CELEX: 31985R0664
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 664/85 of 14 March 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to Sudan as food aid

15. 3 . 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 74/57
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 664/85
                                                         of 14 March 1985
                              on the supply of common wheat flour to Sudan as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
   COMMUNITIES,                                                       certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
                                                                      zations ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Economic Community,                                                Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                      of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
  zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
  Regulation (EEC) No 213/85 (2),                                     and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
  2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
  mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as               supply conditions ;
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in
  particular Article 6 thereof,                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Committee for Cereals,
  1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
  rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ment (5),
                                                                                              Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and                The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                shall implement the mobilization and supply
 the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by              procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                    lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
 Article 3 thereof,                                                  down in the Annex hereto .
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                                 Article 2
 Committee,
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Whereas on 25 October 1984 the Commission of the                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 European Communities decided to grant, under                        European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 14 March 1985.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 24, 29. 1 . 1985, p. 16.
(3) OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4) OJ   No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
f5) OJ   No  L 124, 11 . 5 . 1984, p. 1 .
(6) OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
h OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                  (9) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : Sudan
             3 . Place or country of destination : Sudan
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 5 110 tonnes (7 000 tonnes of cereals)
              6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (telex 24076)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests, which produces
                  dough which does not stick during the mechanical kneading process ; the flour shall have the
                  following characteristics :
                  — moisture : 14 % maximum (ICC Method No 110)
                  — protein content : 10,5 % minimum (N x 6,25 in terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105)
                  — Hagberg falling number of at least 180, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60
                      seconds (ICC Method No 107)
                  — ash content : 0,62 % maximum, referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
            10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags
                      — jute sacks lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                      — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g, or
                      — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                  — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE
                      SUDAN / PORT SUDAN'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Port Sudan
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26 March 1985
            16. Shipment period : 15 April to 15 May 1985
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R'.
            2. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Sudan, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .