CELEX: 31983R2404
Language: en
Date: 1983-08-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2404/83 of 24 August 1983 opening a new invitation to tender for the supply of common wheat to the world food programme as food aid

No L 236/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 8 . 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2404/83
                                                     of 24 August 1983
             opening a new invitation to tender for the supply of common wheat to the
                                          World Food Programme as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                 wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid Q
COMMUNITIES,                                                     was not carried out ; whereas a new invitation to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            tender should therefore be opened ;
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
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                 and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the               purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as             characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in              supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
particular Article 6 thereof,                                    this Regulation ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (6) as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                       The Belgian intervention agency shall be charged with
                                                                 implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,               No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
under a Community measure, 109 tonnes of cereals to              Annex hereto .
the World Food Programme under its food-aid
programme for 1982 ;                                                                     Article 2
Whereas the invitation to tender opened in the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Community under Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
2257/83 of 1 August 1983 on the supply of common                 European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 24 August 1983 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4) OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 216, 6. 8. 1983, p. 16.
O   OJ No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        <8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(*) OJ No L 263 , 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1982
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
             3. Place or country of destination : Mali
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5. Total quantity : 109 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Brussel (telex 24 076)
             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, or
                    — 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) :
                     'MALI 223 1 -PI / FROMENT TENDRE / LOMÉ EN TRANSIT POUR TOMBOUCTOU /
                     DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU
                     PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                 Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Le Havre, Rouen, Marseille,
                 Dunkerque, Genoa, Trieste or another Community port with shipping connections with the
                 recipient country (2)
           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 6 September 1983
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1983
           17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
           (') 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) In all cases where a port other than those listed above is chosen, the tender must be accompanied
                by a declaration by the competent port authorities certifying that the port has connections with
                the recipient country during the period of shipment provided for in point 16.