CELEX: 31984R3641
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3641/84 of 20 December 1984 on the supply of maize to the people's Republic of Mozambique as food aid

22. 12. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 335/33
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3641/84
                                                    of 20 December 1984
             on die supply of maize to the People's Republic of Mozambique 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 f); 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
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Committee for Cereals,
 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 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
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by            dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular                 (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid 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 21 November 1984 the Commission of                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
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, 20 December 1984.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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I1) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1984
            2. Recipient : Mozambique
            3. Place or country of destination : Mozambique
            4. Product to be mobilized : maize
            5. Total quantity : 10 000 tonnes
            6. Number of lots : one in two parts (part 1 : 8 000 tonnes for Maputo / part 2 : 2 000 tonnes for
                 Beira)
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-Paris 7' (telex
                 OFIBLE 200 490 F)
            8. Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
            9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 (a) maize for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests
                 (b) moisture content : 15 %
                 (c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality : 5 %, of which :
                     — percentage of broken grains : 3 % ("broken grains' means pieces of grain or grains which
                         pass through a sieve with a circular mesh 4,5 mm in diameter)
                     — percentage of grain impurities : 2 % fgrain impurities' means grains of other cereals,
                         grains damaged by pests and grains of abnormal coloration, the latter being grains which
                         have acquired through heating a darkish brown colour on a fairly substantial part of the
                         tegument and of the kernel and are not damaged grains)
                     — percentage of sprouted grains : 0,5 %
                     — percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 0,5 % ("miscellaneous impurities' consist of weed
                         seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and fragments of insects)
          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 :
                     'MILHO / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA'
          11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Maputo (8 000 tonnes) and Beira (2 000 tonnes)
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 8 January 1985
          16. Shipment period : 20 January to 20 February 1985
          17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
          Notes :
          1 . 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. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                Commission Delegation in Swaziland, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 /123, 200, rue de la Loi,
                B-1049 Brussels.