CELEX: 31981R0549
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 549/81 of 27 February 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to UNRWA as food aid

3 . 3 . 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 56/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 549/81
                                                       of 27 February 1981
                           on the supply of common wheat flour to UNRWA as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out
COMMUNITIES,                                                         of this measure in accordance with the rules laid
                                                                     down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,                                                  implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by                nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 28 thereof,                                                  which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in             ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                         Article 1
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by               The Dutch intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                   implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                           Annex hereto.
Whereas, on 28 May 1980, the Council of the Euro­                                            Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 2 150 tonnes of                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
common wheat flour to UNRWA under its food-aid                       following its publication in the Official Journal of
programme for 1980 ;                                                  the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 February 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (•)  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
 (2)  OJ  No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 P)   OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
 (4)  OJ  No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553/62.
 (5 ) OJ  No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                           (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980 , p . 11 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1980
              2. Recipient : UNRWA
              3 . Place or country of destination : Israel
              4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 2 1 50 tonnes
              6 . Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Verkoop- en Inkoopbureau (VIB), Kouvenderstraat 229, NL-Hoensbroek, telex 56 396
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
              9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  — moisture : 14 % maximum
                  — protein content : 10-5% minimum (N x 6-25 on dry matter)
                  — ash content : 0-62 % maximum referred to dry matter
            10. Packaging :
                  —  in bags P)
                  —  quality of the bags : new jute sacks ; minimum weight : 600 g (in containers of 20 ft)
                  —  net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  —  marking of the bags :
                     letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'Wheat flour / Gift of the European Economic Community to UNRWA / For free distribu­
                     tion to Palestine refugees'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Ashdod
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 13 March 1981
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1981
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            (') Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .