CELEX: 31981R1732
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1732/81 of 29 June 1981 on the supply of rolled oats to the Catholic Relief Services as food aid

30 . 6 . 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 172/33
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1732/81
                                                          of 29 June 1981
                    on the supply of rolled oats to the Catholic Relief Services 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 rliles 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 (1), 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 thfe Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in            ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                  The Dutch intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                                  implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                    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, 950 tonnes of                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals for the Catholic Relief Services under its food­            following its publication in the Official Journal of
aid programme for 1980 ;                                             the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 June 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                Gaston THORN
( i) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p . 17.
 3)  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 : Catholic Relief Services (El Salvador)
            3 . Place or country of destination : El Salvador
            4. Product to be mobilized : rolled oats
            5 . Total quantity : 475 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 :
                production of quick-cooking oat flakes :
                Raw oats : First quality high-density oats
                Cleaning and preparation : Oats to be cleaned of extraneous matter, debittered and stabilized by
                treatment with steam
                Hulling : Oats to be size-classified and hulled. After separation of husks, oat kernels to be
                scoured and polished
                Groats : Oat kernels to be cut, sorted and air-cleaned. Groats dampened and pre-cooked with
                steam, then rolled to flakes
                quality of oat flakes :
                humidity : less than 1 2 %
                ash content : less than 2-3 % of dry matter
                crude fibre : less than 1 -5 % of dry matter
                husk content : less than 0-10 % of dry matter
                protein content : not less than 14% of dry matter
          10. Packaging :
                — in bags (*)
                — quality of the bags :
                    bag composition :
                    — four bags of Kraft paper, of a stength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 g/m2
                    — one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at
                        least 140 g/m2
                    — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0-06 mm thick
                    — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted
                    — insect repellent to be applied to outside of bag
                — net weight of bags : 25 kg
                — marking of the bags :
                    letters at least 5 cm high : Copas de avena / Donacion de la Comunidad economica europea
                    / Destinado a la distribución gratuita en El Salvador / Cathwel / Acajutla'
          (!) 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 .
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            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            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 10 July 1981
            16 . Shipment period : 25 July to 10 August 1981
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne