CELEX: 31984R3577
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3577/84 of 18 December 1984 on the supply of common wheat flour to non- governmental organization (NGO) as food aid

20. 12. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 332/33
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3577/84
                                                  of 18 December 1984
             on the supply of common wheat flour to non-governmental organizations
                                                    (NGO) 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 (9); 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 Management Committee for Cereals has
                                                                not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    its chairman,
 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by          procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular               lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Article 3 thereof,                                              down in the Annex hereto.
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                            Article 2
Committee,
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the                    following its publication in the Official Journal of 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, 18 December 1984.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(<) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        0 OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 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 : 1984
            2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest, (telex 30 223))
            3. Place or country of destination : Guatemala and Nicaragua
            4. Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5. Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes (2 055 tonnes of cereals)
            6. Number of lots : one (in two parts : A : 500 tonnes ; . B : 1 000 tonnes)
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting die procedure :
                OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Bruxelles (telex 24076)
            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 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) :
                    A. 500 tonnes :
                    •HARINA DE TRIGO / GUATEMALA / CARITAS / 40223 / STO TOMAS DE CASTILLO
                    / DONACIÓN DE LA COMMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / DESTINADO A LA
                    DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA EN GUATEMALA / ACCIÓN DE CARITAS B'
                    B. 500 tonnes :
                    'HARINA DE TRIGO / NICARAGUA / DWH / 42008 / CORINTO / DONACIÓN DE
                    LA COMMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN
                    GRATUITA EN NICARAGUA / ACCIÓN DE DWH'
                    B. 500 tonnes :
                    'HARINA DE TRIGO / NICARAGUA / SOSO / 43902 / CORINTO DONACIÓN DE LA
                    COMMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN
                    GRATUITA EN NICARAGUA / ACCIÓN DE SOSO'
          11 . Port of shipment :
                Any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16. The tender must be accompanied
                by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                period
          12. Delivery stage : fob
          13. Port of landing : —
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
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            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 8 January 1985
            16. Shipment period : 20 January to 20 February 1985
            17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            18. Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to :
                 Messrs M. H. Schutz BV, Postbus 1438, Blaak 16. NL-3000 BK Rotterdam
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                are required.
            2. 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'.