No. 22376 MULTILATERAL International Coffee Agreement, 1983 (with annexes). Adopted by the International Coffee Council on 16 September 1982 Authentic texts: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Registered ex officio on 1 October 1983. MULTILATERAL Accord international de 1983 sur le café (avec annexes). Adopté par le Conseil international du café le 16 sep tembre 1982 Textes authentiques : anglais, français, portugais et espagnol. Enregistré d'office le 1er octobre 1983. Vol. 1333,1-22376 120 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 1983 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT, 1 1983 PREAMBLE The Governments party to this Agreement, Recognising the exceptional importance of coffee to the economies of many countries which are largely dependent upon this commodity for their export earnings 1 Came into force provisionally on 1 October 1983 in respect of the following States and organization, the Secretary- General of the United Nations having received by 30 September 1983* instruments of ratification, acceptance and ap proval of (or instruments of accession under resolution No. 324 of the International Coffee Council)** or notifications containing an undertaking to apply the Agreement provisionally and to seek ratification, acceptance or approval, the said States and organisation representing at least 20 exporting members and 10 importing members of the International Coffee Organization holding 80 per cent of the votes in their respective categories, calculated as at 30 September 1983, in accord ance with article 61 (2): Date of receipt Date of receipt of the instrument of the instrument of ratification, of ratification, acceptance (A), acceptance (A), approval (AA) approval (AA) Exporting member and accession (a) Exporting member and accession (a) or importing member or of the notification (n) or importing member or of the notification (n) Angola ....................... 28 September 1983 « Italy ........................ 30 September 1983 « Australia*** .................. 30 September 1983 a IvoryCoast .................. 23 September 1983 « Belgium ...................... 28 September 1983 n (As a member of the African and Benin ........................ 29 September 1983 « Malagasy Coffee Organization.) Bolivia ....................... 27 September 1983 n Jamaica ..................... 20 September 1983 n Brazil ........................ 19 September 1983 n Japan ....................... 1 June 1983 A Burundi ...................... 14 September 1983 n Kenya ....................... 22 September 1983 n Canada ...................... 16 September 1983 Liberia ...................... 27 September 1983 n Central African Republic ....... 27 July 1983 Luxembourg ................. 28 September 1983 n Colombia .................... 27 September 1983 n Madagascar .................. 6 September 1983 Congo ....................... 26 August 1983 a Malawi*** ................... 21 September 1983 Costa Rica .................... 22 September 1983 Mexico ...................... 23 August 1983 n Cyprus ....................... 22 September 1983 n Netherlands .................. 13 September 1983 n Denmark ..................... 29 September 1983 New Zealand ................. 27 September 1983 Dominican Republic ........... 30 September 1983 (With a declaration of applica Ecuador ...................... 30 September 1983 n tion to the Cook Islands and El Salvador ................... 1 August 1983 Niue.) Ethiopia ...................... 29 September 1983 Nicaragua .................... 23 September 1983 European Economic Community . 30 September 1983 n Nigeria ...................... 29 September 1983 n Fiji .......................... 23 September 1983 a Norway ...................... 30 June 1983 Finland ...................... 30 June 1983 n Panama ..................... 19 September 1983 n France ....................... IS September 1983 n Papua New Guinea ............ 28 June 1983 Gabon ....................... 27 September 1983 a Paraguay .................... 30 September 1983 n (As a member of the African and Peru ........................ 29 September 1983 n Malagasy Coffee Organization.) Philippines ................... 28 September 1983 n Germany, Federal Republic of ... 30 September 1983 n Portugal ..................... 27 September 1983 « Ghana ....................... 30 September 1983 n Rwanda ..................... 27 September 1983 n Greece ....................... 30 September 1983 n 29 September 1983 Guatemala .................... 14 September 1983 « SierraLeone ................. 21 September 1983 n 22 September 1983 Singapore .................... 18 August 1983 Guinea ....................... 26 August 1983 a Spain ........................ 29 September 1983 « Haiti ......................... 28 September 1983 n SriLanka .................... 15 September 1983 n Honduras .................... 22 September 1983 « Sweden ...................... 15 September 1983 India ........................ 9 September 1983 Switzerland .................. 29 June 1983 n Indonesia ..................... 19 September 1983 n Thailand ..................... 15 September 1983 29 September 1983 Togo ........................ 28 September 1983 n Ireland ....................... 28 July 1983 Trinidad and Tobago .......... 29 September 1983 (Footnote 1 continued on page 121) Vol. 1333,1-22376 1983 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 121 and thus for the continuation of their development programmes in the social and economic fields; Considering that close international cooperation on trade in coffee will foster the economic diversification and development of coffee-producing countries, will im prove political and economic relations between producers and consumers and will provide for increasing consumption of coffee; Recognising the desirability of avoiding disequilibrium between production and consumption which can give rise to pronounced fluctuations in prices harmful both to producers and to consumers; Believing that international measures can assist in correcting the effects of such disequilibrium, as well as help to ensure an adequate level of earnings to producers through remunerative prices; Noting the advantages derived from the international cooperation which resulted from the operation of the International Coffee Agreements 1962,' 19682 and 1976, 3 Have agreed as follows: CHAPTER i. OBJECTIVES Article 1. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Agreement are: (1) To achieve a reasonable balance between world supply and demand on a basis which will assure adequate supplies of coffee at fair prices to consumers and markets for coffee at remunerative prices to producers and which will be con ducive to long-term equilibrium between production and consumption; (Footnote 1 continued from page 120) Date of receipt Date of receipt of the instrument of the instrument of ratification, of ratification, acceptance (A), acceptance (A), approval (AA) approval (AA) Exporting member and accession (a) Exporting member and accession (a) or importing member or of the notification (n) or importing member or of the notification (n) Uganda ...................... 28 September 1983 United Republic of Tanzania .... 14 September 1983 « United Kingdom of Great Britain 28 September 1983 and Northern Ireland ......... 16 September 1983 n United States of America ....... 15 September 1983 (With a declaration of applica- Venezuela .................... 25 August 1983 n tion to the Bailiwicks of Guern- Yugoslavia ................... 30 September 1983 n sey and Jersey.) Zaire ........................ 21 September 1983 n United Republic of Cameroon ... 22 September 1983 Zimbabwe .................... 15 September 1983 « * In accordance with articles 61 (2) and 62, the International Coffee Council took the following decisions: On 26 September 1983, the Council established the conditions for the accession for Equatorial Guinea, and on 29 September 1983, it extended the time-limit for the deposit of the instrument of ratification of Austria until 31 March 1984. *» Under that resolution, any Contracting Party to the International Coffee Agreement, 1976,t as extended.tt which is not a signatory to the International Coffee Agreement, 1983, may accede to it by 31 March 1984 on the same con ditions under which it could have approved, ratified or accepted the Agreement. The resolution is applicable to Australia, Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe. t United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1024, p. 3. tt Ibid., vol. 1291, No. A-15034. *** For the text of the declarations made upon ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or of the notification, see p. 276 of this volume. 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 469, p. 169, and vol. 515, p. 322 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic Russian text of the Agreement). 2 Ibid., vol. 647, p. 3. 3 See note t above. Vol. 1333,1-22376 122 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 1983 (2) To avoid excessive fluctuations in the levels of world supplies, stocks and prices which are harmful to both producers and consumers; (3) To contribute to the development of productive resources and to the promotion and maintenance of employment and income in Member countries, thereby help ing to bring about fair wages, higher living standards and better working condi tions; (4) To increase the purchasing power of coffee-exporting countries by keeping prices in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article and by increas ing consumption; (5)