CELEX: 31985R0538
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 538/85 of 26 February 1985 on the supply of common wheat to the Republic of Kenya as food aid

1 . 3 . 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 62/ 51
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 538/85
                                                       of 26 February 1985
                   on the supply of common .wheat to the Republic of Kenya 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
                                                                     3323/8 1 (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 measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to Council Regulation ' (EEC) No                      Committee for Cereals,
 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 Q, 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 21 November 1984 the Commission of                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 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, 26 February 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 .
0    OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(*)  OJ  No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(6)  OJ  No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (8) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p. 11J
0    OJ  No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : Kenya
             3 . Place or country of destination : Kenya
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5. Total quantity : 5 000 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7.. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frankfurt/
                   Main (telex : 41 1 475)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
              9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                   the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to
                   the average bread-making quality required for intervention (humidity : 14 %)
            10 . Packaging :
                   — in bags :
                       — jute 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 in letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO KENYA'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Mombasa
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 12 March 1985
            16 . Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1985
            1 7. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                  Commission Delegation in Kenya, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, rue de la Loi, 200,
                  B-1049 Brussels .
            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'.