CELEX: 31985R2542
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2542/85 of 10 September 1985 on the supply of various consignments of cereals to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

11 . 9 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 242/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2542/85
                                                    of 10 September 1985
              on the supply of various consignments of cereals to the United Nations High
                                  Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 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 1018/84 (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 (?), as              supply conditions ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
                                                                  not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85               its chairman,
of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (*),
                                                                                           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 Annexes
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
the common agricultural policy (*), 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 Annexes hereto .
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                               Article 2
Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas on 12 March 1985 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, 10 September 1985.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4) OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 54, 23 . 2. 1985, p. 1 .
(6  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 I
              1 . Programme : 1985
              2. Recipient : UNHCR (Attention Mr Jambor, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneve 10, telex
                  27492)
              3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
              4. Product to be mobilized : maize flour
              5. Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes (2 540 tonnes of cereals)
              6. Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-750Q7 Paris (telex :
                  OFIBLE 200490 F)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  — maize flour (11.01 EI) for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour
                      and pests
                  — moisture content : maximum 1 3 %
                  — acidity : 0,6 % maximum
            10. Packaging :
                  — in new bags :
                      — jute sacks 400 g, lined with polypropylene sacks of 110 g
                      — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'MAIZE FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                      TION / ASSAB'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Assab
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 24 September 1985
            16. Shipment period : 15 October to 15 November 1985
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                 recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                 for importation of the goods into the country of destination.
           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. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .
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                                                            ANNEX II
               1 . Programme : 1985
               2. Recipient : UNHCR (Attention Mr Jambor, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneve 10, telex
                   27492)
               3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
               4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
               5. Total quantity : 1 000 tonnes (1 370 tonnes of cereals)
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex :
                   OFIBLE 200490 F)
               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 400 g, lined with polypropylene sacks of 110 g
                           composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 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 UNHCR
                       ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                       TION / ASSAB'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Assab
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 24 September 1985
            16 . Shipment period : 1 to 30 November 1985
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                 recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                 for importation of the goods into the country of destination.
            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 . The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .
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                                                           ANNEX III
              1 . Programme : 1985
             2. Recipient : UNHCR (Attention Mr Jambor, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneve 10, telex
                   27492)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5. Total quantity : 3 000 tonnes
              6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Office national interprofessionnel des céreales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                   OFIBLE 200490 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                   the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to
                   the minimum bread-making quality required for intervention (moisture : 14,5 % maximum)
           10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags (jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g)
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms                                                       <
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                      TION / DJIBOUTI'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Djibouti
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 24 September 1985
           16 . Shipment period : 15 November to 15 December 1985
           17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                 recipient on the latter's request and in accordance . with his instructions the documents necessary
                 for importation of the goods into the country of destination.
           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. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200, rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .