Article 1
The position of the European Union within the Food Aid Committee shall be to favour the extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999 for a period of one year, i.e. until 30 June 2011, provided that discussions among members of the Food Aid Committee on the future of the Food Aid Convention 1999 have achieved significant progress (i.e. there is a reasonable expectation that renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention 1999/negotiation of a future Convention will start in the course of 2010), by the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee on 4 June 2010. If that condition is not met, the position of the European Union shall be formally to oppose the emergence of a consensus in the Food Aid Committee favouring an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999, pursuant to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure of the Food Aid Committee.