CELEX: 31983R2403
Language: en
Date: 1983-08-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2403/83 of 24 August 1983 on the supply of common wheat flour to the world food programme as food aid

No L 236/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 8 . 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2403/83
                                                    of 24 August 1983
             on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
COMMUNITIES,                                                    of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
Economic Community,                                             respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                and rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                               supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    this Regulation ;
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 ("), and in             Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                    Article 1
the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular              The British intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                              implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                      Annex hereto.
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                       Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 34 tonnes of cereals to              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the World Food Programme under its food-aid                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
programme for 1982 ;                                            European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 24 August 1983 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
 O   OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 164,  14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
 O   OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
 («) OJ No L 352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
 Is) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        O OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
 («) OJ No L 263 , 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                          (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1982
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
             3. Place or country of destination : Gambia
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 25 tonnes (34 tonnes of cereals)
             6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House, 2 Queens Walk, UK-Reading
                  RG1 7QW, Berks, (telex 848 302)
             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
                  — moisture : 14 % maximum
                  — protein content : 10,5% minimum (N x 6,25 on dry matter)
                  — ash content : 0,62 % maximum referred to dry matter
           10. Packaging :
                  — in new bags (') :
                      — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                      — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'GAMBIA 625-P3 / WHEAT FLOUR / BANJUL / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN
                      ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                  Copenhagen, Århus, Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin,
                  Le Havre, Rouen, Marseille, Dunkerque, Genoa, Trieste or another Community port with ship­
                  ping connections with the recipient country (2)
           1 2. Delivery stage : fob
           13. Port of landing : —
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 5 September 1983
           16. Shipment period : 7 to 30 September 1983
           1 7: Security : 1 2 ECU per tonne
           (') 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) In all cases where a port other than those listed above is chosen, the tender must be accompanied
                 by a declaration by the competent port authorities certifying that the port has connections with
                 the recipient country during the period of shipment provided for in point 16.