NoL261/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.9.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2656/81
of11September1981
onthesupplyofcommonwheatflourfortheInternationalCommitteeofthe
RedCrossasfoodaid
Whereas,followingGreekaccession,inthecaseof
productsforwhichthereareaccessioncompensatory
amountsintradebetweenGreeceandtheother
MemberStatestheprocedureforcomparingtenders
shouldbespecified;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementingthemobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1949/81(2),andinparticular
Article28thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(3),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of23
October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2543/73(5),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
Whereas,on19May1981,theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities hasexpresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,830-50tonnesof
cerealsfortheInternational CommitteeoftheRed
Crossunderitsfood-aidprogrammefor1981;
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthecarrying-out
ofthismeasureinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1974/80
of22July1980layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
implementation ofcertainfood-aidoperations
involvingcerealandriceproducts(6);whereasitis
necessarytospecify,forthepurposesoftheCommu­
nitymeasureenvisaged,thecharacteristics ofthe
productstobesuppliedandthesupplyconditions
whicharesetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation ;Article2
Forthepurposesofcomparingtenders,withoutpreju­
dicetotheprovisionsofArticles8and11ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1974/80,eachtendershallbecorrected
bytheaccessioncompensatoryamount,ifany,appli­
cableintradebetweenGreeceandtheotherMember
States.
Thecorrectionshallbemadebyincreasingtenders
which,pursuanttothesecondsubparagraphofArticle
4(3)ofthesaidRegulation,stateGreecebytheacces­
sioncompensatoryamount.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11September1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(»)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL198,20.7.1981,p.2.
P)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(4)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(s)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.
(<)OJNoL192,26.7.1980,p.11.

15.9.81 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL261/9
ANNEX
1.Programme :1981
2.Recipient:InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :Ethiopia
4.Productstobemobilized :commonwheatflour
5.Totalquantity:550tonnes(830-50tonnesofcommonwheat)
6.Numberoflots:one
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingtheprocedure :
AIMA—AziendadiStatopergliinterventisuimercatiagricoli,viaPalestro81,I-Roma(telex
613003).
8.Methodofmobilizingtheproduct:ontheCommunitymarket
9.Characteristics ofdiegoods:
—flouroffairandsoundmerchantablequality,freefromabnormalsmellandpests
—moisture :14%maximum
—proteincontent:10-5%minimum(Nx6-25ondrymatter)
—ashcontent:0-62%maximumreferredtodrymatter
10.Packaging :
—innewbags(!):
—jutesacksofaminimumweightof600g,or
—compositesacksjute/polypropylene ofaminimumweightof335g
—netweightofthebags:50kg
—markingofthebags:
Onthesacksshallbeprintedaredcross,15x15cm,aswellasthefollowing:
'ERY-78/Wheatflour/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity/ActionoftheInterna­
tionalCommitteeoftheRedCross/Forfreedistribution *
11.Portofshipment:aCommunityport
12.Deliverystage:cif
13.Portoflanding:PortSudan
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tendering
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:12noonon28September1981
16.Shipmentperiod:
15Octoberto15November1981
17.Security:12ECUpertonne
(*)Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthesamequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapital'R.