2010 Bundesgesetzblatt, Jahrgang 1960, Teil II
International Accord international
Wheat Agreement, 1959 sur le ble, 1959
THE GOVERNMENTS SIGNATORY to this Agreement, LES GOUVERNEMENTS SIGNA T AIRES du present
Accord,
CONSIDERING that the International Wheat Agree- CONSIDERANT que l'Accord international sur le ble
ment 1949 was revised and renewed in 1953 and 1956, de 1949 a ete revise et renouvele en 1953 et en 1956,
and
CONSIDERING that the International Wheat Agree- CONSIDERANT que l' Accord international sur le ble
ment 1956 expire,s on 31 July 1959 and that it is de- de 1956 expire le 31 juillet 1959 et qu'il est souhaitable
sirable to conclude a new Agreement for a further de conclure un autre accord pour une nouvelle periode,
period;
HA VE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: SONT CONVENUS DE CE QUI SUIT:
Part I - General Premiere Partie - Generalites
Article 1 Article premier
Objectives Objet
The objectives of this Agreement are:- Le present Accord a pour objet:
(a) to assure supplies of wheat and wheat-flour to im- a) d'assurer des approvisionnements de ble et de farine
porting countries and markets for wheat and de ble aux pays importateurs et des debouches au
wheat-flour to exporting countries at equitable ble et a la farine de ble des pays exportateurs a des
and stable prices; prix equitables et stables;
(b) to promote the expansion of the international trade b) de favoriser le developpement des echanges inter-
in wheat and wheat-flour and to secure the freest nationaux de ble et de farine de ble et d' assurer
possible flow of this trade in the interests of both que ces echanges s'effectuent le plus Iibrement pos-
exporting and importing countries; sible dans l'interet tant des pays exportateurs que
des pays importateurs;
(c) to overcome the serious hardship caused to pro- c) de surmonter les serieuses difficultes auxquelles
ducers and consumers by burdensome surpluses les producteurs et les consommateurs doivent faire
and critioal shorta,ges of wheat; face en raison de lourds excedents et de graves pe-
nuries de ble;
(d) to encourage the use and consumption of wheat d) de stimuler la consommation de ble et de farine de
and wheat-flour generally, and in particular, so ble dans le monde et d'ameliorer en particulier la
as to improve health and nutrition, in countries sante et la nutrition dans les pays ou il serait pos-
where the possibility of increased consumption sible d'accroitre la consommation; et
exists; and
(e) in general to further international co-operation in e) de favoriser d'une maniere generaie la cooperation
connexion with world wheat problems, recognizing internationale en ce qui concerne les problemes
the relationship of the trade in wheat to the eco- que pose le hie dans le monde, eu egard aux rela-
nomic stability of markets for other agricultural tions qui existent entre Je commerce du ble et Ja
products. stabilite economique des marches d'autres produits
agricoles.
Article 2 Article 2
Definitions Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement: Aux fins du present Accord:
(1) "Advisory Committee on Price Equivalents" means 1 « Comite consultatif d2s equivalences de prix » de-
the Committee established under Article 30. signe le Comite constitue en vertu de l'article 30.
•Balance of Commitment" means the amount of wheat « Solde des 6bligations » d'un pays exportateur designe
which an exporting country is obliged to make available la quantite de ble qu'un pays exportateur est oblige,
at not greater than the maximum price under Article 5, conformement a l'article 5, de rendre disponible aux
that is, the amount by which its datum quantity with re- fins d'achat a un prix ne depassant pas le prix maximum,
spect to importing countries exceeds the actual com- c·est-a-dire la difference a la date consideree entre sa
mercial purchases from it by those countries in the quantite de base, telle qu· elle est determinee pour l' an-
crop year at the relevant time. nee agricole, et les achats commerciaux effectues chez
lui par les pays importateurs.