CELEX: 31985R1669
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1669/85 of 19 June 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to Sudan as food aid

20. 6. 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 160/31
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1669/85
                                                      of 19 June 1985
                           on the supply of common wheat flour to Sudan as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   nity measures, various quantities of cereals to certain
COMMUNITIES,                                                     non-member countries and beneficiary organizations ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
Economic Community,                                              of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by          and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                 3323/8 1 (') ; 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              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
particular Article 6 thereof,                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 457/85              Committee for Cereals,
of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
rules for 1985 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
                                                                 shall implement the mobilization and supply
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
                                                                 procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by
                                                                  lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular                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 6 May 1985 the Commission of the Euro­                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
pean Communities decided to grant, under Commu­                   European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 June 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 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 .
(«) OJ No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                         (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p . 11 .
f)  OJ No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1985
            2. Recipient : Sudan
            3. Place or country of destination : Sudan
            4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5. Total quantity : 5 840 tonnes (8 000 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 VIB, Burgemeester Kessenplein 3, NL-6431 KM Hoensbroek (telex 56396)
            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, or
                     — 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 THE
                     SUDAN / PORT SUDAN'
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Port Sudan
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 2 July 1985
           16. Shipment period : 8 to 31 July 1985
           17. Security : 12 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 Sudan, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                B-1049 Brussels .