CELEX: 31986R3694
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3694/86 of 2 December 1986 on the supply of common wheat flour to the league of Red Cross societies (LRCs) as food aid

4. 12. 86                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 341 /9
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3694/86
                                                         of 2 December 1986
                    on the supply of common wheat flour to the League of Red Cross Societies
                                                          (LRCS) as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Economic Community,                                                    followed to determine the resultant costs ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
management and amending Regulation (EEC) No                            Committee for Cereals,
2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                      Article 1
No 1579/86 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                      The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the                   shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
supply of food aid to LRCS, the Commission allocated to               in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
the latter organization 3 590 tonnes of cereals to be                  1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the said
supplied cif ;                                                        Annex hereto.
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                                           Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July
 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       European Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                     Done at Brussels, 2 December 1986.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
(1) OJ   No L  352,   14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L  139,   24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
(4) OJ   No L  192,   26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .                            O OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                    ANNEX        .  .
               1 . Programme : 1986
              2. Recipient : Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, BP 372, CH-1211 Geneve 19
                    (telex 22555 LRCS CH)
              3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
              4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 2 621 tonnes (3 590 tonnes of cereals)
              6 . Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frankfurt/Main
                    (telex 411 475)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on 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 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60 seconds (ICC
                         Method No 107)
                    — Zeleny index of at least 20 (ICC No 116)
                    — ash content : 0,62 % maximum, referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
            10 . Packaging :
                    — in new jute sacks of 370 grams, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 1 10 grams. The top edge of
                         the sacks will be sewn together
                    — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                    — marking on the bags :
                         a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                         'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE
                         LEAGUE OF THE RED CROSS SOCIETIES / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / ASSAB'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Assab
            1 4. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 16 December 1986
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 January 1987
            17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents are
                  required.
            2. 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\
            3 . At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity
                  certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have
                  not been exceeded .
            4. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                  Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, J. Wallner, Tedla Desta Building, Africa Avenue (Bole Road) first
                  floor, PO box 5570, Addis Ababa (tel. 15 25 11 ; telex 21135 DELEGEUR — Addis Ababa).
            5. The following should be included in the charter party :
                  'Food-aid consignment from the European Economic Community ; since the freight charges do not
                  include coordination or supervision costs, the US $ 1,50 tax normally paid must not be applied in the case
                  of this ship.'