CELEX: 31985R0312
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 312/85 of 4 February 1985 on the supply of common wheat to the world food programme as food aid

No L 34/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             7. 2. 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 312/85
                                                        of 4 February 1985
                    on the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas on 12 December 1984 and on 18 January
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        1985 the Commission of the European Communities
                                                                    decided to grant, under Community measures, various
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              quantities of cereals to certain non-member countries
 Economic Community,
                                                                    and beneficiary organizations ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by            by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                   July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                and rice (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation            3323/81 ("); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
(EEC) No 1025/84 (4),                                               purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                    characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       supply conditions ;
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (5), as                Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (6), and in                 not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                    its chairman,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1278 /84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                                              Article 1
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
ment Q,                                                             The intervention agency specified in the Annexes
                                                                    hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                    procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and                lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                down in the Annexes hereto.
the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular                                           Article 2
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Committee,                                                          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 February 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.
(3) OJ  No  L 166,   25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ  No  L 107,   19 . 4.  1984, p. 13.
(5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(6) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p . 1 .
Í7) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5 . 1984, p. 1 .
(8) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                           (,0) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
C) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                 (") OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                          ANNEX I
              1 . Programme : 1984
              2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
              3 . Place or country of destination : Sudan
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
              5 . Total quantity : 2 400 tonnes
              6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Office national interprofessionnel des cereales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (telex :
                   OFIBLE 200 490 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
                                                              y
             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, or
                      — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'SUDAN 1377 R 1 / WHEAT / PORT SUDAN / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                      COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME'
           11 . 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 16. 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 : —
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 February 1985
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 March 1985
           17. Security : 6 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'.
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                                                        A NNEX II
             1 . Programme : 1 984
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Kenya
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5 . Total quantity : 1 721 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des cereales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (telex
                 200 490 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 : maximum 14,5 %)
           10 . Packaging :
                 — in bulk, plus 34 500 empty polypropylene sacks, of a capacity of 50 kilograms, 25 needles and
                     sufficient twine
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'KENYA 1398 R 1 / WHEAT / MOMBASA / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                     COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME'
           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 16. 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 : —
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 February 1985
           16 . Shipment period : 1 to 15 March 1985
           17 . Security : 6 ECU per tonne
           Note
           The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
           are required .