of the European Economic Community and shall be determined
before the vessel sails . The rates and detailed arrangements relating thereto
 laid down in the contract between the recipient country and the carrier must
have been agreed upon in advance by the recipient country and the authorized
agent of the European Economic Community referred to in Article 9 *
                                      Article 2
The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country in good
time of the port or ports of shipment , the quantities to be delivered at each
port , the period within which loading must begin , and the daily loading rate .
                                      Article 3
                                                      \
The European Economic Community must be prepared to load the goods on the dace
resulting from the instructions in Article 8 , whereon the vessel should be
ready for loading .
                                      Article 4
On delivery of the goods , a tolerance of 5     less than the quantity to be
supplied in accordance with Article 1 of the Agreement is permitted .
 ---pagebreak---                     '           Article "j
              •                                          •
 Once the goods are on board the vessel , the European Economic Community shall
 notify the recipient country of . the date of loading , and the quantity and
 quality of the goods as recorded on loading .
                                Article 6
 The recipient country shall supply the European Economic Community , within the
 period referred to in Article 2 , with a vessel of dimensions corresponding to
 the normal loading potential of the port of shipment .
 Should it prove impossible for the vessel to "begin loading within 'the period
 referred to in Article 2 and should the recipient country not have notified
 the European Economic Community of this fact in writing at the latest "by the
 date on which the vessel should be ready for loading in accordance with Article 8
                                        »
 the goods shall be at the disposal of the European Economic Community .
 Whatever the circumstance^ the goods shall be held at the expense , risk and
 peril of the recipient country .         .
                                Article 7
 Should the recipient country fail to provide a vessel of suitable tonnage or
 if- the quantity made available for loading on a vessel of suitable tonnage
cannot be put on board in its entirety because of circumstances beyond the
control of the European Economic Community , the balance shall be loaded onto
the next vessel under the conditions laid down in this annex .-
In this event , until the date of loading of this balance or until the recipient
country gives notice in writing that it gives up this balance , the goods shall
be hold at the expense , risk and peril of the recipient country .
The recipient country must notify the European Economic Community within a
period of a maximum of 30 days from the beginning of loading of the shipment
•to which these goods should have belonged , of the date on which loading of
this balance is due to begin or of its renunciation of this balance .
 ---pagebreak---  If this obligation is not respected , the European Economic Community may-
consider that it has discharged its commitment to the recipient country under
Article 1 of the Agreement .
   .                                  r '
                             Article 8
The recipient country shall name for the European Economic Community the
vessel that is to ship the goods at least 10 clear days prior to the estimated
date of arrival of the vessel in part or , vrhere possible , 20 clear days prior
to this date , and shall at the same time indicate how soon after that date
the vessel will be ready for loading .
The recipient country shall insert in the charter party a clause requiring
the captain to inform the European Economic Community at least 72 hours in
advance of the vessel 's estimated date of arrival in port .
                             Article 9
To implement the provisions of this Annex , the European Economic Community
shall appoint an authorized agent , whoso name and address shall "be made known
in good time to the recipient country .
The recipient country shall nominate a receiving agent in each port of ship
ment , whose name and address shall "be made known to the European Economic
Community before the Agreement is implemented ^


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, TO NEGOTIATE WITHIN THE OECD AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSFRONTIER MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NEGOCIATIONS TO ADAPT THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND ISRAEL IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE ACCESSION OF GREECE TO THE COMMUNITY


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an Agreement extending the Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 843
Vol. 1973/0159
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(73 ) 843 final
                                                      Brussels , 25 May 1973
                         RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                  concluding an Agreement extending the Agreement
               on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European
              Economic Community and the Member States , of the one part ,
                      and the Lebanese Republic , of the other part
                      ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(73 ) 843 final
 ---pagebreak---                             Lzpl.anatory Mémorandum
1 . The Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European
Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic , concluded on 21 Ilay 1965 ,
entered into force on 1 July 1968 . After expiring on 30 June 1971 it was
reneued at the request of the Lebanese Government for two successive one-
year periods by Council Decisions of12 July 1971 and. 13 July 1972 .
Furthermore , pursuant to Article 4(2 ) of the Act concerning the Conditions of
Accession and the adjustments to the Treaties , the Kingdoa of Dennark, Ireland
and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , by a Protocol
signed at Brussels on 16 May, 1973 , became Contracting Parties to that
Agreement .
2.   The Lebanese Mission to the European Communities , in its letters of
19 April 1972 to the President of the Council and the President of the
Commission , stated that the Lebanese Government , in accordance with
Article XIX of the Agreement , desired a further , renewable , extension of its
validity for a period of one year .
3.   In a Declaration by the Contracting Parties annexed to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republio , signed
at Brussels on 18 December 1972 , it was agreed that the 19^5 Agreement on
Trade and Technical Cooperation was to remain valid in all spheres not
covered by the present Agreement . Furthermore , in the negotiations for the
conclusions of a supplementary Protocol in view of the enlargement of the
Community and in response to the request of the Lebanese Government of
15 December 1972 that the two Agreements be concurrent , it v/as agreed that
the Community and the Member States should make a declaration stating their
intention of renewing the 1965 Agreement annually throughout the period of
validity of the Agreement signed on 18 December 1972 .
 ---pagebreak---                                               vra/511/73-E
The Commission accordingly recommends that the Council :
- adopt the draft decision in Annex I hereto renewing the
  Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation "between the
  European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic ;
– adopt the proposed exchange of letters in Annex II .
 ---pagebreak---                                                              VIII/511/73-E
                   RSCOMIEMDATI ON FOR A COUNCIL LEG 1 51 ON
           on the conclusion of an Agreement renewing the Agreement
              on Trade and Technical Cooperation "between the
             European Economic Community and the Member States,
       of the one part , and the Lebanese Republio, of the other part
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas it is appropriate to extend the validity of the Agreement on Trade
for a renewable period of one year , in accordance with Article XII thereof ;
and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the
Member States , of the cne part , and the Lebanese Republic , of the other
part ;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                              \
                                  Article 1
On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement shall be concluded
in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic
Community and the Lebanese Republic renewing the Agreement on Trade and
Technical Cooperation signed at Brussels on 21 May 19^5 * The text of the
Exchange of letters is annexed to this Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                                        mi/511/73-E
                              Article 2
The President of the Council is here"by authorized to designate those who
are to sign the Agreement and to confer on thorn the requisite powers to
bind the Community .
Done at Brussels 9              19       .     - For the Council
                                                 The President
   \
 ---pagebreak---                                                          mi/51l/73-E
                            ,^ΑΟΕΕϊΜΕΤΤ * '·-··   ■■■■■■
              El THE FORM OP M EXCHANGE OP LETTERS        -       "
                 RENEWING THE AGREEMENT CW TRADE
              AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETtJEEN TEE
      EUROPEAN' ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBER STATES OP
  THE ONE PART, A1TD THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC . OP THE OTHER PART
Letter to "be sent to the Lebanese authorities :
Sir ,
We would refer to Article XII of the Agreement on Trade and Technical
Cooperation "between the , European Economic Community and the Member
States , of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic , of the other part ,
signed at Brussels on 21 May 1965 1 and .have the honour to inform you
on behalf of the European Economic Community and of the Member States
that the Council and the Governments of the Member- States have agreed
to a further extension of the validity of the aforesaid Agreement for
a period of one year from 1 July 1973 •
The Council of the European Communities will notify the Government of
the Lebanese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures
necessary , both within the European Economic Community and within the
Member States , for the entry into force of this Agreement ,
The Agreement will enter into force on the first day of the month
following the month of such notification.
                      • »                            } "       ..   I.-"'
The Governments of the Member States and the Council of the European
Communities hereby declare that they are prepared to apply
provisionally , each for its part and in accordance with its own
arrangements , this extension Agreement with effect from 1 July 1973 ,
on condition that the Government of the Lebanese Republic makes a
similar declaration .
Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                On behalf of the
                                     Council of the European Communities
 ---pagebreak---                                     2-                 VIII/5U/73-E
                                                            r
                                                            h
  Letter to "be sent to the President of the Council of the
  European Communities
  Sir .                                                              i
  In your letter of                             you were so good as to
  make , on behalf of the European Economic Community and of the
  Qovemments of the Member States , the following communication:
  " We would refer to Article XII of the Agreement on Trade and
  Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the
 Member States , of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic ,- of the
  other part , signed at Brussels on 21 May 1965 f and have the honour to
  inform you on behalf of the European Economic Community and of the
 Member States that the Council and the Qovemments of the Member
  States have agreed to a further extension of the validity of the afore
  said Agreement for a period of one year from 1 July 1973 *
  The . Council of the European Communities will notify the Government of
  the Lebanese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures
 necessary , both within the European Economic Community and within the
 Member States , for the entry into force of this Agreement .
  The Agreement will enter • into force on the first day of the month
  following the month of such notification .
  The Cbvemments of the Member States and the Council of the European
  Communities hereby declare that they are prepared to apply
  provisionally, each for its part and in accordance with its own
  arrangements , this extension Agreement with effect from
  1 July 1973 1 on condition that the Government of the Lebanese Republic
 makes a similar declaration ."
  I have the honour, on behalf of the Government of the Lebanese Republic,
■ to inform you that the latter also agrees that the validity of the said
  Agreement be extended for a period of one year and that it hereby
  declares that it is prepared to apply provisionally , for its part and
  in accordance with its own arrangements , this extension Agreement with
                                                     1
  effect from 1 July 1973 .
  Please accept , Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.


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Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the participation of the Community in the twentieth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats  /* SEC/2000/1528 final */

Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the participation of the Community in the twentieth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats(presented by the Commission)I. SUBJECTThe Bern Convention concerns the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats. This objective falls within Article 174 of the EC Treaty, which refers to preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment.The Community approved this Convention by Council Decision 82/72/EEC [1].[1]  JO L 38, 10.2.1982.The twentieth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention will be held in Strasbourg from 27 November to 1 December 2000.The Commission will conduct negotiations with the Member States during this meeting in accordance with negotiating Directives.II. RECOMMENDATIONIn the light of the above, the Commission recommends that the Council decide:- that, in respect of matters falling within its competence, the Community will participate, under the Bern Convention, in the negotiations conducted during the twentieth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention.The Commission will conduct these negotiations in consultation with a committee of representatives of the Member States, either in Brussels or on the spot in accordance with the negotiating Directives referred to below- that, insofar as the Convention also covers aspects not falling within the Community's competence, the Commission and the Member States will ensure a united front in the international representation of the Community by means of close cooperation during the negotiating process.Negotiating Directives(a) The Commission will ensure that the decisions of the Standing Committee are consistent with Community legislation in this area and with the relevant international rules that the Community is required to observe.(b) The Commission will report to the Council on the outcome of the negotiations and, where appropriate, on any problems which might arise in the course of those negotiations.


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the supply of common wheat and maize as food aid. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 1741
Vol. 1973/0301
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM (73 ) 1741 Final
                                                Brussels . 18 October 1973
                             RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                  r
            concluding an agreement between the European Economic
              Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
                for the supply of common wheat and Baize as ;
                                   food aid .
                 (submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM(73 ) 1741 Final
 ---pagebreak---      TILG COUIICIL OP THE EUTiOP/IA'J CQMKUNITIE3 .
                       I
 . Having regard "to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
     and in particular Articles' 113 » H4 and 223 thereof }
                      I                                                                           ^ .
                      i
     Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission j                                ,
     Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited' a declaration of
     provisional application of the Good Aid Convention of 1971 J and whereas
     that Convention has "been effective since 1 July 1971 J
     Whereas "by letter of 7 December 1.972>:                 the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
     submitted a recrtiest for emergency food aids
                                                                                !
    Whereas the adverse climatic conditions experienced by the Islamic Republic
     of Mauritania           have appreciably reduced its grain supplies j end whereas
    that country should therefore be grafted a gift of 5*000 i                     metric tons
  • of cereals           in the form of 3.000 tons of common wheat and 2*000 tons of
    maize und thes Community Food Aid Programme for 1972/73*
    HAS DECIDED TIIAT:                             ? (                                          *
                                                       •    •  •
                                                   a     »                   .
                                                   . 4
                                           Article 1
     On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement is hereby 'concluded
    "between the European Economic Community aid the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
    on the supply of food aid in the form of common wheat and maize , the texte of
     which Agreement is annexed to this decision .
                  " !                           Jt     I               *i           .
                                           Article r 2           •
                    »                            _i      "i
* The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons
    empovjered to sign the Agreement , and to confer on them the powers necessary
    to commit the Community
                                                       X-                      i
    Done &t Brussels ,                         19 ****«                    For the Council
                  «.                           ' •                          iTho President
 ---pagebreak---                   AGREE! ÏEIÎT
BETl'EEtT TILS EUROPE UT ECOiCOLJIC COMMUNITY
AKD THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC MAURITANIA
ON THE SUPFLY OP FOOD AID HI THE FORM OP
COMMON WHEAT AND MAIZE .
                               3
                           ;   )
 ---pagebreak--- TUE COUlfCIL OF Ti IE EUROPEAïï COI-ïï-jUIlITILS,               >
                                                         on the ono hnjid ,
THE COVETtHLEUT 0^ THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA ,        ;
                                                         on the other hand .
                                                               i
                                                               i
                                                               (
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated •
                                                            •  1
as their plenipotentiaries :                   -  .            j
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THE C0U1JCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COTMJ13ITI33 :                   | ,
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THE GOVERIJISITT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA t
WHO IiAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS i                r
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  An a part of its Food Aid Programme (Ocrealo ) for 1972/73 , "the European
   Economic Community shall supply          5 . 000           metric tones of cereals
   in the form of 3 . 000 metric tons of common wheat and 2*000 metric tons of
  maize as jjift to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, hereinafter referred to
  aB the "recipient country ".
                                     Article II '
  Deliveries wild be made cif ports of unloading in the recipient country in
  new jute sacks of a net weight of 50 kg each.
                                     Article III
   The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
. of the recipient country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery are
  defined in the Annex which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                     Article TV
  The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
  transport and insurance of the product' from ports of \mioading to places of
  destination*'' "                                  ;      ''                               '
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                                     Article V
  The recipient country undertakes to use the products reoeived as aid for                *
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  purposes of consumption and to distribute such products to people in raeed
  free of charge .                                     ,                           !
                                     Article VI.
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  The European Economic Community shall grant the recipient country funds to
  cover "the costs incurred by that country for the transport of the delivered
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  products from the places of taking over to places of destination *
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  These funds shall amount to 30       units of account per metric ton of delivered
  product .                       '                                             .     •
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  The Community undertakes to pay this al3 Soon as possible after receipt by
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  the Commission of the information required in the first indent of Article IX*
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The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such n. way
as to avoid any prejudice to the norm.il structure of domestic production and
international trade . To this end they shall take any measxires required to
ensure that aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace       business
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transactions which might reasonably "be expect od in the absence of such suppli
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The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevent :
(i ) The re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by
      products resulting from such supplies ;                      i
(ii ) The export , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last
      delivery , either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature
      as the product received as aid or of any products or by-products
      resulting from it .
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                                   Article IX
The recipient country \mdertakes to inform the European Economic Community ,
how this Agreement is being implenjented* To this end , it shall provide the
Commission of the European Communities with the following information :
(i ) Not more than thirty days after the talcing over of each cargo : places
      and dates of taking overj nature ,, quantity and quality of the overtaken
      products .                             '
(ii ) Every three months until the quantities received* as aid have been fully
      used : a situation report giving , in particular , the number and nature
      of the recipients , the quantities -distributed , and /the place end method
      of distribution .                   •< <3       1     •  , I
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At *tho request of either of thcin , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                    Article XX
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic *
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                                  Artici c 1
 Delivery shall "be completed, and the risks shall pass from the European
 Economic Community to the recipient country as soon as the goods are actually
 taken in charge in the ship 's hold at the port of unloading* i
 The recipient country shall "bear    all costs subsequent to delivery of the
 goods , including the costs of unloading ("breaking, "bulk , hoisting , talcing
 delivery , for example ) as well as any lighterage costs .               1 '
Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of unloading shall , as the
case may be , be borne by or paid to the recipient country . The rates and
conditions of payment applying to any contract between the Community agent
referred to in Article 5 and- "the carrier must have been previously agreed
between that agent and the recipient country 's agent referred to in Article 5
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                                 Article 2
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The European Economic Community shall forward to the recipient country .
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as soon as possible after the goods have been shipped , a notice giving the
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name of the ship, the date of loading , the quantity and quality of the goods
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The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient country of the
ship 's pre sumed - date of arrival at the port of unloading at least ten clear
days before that date .                            i'                  I
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The European Economic Community "shall cause to be inserted in the charter-
party an undertaking by the captain to give to the reoipient country at '
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least 72 hours' notice of the probable date of the ship 's arrival in the port
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On delivery of 'the goods , a tolerance of 5 /3 lees than the quantity to bo
Bupplied in accordance with Article I of the Agreement is permitted .
                                  Article 5 '
The European Economic Community shall appoint an agent to ' implement "the
provisions of this Annex , and shall in good time forward the latter 's
name and address "b the recipient country .
The recipient country shall appoint an agent in each port of \mloe.ding ,
and shall forward the latter' s name and ; address to th9 European Economic
Community prior to implementation of the Agreement *