CELEX: 31984R2530
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2530/84 of 3 September 1984 on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

5 . 9 . 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 237/ 5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2530/84
                                                     of 3 September 1984
              on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red
                                                      Cross as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      European Communities decided to grant, under
                                                                  Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
Economic Community,                                               zations ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                  by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                  July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as              3323/81 (9); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in               purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
                                                                  supply conditions ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implemen­                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                   Committee for Cereals,
ment (*),
 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 (6), as last amended by            The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular                 shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Committee,                                                        in the Annex hereto .
Whereas on 29 July 1983 the Commission of the                                             Article 2
 European Communities decided to grant, under
Community measures, various quantities of cereals to              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
zations ;                                                         European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 September 1984.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(<) OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 196, 20 . 7. 1983 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ   No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                      (") OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p . 11 .
O   OJ   No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 237/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5 . 9 . 84
                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1983 (1 101 tonnes cereals) and 1984 (260 tonnes cereals)
             2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 994 tonnes (1 361 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : one (in two parts : 500 tonnes and 494 tonnes)
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House, 2 Queens Walk, UK-Reading RG1
                 7QW, Berkshire (telex 848 302)
             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)
           1 0. Packaging :
                 — in new bags (')
                     — jute sacks lined with cotton 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 :
                     a red cross 15x15 cm followed by in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     500 tonnes :
                     ' ETS-1 10 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY'
                     494 tonnes :
                     ' ETS-1 13 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. 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 18 September 1984
           16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1984
           17 . Security : 12 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'.