CELEX: 31985R2797
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2797/85 of 4 October 1985 on the supply of common wheat to the Republic of Kenya as food aid

No L 263/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             5. 10 . 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2797/85
                                                     of 4 October 1985
                 on the supply of common wheat to the Republic of Kenya as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   nity measures, various quantities of cereals to certain
COMMUNITIES,                                                     non-member countries and beneficiary organizations ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
Economic Community,                                              of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84                                      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              Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                  its chairman,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85
of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
ment (*),                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                 The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                  shall implement the mobilization and supply
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by            lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                  down in the Annex hereto.
Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 2
Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas on 9 July 1985 the Commission of the Euro­                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
pean Communities decided to grant, under Commu­                   European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 4 October 1985.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(<) OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(0  OJ No  L 54, 23 . 2. 1985, p. 1 .
I6) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1985
             2. Recipient : Kenya
             3 . Place or country of destination : Kenya
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5. Total quantity : 1 1 000 tonnes
             6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (telex 24 076)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 Common wheat of sound and fair merchantable quality, free from odour and pests, which :
                 — has the minimum physical qualities required for common wheat of breadmaking quality
                     pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 (Official Journal No L
                      181 of 21 July 1977), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2215/84 (Official Journal No
                     L 203 of 31 July 1984), the moisture content not exceeding 14,5 %
                 — meets the technological requirements set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2062/81
                     (Official Journal No L 201 of 22 July 1981 )
           10. Packaging :
                 — in new bags : 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 :
                     'SOFT WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO KENYA'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                 Any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                 country during the period for shipment laid down in point 1 6. The tender must be accompanied
                 by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                 period
           12. Delivery stage : fob
           13. Port of landing : Mombasa
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tender : 12 noon on 15 October 1985
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 November 1985
           1 7. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                Commission Delegation in Kenya, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, rue de la Loi, 200,
                B-1049 Brussels .
           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'.