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

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 734
Vol. 1973/0142
 ---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 COA\MUNITIES
                                                        COM(73)734 final
                                                        Brussels . 16 May 1973
                   RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
              on the conclusion of an agreement between the
                 ,  European Economic Community and the
              Republic of Upper-Volta for the supply of maize
                                as food aid
               ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(73 ) 734 final
 ---pagebreak---      THE COUNCIL OP TIIE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                             9
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economio Community ,
 ' and in particular Articles 113i 114 said 228 thereof }
     Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
     Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
     provisional application of the 1971 Food Aid Convention j whereas that Con
     vention has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 }
     Whereas the Republic of Upper-Volta "by its letter of 3 December 1971 , has
     requested food aid }
     Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Uppor-
     Volta that country should be accorded , bjr way of gift , 2 500 metric tons of
     maize under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1971/72 }
  , . •                       1 •  ''                 \          • -Vy-V" • • . '
     DECIDES :         .. '
                      p -%                     ■ .T    f               .     ■' •          i
                                          Article 1
- On behalf of the „ European Economic Community; an agreement , the text whereof
   ■ is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economio Conummity
     and the Republic of Upper-Volta for the supply of maize as food aid.
                    .      t.     ...                    :     .               ■      . ;■
                                       ,  Article 2 .                             •    •
                        ι ■·.                       η                               ·
 . The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate those who are to
     sign the agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind the
     Community .
     Done at Brussels ,               19 «»»               .     • For the Council
                                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                 AGREEŒP
                ■ between
     THE EUROPEAN" ECONOMIC COMMUUITY
                    and .
       THE REPUBLIC 0? UPPZR-VOLTA
CONCERNING THE SUPPLY AS FOOD AID OS1 MAIZE
              /
 ---pagebreak--- THE COJITCIL 0? THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                    »  on the one part ,
                                                            ♦
THE G0V2PMEOT OP THE REPUBLIC OF UPPER-VOLTA ,
                                                       on the other pari;,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as
their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL 015 TIIE EUROPEAN COl-SflJNITIIS : '
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP UPPER-VOLTA :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FODLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 1 -
                                  ARTICLE I
As a part of its Pood Aid Programme ( Cereals ) for 1971/72 , the Europ&an Eoonomio
Community shall sv.pply the Republic of UPPER-VOLTA , hereinafter referred to as the
"recipient country", with 2 500 metric tons of maize .
                                  ARTICLE II
Deliveries will he made in bulk free at frontier of Upper-Volta.
                                  ARTICLE III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
of the recipient country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery aro
defined in the Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                c                         M   \                    , *
                               ■  ARTICLE IV                           '
The recipinnt country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product frbm 'ports of shipment -{.o places of
destination .
                                             r-»
                                  ARTICLE 7                              '
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption and to apply , for the sale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that marked 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 tho recipient country and
   approved "by the European Economic Community .
                                           ARTICLE
   The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement m 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 expscted in the absence of such s\ipplies . In particular , the reci-
: piont country undertakes to import commercially from whatever source between
                       •                             i    ''
   1 July 1972 and 30 June 1973 a minimum quantity of 18 000 metrio tons of cereals .
                                         ■  ARTICLE VII            .                        •
                                                                     .    "         ' ■   '   ■ » ,
   The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevent : "
                          . n
                          ■ 1:                         ^
 "(i ) The re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by-products
  '           resulting from such supplies :
    f • • \   pm        1   *"      1 S                      1 • •     1 <      . A   J ^
' ( 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
                                                    n    u                                        "
              received 0.3 aid or of any products or by-products resulting from it .
                                            ARTICLE VIII                    •                       -
    "       '                                       u "s '                    '
   The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community how
   this Agreement is: being implemented . To this- end it shall provide the Commission
                                                         s
   of the European Communities with the following information :
 ---pagebreak--- (i )   !7ot later "than thirty days after the unloading of each cargo : ports
       and dates of arrival of the vessel } nature , quantity and quality cf the
       products unloaded ; date on which unloading was completed j
(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 narketj
(iii ) On 15 January every year until the special account has "been fully used :
       (a ) State cf this account (inconings and outgoings ) on 31 Deceober of the
             preceding year ;                             . •
       ("b ) Progress achieved in the project or projects , with an indication of
             the total anount of financing undertaken at that stage .
                    1                          »  J.
                    1-                        ?               ■ ■             :
                                       ARTICLE IX
                                     -■ ■ ■ ■■   'Γ ■ ■ –
At the request of either of then , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
                 ■ :i                       r.    "
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                       ARTICLE X
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch, English , French ,
German and Italian languages , each of these texfc3 "being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---                AffiJEX REFERRED TO X1T ARTICLE III OP THE AGREI&ENT
                                       Article 1
 Delivery shall "be effected and risks shall pass from the European Econon&o
 Community to the recipient country at the moment at which the goods actually
 reach their destination .
 The recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
 ar^r transshipment costs and all costs subsequent to delivery *
 Any costs resulting from delays in taking delivery which are attributable to
 the recipient country shall be borne by the latter .     .       •      >v<.
                                       Article 2
                  Ii                        l       1               ■'    %
 The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country , as soon
 as possible after the goods have left the port of loading , of the date of
 loading , the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at loading , the
    • »
 port of unloadihg and the means of land" transport used to transfer the goods
 to the place of <. ©livery.                 5   •*                 • ' * '!
vX                                     Article
                                       1,1 1 j ■ . ■
                1 •                              •;
 The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient country of the
  estimated date of arrival of the goods iat &he place of delivery at least
 ten clear days before that date .
 ---pagebreak--- The European Economic Community shall "be obliged to inform the recipient
country at least two days "beforehand of the probable date of arrival of the
goods at the place of delivery .
                                 ■ Article A
On delivery a tolerance of 5 f° less th?Ji the quantity of com to "be supplied
under Article I of the Agreement is permitted .
•      .               .                                       ....
                                   Article 5
To implement the provisior.3 of this Annex ,1 the E"aropean Economic Coranunity
shall appoint an authorized agent , whose riame and address shall "be made known
in good time to the recipient country.
The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent at each placo of
delivery , whose name and address shall "be made ioiown to the European
              • ι                       .τ ,
Economic Community "before the Agreement is implemented .             •


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 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) 2096
Vol. 1974/0347
 ---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)2096 final
                                                       Brussels , 17 December 1974
                               RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                 on the conclusion of an Agreement "between the
                   European Economic Community and the Islamic
                Republic of Pakistan for the supply of "butteroil
                                   as food aid
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
OOM(74 ) 2096 final
 ---pagebreak---  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and in
particular Artioles 113 , H4 and 228 thereof }
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission j
Whereas the Council in Regulation (EEC)n°530/74 from 4 March 1974 on the supply of butter-
 oil as food aid decided to make3-000 tonnes of butteroil     available to the
 Islamic Republic of Pakistan .
HAS DECIDED
                                     Article   1
An Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
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 pereons empowered to
sign the Agreement and to confer on them the powers required in order to bind the
Community .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                          For the Council
                                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                                              ». *
                                            I
                                          /
         AGREERENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
    AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICjOF PAKISTAN
ON THE SUPPLY OP POOD AID IN THE FORI! OF
               BUTTER OI L
 ---pagebreak---   THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , '
                                              1 oï the one part
                 4
  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE   ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
   OF PAKISTAN                           ■ .    ° * "the other part
  HAVE DECIDED to concluded this Agreement and to this end have
• designated as their, plenipotentiaries :
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
  WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS S
 ---pagebreak---                                  ARTICLE I
  The European Economio Community shall supply by way of gift to the Islamic    . _
 Republic of Pakistan ( hereafter referred to as " the recipient country")
 a quantity Of *J,"000 tonnes of butteroil .
                                *
  The quality and packaging conditions are specified in Annex I which forms an
  integral part of the present Agreement .
                           ♦
                                 ARTICLE II
 Deliveries shall be effected under the arrangements provided in Annex   II which
 forms an integral part of the present Agreement .
                                 ARTICLE III
 The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
 transport and insurance 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
under Article VIII of the present Agreement .
              t                            . .
                                 ARTICLE IV
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption and to apply , for the sale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that market for products of comparable quality .
The proceeds from this sale shall be paid into a special account with the
Central Bank and allocated to the financing of one or more development projects
tinder arrangements which have been agreed in advance between the recipient
country and the European Economio Community.
 ---pagebreak---                                          -3-                                        ί ■ -.;1
                                                                      Κ
                                       ARTICLE V
   The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way
   as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of national' production
   rmd 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 which might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .
                                                                               «
                                     ' ARTICIE VI
   The recipient country shall take all steps required to prevent :
   ( i ) the re-export of the product received as aid and also of any products
         resulting therefrom ;
   (ii ) the export , commercially or otherwise , within a period of six months
           commencing from the final delivery , either of any product procured
           locally of the same nature as that received as aid , or of any products
          resulting therefrom .
                                       ARTICLE VII
  The recipient country undertakes to inform the EEC 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 was completed ;
         costs of sea transport and of insurance relating thereto ;
• ( ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully
          used : quantities sold,' manner of sale;actual selling prices jnormal selling
         costs on the recipient country 's market ; costs of insurance ( and of trans
         port if applicable ) from the port of unloading to the places of destina
       tion ;
  ( iii ) On 15 January every year until the special account has been fully
          expended s                              ,
          a) Summary of the account ( incomings and outgoings ) to 31 December of
              the previous year ;
          b) Stage of progress of the project or projects , indicating the total
              resources expended to that stage .
                                                                      /.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                    ». *
                                                                  I
                                                                φ
                                yffîTICIE VIII
The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either consult each other
on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                                                        «
                                                      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---                                                                    ANNEX I
                                                                       ». »
                                  BUTTEROIL                           ι
                                                                    ê
I. QUALITY
     (A) Product characteristics :
          Concentrated milk fats containing not less than 99.8$ of pure fats ;
      B    Standard composition :
           (Analysis made at time of manufacture and packing)
          - Moisture and non-fat milk substance s-not more than 0.2$
        . - Pats - not less than 99«95»                 _
          - Free fatty acids - not more than 0.5% ( expressed as oleic acid)
          - Peroxide level/kg - not more than 1 unit ( in milli-equivalents of
             active oxygen per kg)
          - Taste - pure
          - Smell - absence of smell extraneous to butteroil
II . CONDITIONS 0P PACKAGING
      a) Metal cans of 20 kg - 1 can per carton.
      b) Marked the . -packaging in English :
          BUTTEROIL
          GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
          TO THE Islamic Republic of Pakistan
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 ANNUX II
                             Generell provisions
                                   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 pat down 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 th'e
  .term 6 spe cified i n the following articles * Without prejudice to Articles 7
   and 8 the EEC sha ll bear a ll costs up to_.dell.very and the recipient country
   those beyond such delivery .
                                  Article 2
  The ESC shall appoint an agent to implement the provisions of the present
  Annex- or for each consignment- whose name and address it shall make known
  to the recipient country immediately following his appointment .
  The recipient country shall appoint an agent in the port or ports of shipment,'
  whose name and address it shall make known to the EEC with all despatch and
  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 which deli
  very must begin.
                         Obligations of the European Economic Community
                                  Article 4
. Should the EEC not be in a position to carry out delivery on "the date and ( if
  applicable) on the^iche.dule 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 FIFE.
 ---pagebreak---     The charges and the arrangements relating to demurrage laid down in the
     contract between the recipient country and the carrier must have ^>eeri agreed
     ip advance by the recipient country and the agent of . the ESC *
 . The other costs referred to in the first paragraph shall only be refunded
    "by the EEC if they haw been paid by the recipient country with the approval
     of the EEC .-
                                    Article 5
    Should it prove impossible for the EEC to supply all or part of the goods
■ on the date and within the time-limits provided for in Article 6 and without
    prejudice to the provisions of Article 4 f & new date and a new time-limit
    shall be agreed between the agents of the EEC and o£ the recipient country
   for the delivery of all the goods or of the undelivered part thereof.
                             Obligations of the recipient country
                                    Article 6
   After contacting the EEC , the recipient country shall procure one or more vessels
   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 t hi s
  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 witti the agent of the EEC the schedule on which delivery shall
  take place .             '
                 y ■
                                                                    */ •
 ---pagebreak---      ;
                                  Artioïe 7
   Should the recipient country he unahle 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.
   I9 this event a new date for the commencement of delivery' and (Lf applicable) a new
   jiohedule ' may • "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 he 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
         f
  maycdispose of the goods without prejudice to . its commitment under Article 1
  of this Agreement *
                                Article 8 .
  If the quantity made available 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 .
  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 reoipient country, the renun
  ciation shall be deemed to have taken place *
                                                                                1
                                                                                Λ
                                  Article 9
  Upon delivery of the g6ods , 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 _ and quantity of the goods aocepted and including
  any oomments on the quality of the goods .         .                ~~


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken by the Community within the OECD as regards an Agreement concerning aircraft (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 309
Vol. 1973/0049
 ---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)309 final
                                                Brussels , 26 February 1973
                             Recommendation for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
            on "the position to be taken "by the Community within
            the OECD as regards an Agreement concerning aircraft
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
     COIl(73 ) 309 final
 ---pagebreak--- Direetorate-General                                      Doc.No.Xl/34/73-d
       for
  External Trade
       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE POSITION TO BE
TAKEN BY THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE OECD AS REGARDS AN AGREEMENT CON
CERNING AIRCRAFT .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES j
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commu
nity , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas certain directions should he issued as regards the position
to be taken by the Community should adopt within the OECD in relation
to the preparation of an agreement concerning aircraft ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                               Sole Article
        Upon the preparation with OECD of an agreement concerning air
craft , the Commission shall express the Community 's viewpoint in accor
dance with t-he directions set out in the Annex .
        It shall act in consultation with the special committee referred
to in Article 113 of the Treaty which shall assist the Commission in
its task .
                                        For the Council
Done at Brussels ,         19
 ---pagebreak---                                                                Doc.No.XI/ 34/73-E
                                                     ANNEXE
     The Commission shall within the OECD endeavour to secure an agreement
     based on the following principles :
 I. SCOPE OF AOREEMENT
     The Agreement shall relate to the credit terms applicable to sabs
     or hirepurchase contracts , for the export of helicopters intended
     for civil air transport .
II . DURATION OF CREDIT
     The maximum duration of credit shall be determined by reference both
     to the type of aircraft and to the full cost of the transaction . Air
     craft shall be classified as under applicable protocols which list
     aircraft falling within each category .
     By reference to type of aircraft , the maximum duration of credit
     shall be as follows :
        - " A. Civil' jet transport aircraft                        10 years
     ''     Bi Civil turbo-prop transport aircraft                   8 years
          > c ; Jet and turbo-propeller ; executive aircraft :
                ( l ) in the case of transactions relating to
                      one aircraft                                   7 years
                ( 2 ) in the case of transactions relating to
                      more than one aircraft                         8 years
            D. All other types of subsonic aircraft inclu
                ding helicopters                                     5 years
     By reference to the full cost of the transaction , the maximum
      duration of credit shall be as follows :
            A. For amounts exceeding     5 m*  u.a .                 7 years
            B. For amounts exceeding 10 m . u.a.                     8 years
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Doo . No . n/34/7 3-E
OTHER TERMS.        .
1 . The down-pa.yment made before or at the time of delivery shall
    be of no less than 10% of the cost of the transaction , no less
    than % being payable upon signature of the contract .
2 . Payment shall be made regularly by equal half-yearly of ex
    ceptionally yearly instalments , the period being reckoned
    from the date of each delivery or from the middle date between
    deliveries .
3 . It is evident that ( national ) and polioies and practicies must
 -  not be reserted. to in order to circumvent the agreement . If ,
    however , a party to the agreement , by way of exception and for
    genuine aid purposes , wishes to grant more favourable terms
    in any particular instance , it may do so , on condition that
    it gives sufficient notice of its intention to the other par
  • ties - ( at least six weeks before issuing the authorization for
    the grant of funds for that purpose ).
4 . Where there is competition for a contract between airoraft of
    different categories the parties to the agreement shall be
    authorized to align their credit facilites as regards duration
    on the longest terms which may officially be granted in the
    case of the competing aircraft .


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an agreement, constituted by an exchange of letters, between the European Economic Community and the International Committee of the Red Cross for the supply of 200 tons of skimmed milk powder for the victims of the earthquake in Nicaragua (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (72) 1757
Vol. 1972/0240
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Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
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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           OP    THE    EUROPEAN          COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(72)1757 fin.
                                         Brussels . 29 December 1972
                 RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
          concluding an agreement , constituted by an exchange
          of letters , between the European Economic Community
          and the International Committee of the Red Cross
          for the supply of 200 tons of skimmed milk powder
          for the victims of the earthquake in Nicaragua
            ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(72)1757 fin
 ---pagebreak---                                                  VII]/l3( 73) B-4-E
                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 26 December 1972 the Mission of the Republic of Nicaragua
wrote on instructions from its Government appealing to the
European Communities to send all possible food aid to
Nicaragua following the earthquake there on 23 December .
The information to hand fully bears out the disastrous nature
of the earthquake , which has claimed tens of thousands of lives
and left great numbers of people homeless , Managua , the capital
was 80$ destroyed outright and the rest of the city so badly
damaged that the Government has decided to raze it completely
and rebuild in a safer locality . To form a proper idea of the
position it should be recalled that Managua had a population of
    000 , out of a population of 2 075 000 for the country as a
whole . Furthermore , Nicaragua had already in the same year
suffered an exceptional drought which seriously harmed its crops
and led to food shortages .
This being so , it is clear that the Community not only ought to
send a special consignment of food aid to Nicaragua , but ought
to do so in such a way as to enable the aid to be put to use as
promptly as possible . Given the legal provisions in force and
the position as to stocks of grain and dairy products in the
Community , it is felt that an appropriate course would be to fly
200 tons of skimmed milk powder to Managua at Community expense ,
for distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross
 ---pagebreak---                              -2-                 VII^L3( 73) B-^-E
This tonnage would be set against the 6 000 tons of skimmed milk
powder already furnished to the ICRC under Council Regulation ( EEC )
No 2721/72 .
This particular aid would be given without prejudice to such
other action as the Commission may propose to the Council in the
light of further developments in the food situation in Nicaragua .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Vliyi3( 73) B-4-E
                                    ANNEX
ESTIMATSD COST OF SHIPMENT BY AIR
Frankfurt-Managua
Lufthansa charter aircraft CL
25 000 kg volume US# 35 500
Total cost : US ¿ 35 500 x 8 * US#    000
 ---pagebreak---                                                       Vliyi3( 73) B-^-E
                                  ■'  4 - ' ■■
             Draft Recommendation for a Council Decision
        concluding an Agreement , constituted by an exchange
        of letters , between the European Economic Community
        and the International Committee of the Red Cross for
        the supply of 200 tons of skimmed milk powder for the
        victims of the earthquake in Nicaragua
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Articles 113 » ll^ and 228 thereof ;
Having regard to the recommendation from the . Commission ;
Whereas the Community has been asked by the Government of the
Republic of Nicaragua in a letter of 26 December 1972 to send food
aid for the victims of the recent earthquake in that country ;
Whereas the Council has by the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 2721/72^"^
furnished to the International Committee of the Red Cross 6 000 tons
of skimmed milk powder ;
                                                         • • •/ • # «
^OJ No L 291, 28 December 1972.
 ---pagebreak---                                   -2-                VIIl/13( 73 ) B-if-E
Whereas it is an appropriate course , in response to the Nicaraguan
appeal , to have the International Committee of the Red Cross
distribute to victims 200 tons of skimmed milk powder from the
aforesaid ;
Whereas in view of the pressing' nature of the need it is necessary
that the Community arrange for the tonnage in question to be flown
out and delivered to the International Committee of the Red Cross
free Managua airport :
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                               Article 1
On behalf of the European Economic Community an agreement , constituted
by an exchange of letters as set out in the Annex to this Decision ,
shall be concluded between the European Economic Community and the
International Committee of the Red Cross for the supply of 200 tons
of skimmed milk powder as food aid for the victims of the earthquake
in Nicaragua .
                               Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to appoint the
persons empowered to sign the agreement and to invest them with the
requisite powers to bind the Community .
Done at Brussels , ........
                                       By the Council
                                       The Président
 ---pagebreak---                                                            VIIlA3(73)B-^-
ANNEX
                                           Brussels ,
The President of the International
Committee of the Red Cross .
7 avenue de la Paix ,
GENEVA »
Sir ,
      I have the honour to inform you that the European Economic
Community proposes to provide through the International Committee
of the Red Cross food aid consisting of 200 tons of skimmed milk
powder for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake ,
 "    The intention : is that /this , should be done as follows :
1.    The 200 tons of skimmed milk powder is to be set against the
      6 000 tons of this product furnished to the Committee under
      Regulation ( EEC ) No 2721/72 .
2.    The European Economic Community will deliver the consignment
      to the Committee free Managua airport .
3.    The European Economic Community will notify the Committee at
      least 48 hours in advance of the consignment 's arrival at
      Managua airport .
k.    The Committee will make all necessary arrangements to take
      delivery of the consignment on arrival and distribute the
      contents free of charge to earthquake victims .
 ---pagebreak---                                    -2-                VIIIA3( 73 ) B-^-E
5•   Any costs incurred in consequence of delay in taking delivery
     on the part of the Committee , and all costs incurred subsequent
     to the taking of delivery , will be borne by the Committee .
6.   The Committee will keep the Commission of the European
     Communities informed of the progress of the operation , and upon
     its completion will submit a final report to the Commission .
7»   The practical implementation of some or all of the above may
     be delegated by the Committee to the League of Red Cross
     Societies .                         ...
     I shall be glad if you will let me know whether these arrangements
meet with your acceptance .
     Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest consideration .
 ---pagebreak---                                                        VIIL0.3(73)B- if-E
                                         Geneva ,
Sir ,       •   • •     '■ ,
      I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
which reads as follows :
              "I have the honour to inform you that the European
      Economic Community proposes to provide through the International
      Committee of the Red Cross food aid consisting of 200 tons of
      skimmed milk powder for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake
              The intention is that this should be done as follows :
      1.      The 200 tons of skimmed milk powder is to be set against
              the 6 000 tons of this product furnished to the
              Committee under Regulation ( EEC ) No 2721/72 .
      2.      The European Economic Community will deliver the
              consignment to the Committee free Managua airport .
      3.      The European Economic Community will notify the
              Committee at least ^8 hours in advance of the consign
              ment 's arrival at Managua airport .
      k.      The Committee will make all necessary arrangements to
              take delivery of the consignment on arrival and
              distribute the contents free of charge to earthquake
              victims .
      3*      Any costs incurred in consequence of delay in taking
              delivery on the part of the Committee , and all costs
              incurred subsequent to the taking of delivery , will be
              borne by the Committee .
 ---pagebreak---                                   -2-                 VIIIA3 ( 73 ) B- Jf- E
    6.       The Committee will keep the Commission of the European
             Communities informed of the progress of the operation ,
             and upon its completion will submit a final report to
             the Commission .
    7.       The practical implementation of some or all of the above
             may be delegated by the Committee to the League of
             Red Cross Societies
          " 'I 'shall be glad if you will let me know whether these
    arrangements meet with your acceptance ."
    In reply I have pleasure in Informing you that the International
Committee of the Red Cross accepts the terms so stated .
    Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest consideration .


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

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (75) 182
Vol. 1975/0068
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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
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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(75)182 final
                                                       Brussels . 24 April 1975
                          RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                             COUNCIL DECISION
             on the conclusion of an agreement between the
                  European Economic Community and the
        Republic of Rwanda for the supply of cereals as food aid
              (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(75) 182 final
 ---pagebreak---  nuns COUÏÏOÏJ ; OJ? nm l'iasoïmw cjowroïwsi ,
 Having? rcjrj-d to tho Treaty establishing tho Euro pern Economic Courrunity,
 Mid .in particular Articles 113 » 114 anc'- 220 thereof }
                                                                              M
 Having refvr.rd to the Recommend ati on from the Commission ; .
 Vfiierer.s the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
 provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; whereas that
 Convention has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 5
 Whereas the Republic of Rwanda has requested food aid }
 Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in Rwanda that country should
"be accorded , by way of gift , 1,500 metric tons of cereals under the Community
 Pood Aid Programme for 197 0/7 1 5 and 1,500 metric tons of cereals under the
 programme for 1973/74 * The quantity of 3»000 metric tons of cereals shall be
delivered in the form of 1,986 metric tons of soft wheat .
                                           Article 1
 On behalf of the European Economic Community en Agreement , txie toirfc whereof
 is annexed hereto , shell be concluded between the European Economic Community
                                                                                * «
 end tho Republic of Rwanda for the supply of cereals as food aid .
                              • -,         ■ ' ■
                                           Article 2                        •
                                             «
                                                           »i
 The President of *che Council is hereby authorized to designate those who
ore to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind
                     •                •             ••         **
the Community . '                                ,              *      '       '•
Bono at lirussels ,                19*»'«*         .   -         Pc«• the Council
                                                                  Tho Présidant
 ---pagebreak---                 AGRjLTIÎTl [n>TT
KÎ7KJÏ3W THE LUROPEAIT ECOïïOLÎÏC GOIî-iWilTY
AllD THE REPUBLIC OP RWANDA
COIJCERFinG TIE SUPPLY A3 FOOD All') OP
CEREALS .
 ---pagebreak--- VIIO COUIJGIL ov MITS sunoPE/ur CONÏÏNIRR.RVRJ ,
                                                             on "oho one. hand ,
TIE GOVJ-EiJi'IEIIT 0? TIM REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
                                                                             \ >
                                                             on . the o'bhcr hano ,
HAVE 1)330 IDKD "to conclude -this Acreomart and to 'this end have doai^nateci
r.rs "thoiir plenipotonii&ries :
•NRA COI-HTCIL o? »JHK WTROPSAIT CORØ<IUM" ,J35 :
TÏÏ3 00VOTH5ÜKÏ OP EFJU KEPUBLIC OP RWA MBA :
WIO H '.713 AOïïRHD AS POLLOVJ' ; :
 ---pagebreak--- L   »1 I " 1' - HT i l »"* "*-   ■ AI».»*     '■■■ •
                                                       - 2 -
                                                      Artiale I
   Xhe European Economic Community shall supply, by way of gift , the Republic of
   Rwanda , hereinafter referred to as the " recipient country" with 3,000 metric
   tons of cereals in the form of 1,986 metric tons of flour of soft wheat of
   which
   - 1,500 metric tons of cereals as a part of its Pood Aid Programme (cereals )
         for 1970/71
   - 1,500 metric tons of cereals as a part of its Pood Aid Programme ( cereals )
         for 1973 /74 .
                                          * .
                                                      Article II
  Deliveries will be made in new cotton sacs with a net weight of 50 k£? each ,
   half franco Kigali , half franco Ruhengeri .
                                                     .Aréole HT      .
  The obligr.iions P»d rcEtponsibilities of tfc© European Economic Cowminity nad
  of "the recipient country relating to delivery r- .nil the taking of delivery arc
  defined in the Anne;::, which, forms rn - integral pr.rt of this Asroeiaont .
                  „                                  Art-.ic.lc XV
  '.[lie recipient country unueric,kes to nc.ke all neocsssry arrangements ' for the
  transport and insurance of the product front the places of destination on .
                                                     Article V                    . ■ ;
                                                               I       ,
                                                                                \ »
  The recipient country undertakes * to use the product received as aid for
  purposes of consumption and to distribute it to people in need free of charre
                                                     Article VI             .
                               *                                   .     *'   ' 1
  The Contracting Parties \uidertake to implement this Agreement in such a way
  an to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of dornVstio production and
  international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to
  ensure that aid supplies are in -addition to , end do not replace business
  trancactionn which might reaoonp^ly be expected in the absence of suoh suppli
 ---pagebreak---                                            - 3 -
                                     '  Ar+ioln VTÏ
 The reca pient ooxmtry ohull take any laeacvres . required -to proveuv.:
                     , * "
•(i )     '..?iie re-c-rpori of 'the product received as aid find of
          products resulting frow suoh nupplieaj                     ,
  (ii ) rJ 'h3 export , commercially or otherm no , within r>ix rnontha of the last
          doliyery, cither of tho . product obtained locally end of.'fcho anus nature
          as the product received aa aid or of any products result ing . from it .
                                        T^iclo^vr'.T
 •Ilie recipient country undertake® to inforra the *j3iiro peril .EooiIomio Cownunvfcy
 how thin .Agreement is being implenentect , To this end it ohall provide the
 Co:'mi:i.r.f:ion of the 'Jfe-opef n G ornvmmties every three months until the quantities
 received as aid have "been fully used : reports indicating in particular number
 and nature of the beneficiaries , the quantities distributed , places and
 manner of distribution .
                           \ .
                                         t Article TX       . '  ■     ■ 4
The reoipient oountry shall take all appropriate step3 to enable those persona
duly authorized by the European Economio Community to make on the spot obser
vations of the operations conneoted with the implementation of the Agreement .
                               *           Article X
At the request of either party , the contracting parties shall consult one
another on all questions conoerning the application of this Agreement .
                                           Article XX
This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---            ANNEX REPERR7® TO IIT ARTICLE III 0? THE AGItEEMEHT
                                 / rticle 1
Delivery shall "be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
Community to the reoipient -country at the moment at which the goods actually
arrive and have been unloaded at the place of destination .
The recipient country shall pay all costs of taking delivery of the goods ,
any transshipment costs and all costs subsequent to delivery .
Any costs remitting from delays in taking delivery v:hich are attributable
to the recipient country shall "be "borne by the latter .
                                       i
                                  Article 2 .
                                                                           *  t
The European Economic Commimity, shall notify the recipient country , as soon
as possible after the goods have left the port of loading, of the date of
loading, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at loading , the
port of unloading and the means of land transport used to transfer the goods
to the place of delivery .                                  .
                                  Article 3
The European Economic Comimmity shall inform the recipient country of the
estimated date of arrival of the goods at the place of delivery at least ten
clear days before that date .                                  .
                                 *
The European Economic Community shall be obliged to inform the reoipient
country at least two days beforehand of the probable dato of arrival of the
goods at the place of delivery .    '
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 4
   On delivery a tolerance of 5 t° less than the quantity of wheat to he          j
   supplied under Article I of the Agreement is permitted .                        1
                                                    •             X,-    "  . ' "|
                                   Article 5 •
  To implement the provisions of this Annex , the European Economic Community !
                                                                                i
  shall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address shall "be made        j
                                                                                I
  known in good time to the recipient country .                                    I
  The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent at each place of           j
                                                                                ι
  delivery , whose name and address shall he made known to the European
  Economic Community before the Agreement is implemented .
                             V        • • ■
                                  Article 6
On delivery of the goods the country of destination shall hand to the authorid
agent of the European Economic Community a taking-over certificate , stating til
place and date of taking over , the nature and the quantity as well as contiger]
observations about the quality of these goods and shall send a copy thereof to!
the Commission of the European Community.               •                -       i


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Indonesia for the supply of skimmed milk powder (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 2041
Vol. 1974/0340
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
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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 EUROPEÀM COMMUMITIES
                                                         COM(74)2041 final
                                                         Brussels , 11 December 1974
                                 Recommendation for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
              on the conclusion of an Agreement "between the European
               Economic Community and the Republic of Indonesia for
                         the supply of skimmed milk powder
                    ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
COM(74 ) 2041 final
 ---pagebreak---   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and in
  particular Articles 113 , 114 and. 228 thereof }
  Having regard, to the Reconnendation fron the CoamissioBj
  Whereas the Council in Regulation ( EEC ) no . 1826/74 of 11 July 1974 on the supply
  of skimmed milk powder as food aid decided to make     250   tonnes      of skir n^d
  milk powder available to   the Republic of Indonesia
  HAS, DECIDED t                                                              - •
                                        Article    I
  An Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Indonesia
  for the supply of skimmed milk powder as food aid is hereby concluded on behalf of
  the European Economio Community . The text of the Agreement is annexed to this
  Deoision .
                                        Article    2
  The President of the Counoil is authorized to designate the persons empowered to
  sign the Agreement and to confer on them the powers required in order to bind the
  Community .
. Done at Brus sel s ,
                                                             For the Council
                                                              The Président
 ---pagebreak---               ABHEEKENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAÏÏ ECONOMIC COîMJNITY
       AND' THE REPUBLIC OP INDONESIE
ON THE SUPPLY OP FOOD AID EI THE FORM OP
gidTJirrnjin MJT.V DOWTWD .
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                            ôf the one part ,
                                                    *    *
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP INDONESIA
                                         ~  of the other parti
                                      r'
    *
                                                      «•
HAVE DECIDED to concluded this Agreement and to this end have
designated as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COifllUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP INDONESIA
WHO HAVE AGREED AS POLLOWS S
 ---pagebreak---                                  ARTIG IE X
 The European Economic Community shall supply by way of gift to the Republic of
Indonesia (hereafter referred to as "the recipient country") a quantity
of 250 "tonnes of skimmed milk powder
 The quality and packaging conditions are specified in^ Annex I which forms an
 integral part of the present Agreement .            »* ■                        !
            *         *
                                 ARTICIE II
Deliveries shall be effected under the arrangements provided in Annex    II which
 forms an integral part of the present Agreement .
                                 ARTICLE III
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the products from point of delivery to places ofj
destination .                                                                  !
                                                                               I
 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
under Article VIII of the present Agreement .              *                 j
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                                 ARTICLE IV .                                !
The reoipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption and to apply , for the Bale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that market for produots of comparable quality.
The proceeds from this sale , legs the cost of sea transport and insurance and
the normal cost of selling the product on the market , shall be paid into a
speoial aooount at the Central Bank until the entire quantity has been sold .
The prooeeds shall then be transferred to the Development feudget of the country
for the financing of development schemes .
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                                        AKTICJjB V
   The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in 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 which might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .
                                                                                I
                                        ARTICLE VI                                 ,
   The recipient country shall take all steps required to prevent :
   ( i ) the' re-export of the product received as aid and also of any products
          resulting therefrom ;                            ?
   (ii ) the export , commercially or otherwise , vrithin a period of six months
           commencing from the final delivery , either of any product procured
           locally of the same nature as that received as aid , or of any products
           resulting therefrom .                                                    ■
                                        ARTICLE VII
   The recipient country undertakes to inform the EEC 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 produots unloaded; date on which unloading was completed ;
          costs of sea transport and of insurance relating thereto ;
   (ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully
           used : quantities soldj manner of sale ; actual selling pricey ^normal selling
         costs on the recipient country 's market ; costs of insurance    and of trans
         port if applicable from the port of unloading to the places of destina-
      • tion ;
( iii ) Pollowing the transfer of the sale prooeeds to the Development Budget :
         the progress and degree of completion of one or more development projeots
         undertaken with the help of Member States on the 1974/75 list of projects
         to be furnished by the rteoipient country , the cost of such project or pro
         jects to correspond approximately to the proceeds of sale of the amounts
         received as aid .
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                                                -4-
                                                ARTICIE VIII
  The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either consult each other
  on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                                                                «
                                                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 .
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       .   00 moisture content                                      not exceeding 4»0 $
           (o )  total acidity (lactic aoid)                        not exceeding 0,15 i» (18° Dornic )
           (d)   test for neutralizing agents                       négative
           (e )  permitted additives                                none
           (f )  test for phosph'atasis                             négative
            g)   solubility                                         not exceeding 0,5 ml (not less than
                                                                                99 t)
          (h ) degree of purity                                     not les3 than disc B (l5t0 mg)
          (i ) baoteria content                                     fcot exceeding 50 000 per g
          00 strength of colon "bacillus                            negative in 0,1 g
          (1 ) flavour and smoll                                    fresh
          (m) appearance                                            white or slightly yellov/ieh ,
                                                                    absence of impurities and coloured
                                                                    particles
     II * Pack-?.ririft          ,
          (a) containing 25 kilogrammes net weight
          00 composition of packing :
                 (aa) 4 Kraft paper "bags of a strength representing at least 70 g per ia j
                        1 interposed tar-lined paper "bag of a strength representing at
                          least 140 g per m2j
                       1 polyethylene inner "bag at least                   rnm thick -, welded or double-
                          bound
         'or (bb ) 1 "clupak-poly-duplo" paper bag of a strength representing at
                          least 50/20/50 per m2j                                   "
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                       2 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70/75 6 P®1* n
              •'       1 polyethylene iiiner bag at least 0,10 mm (thick welded or double
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or ( oo ) 1 "Kraft " paper bag of a strength representing at least 70 g/ra |
            1 "Kraft " paper bag with a polyethylene layer of a strength
               representing atleast 60 g + 15 g/m ;
                                                                               2
            3 "Krnft " rtnnftr ba?n nf a strength representing at least 70 s/m •
            1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0,06 mm thick , welded or double
              bound .
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      •SMBMED MILK P0VJDER
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                             General  provisions
                                   Article 1
   Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
   Community , hereinafter referred to as the ESC , to the recipient country at
   the moment at which the goods axe put down 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
   terms specified in the following articles . Without prejudice to Article 7 and
   0 the EEC shall bear all costs up to delivery and 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 - whose name and address it shall make known
  to the recipient country immediately following his appointment .
  The recipient country shall appoint an agent in the port or ports of shipment ,
  whose name and address it shall make known to the EEC with all despatch and
  if possible before the appointment of agent of the EEC ..
                                  Article ?>
  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 which deli
  very must begin.                                                       '          1
                        Obligations of -the Euroroar*. 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 EES
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                                                               •/.
 ---pagebreak---  The charges and the arrangements relating to demurrage laid down in the
 contract between the recipient country and the carrier muet have b®en 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 approval
 of the EEC .
                                                                    « •
                               Article 5
Should it prove impossible for the EEC to supply all or, part of the goods
on the date and within the time-limits provided for i*i Article 6 and without
prejudice . to the provisions of Artiole 4 » a new date and a new time-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 .
                        Obligations of the recipient country
                               Article 6
After contacting the EEC , the recipient country shall procure one or more vessels
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 olr,o 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---                                     Art ici s 7
     Should the recipient oountry bo unable to begin loading on the data provided
     for in Article 6 , para-graph 1 , the agent of the recipient country shall in
     form the agent of the EEC without delay .
     In this event a new date for the commencement of delivory and (if applicable) a nev
     schedule could     "h® agreed between the agents of the EEC arid 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 ESC .
' may. dispose of the goodB without prejudice to its commitment under Article 1
     of this Agreement .
                                   Article 8                               ..
    If the quantity made available for loading on a vessel cannot be put on
    board in its entirety , the recipient country shall inform the ESC 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 .
 •' 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 reoipient country . under Article 1 of this Agreement and shall boar
    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-
    oiation 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 and quantity of the goods accepted and including
    any oomments on the quality of the goods     and send a copy thereof to the
    Commission    of the European Communities .
                                                                   ./•
                                                       1


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1979

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (80) 52
Vol. 1980/0020
 ---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(80)52 final
                                                         Brussels , 13 February 1980
                                Recommendation for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement . 1979
                                      -R
                                              ■/-V
                                     V -             \
                           L L-
                           I–: •   '/  ,
                                         0 *■          l
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                            V
 C0M(80 ) 52 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY NOTE
1.         Negotiation of the International Natural Rubber Agreement ,
1979 , was completed on 6 October 1979 . The main elements of the new
Agreement are an international buffer stock of a maximum of 550,000
tons , a price range based on longterm trends , and a system for semi
automatic revision of this range . The Agreement was negotiated by the
Community and its Member States in accordance with the directives
                           1)
agreed by the Council .. ï
                              . These directives have been satisfactorily met
in the objectives and content of the Agreement . It is open for
signature between 2 January and 30 June 1980 .
2.         The Commission proposes that the International Natural Rubber
Agreement , just opened for signature , be signed and concluded by the
Community alone , ancJ that the financial charges relating to it be
assumed by the Community.'
3.         In these conditions , the Commission recommends to the Council       ■-*
the decision annexed below .                     \                            -
1 ) Council documents S / 1699 / 78 of 12.10.78 , 1 / 313 / 78 of 15.11.78 and
    5600 / 79 of 19.3.79 .
 ---pagebreak---        i                   Recommendation for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979
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 from the Commission ,
Whereas the International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979 , constitutes an instrument
                         •           «                                        .
for regulating international trade with the essential purpose of achieving a
balanced growth between supply and demand for natural rubber with a view to
stabilizing prices of this product around their long-term trend ;
         *      '            .                       '
Whereas the conclusion of this Agreement by the Community will contribute , to a
realization of its common commercial policy ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                      \
                                   Article 1
The International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979, is hereby approved 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 hereby authorized to designate the person empowered
to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community .      .
    :          -                 . Article 3
The present decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
                                         Done at Brussels ,                           ,•
                                   f   v For the Council ,
                                         The President


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to participate in the negotiations of an agreement on cooperation in the management of the water of the Danube basin (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (80) 455
Vol. 1980/0158
 ---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(80)455 final
                                                     Brussels / 22 July 1980
                                 Recommendation for a
                                  .. COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   -'A
                authorizing the Commission to participate in the
                                                     :'-p\
               negotiations of an agreement on-cooperation in the
                          l ^ ;:  r.-^. ■       U    c»
               management^ of the water of the Danube basin
                            VA
                             v' \         c*~ "    S \/
                             \s ;\        V/      –X y
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0MC80 ) 455 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has informed the Com
    mission of its intention to negotiate and conclude with the Republic of
    Austria an Agreement on the management of the water of the Danube basin .
    The negotiations will take place during August 1980 on the basis of a
    draft Agreement which includes provisions on the protection of the water
    of the Danube against pollution .
2 . The Council has already adopted several acts intended to protect river
    water and some of these are affected by the Agreement referred to above .
    These are , inter alia ,
    - the Directive 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concernant the quality required
      of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the
      Member States ,
    - the Directive 76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of
      bathing water ,
    - the Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain
      dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the
      Community,
    - Directive 78/659/EEC of 18 July 1978 on the quality of fresh waters
      needing protection or 'improvement in order to support fish life .
    For the same reasons the Community became a party to the Convention for
    the prevention of marine pollution from land based sources , to the Con
    vention for the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution and
    to the Additional Agreement to the Agreement , signed in Berne on
    29.4.1963 , concerning the International Commission for the protection
    of the Rhine against pollution .
3 . In view of the competence of the Community in part of the area covered
    by the draft Agreement , it is necessary for the Community to become a
    Contracting Party to that Agreement .
4 . In conclusion the Commission recommends that the Council authorise the
    Commission to negotiate the Agreement on the management of the water of
    the Danube basin and , to that end , to adopt the annexed Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                  authorizing the Commission to participate in
                 the negotiation of an agreement on cooperation in
                 the management of the water of the Danube basin
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission,
  Whereas negotiations , in which the Federal Republic of Germany and the
  Republic of Austria will take part , will take place in August 1980 with a
  view to the conclusion of an agreement on cooperation in the management
  of the water of the Danube basin ,
  Whereas the Council has adopted several directives concerning the manage
  ment of water , and . in particular          . Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May
  1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the
  aquatic environment of the Community . ;
  Whereas , in view of the Community competence in the sphere concerned , it
' is essential that the Community participate in the negotiation of the
  above-inentioned agreement ,
  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                      Sole Article
  The Commission is hereby authorised to participate in the negotiation of
  an agreement on cooperation in the management of the water of the Danube
 basin .
  The Commission shal I conduct such negotiations in accordance with the
  annexed directive .
                                           Done at
                                           For the Council
                                           The President
    0J No L 129 / 18.5.1976 , p. 23 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNEX
                           NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE
The Agreement must be adapted in such a way as to enable the Community to
conclude it .