CELEX: 31985R0388
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 388/85 of 14 February 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 46/26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             15 . 2 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 388/85
                                                    of 14 February 1985
             on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red
                                                     Cross 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 aid 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 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
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
ment (5),
                                                                                         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 proce­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by           dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                 (EEC) No 1974/80 and which the condition laid 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 11 February 1985 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, 14 February 1985.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   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 .
 4 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 . 11 .
O OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            9 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                             ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1984
              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 : 1 557 tonnes (2 133 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 56 396)
              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 lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                       — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 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) :
                       'ETH-228 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                       ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                       DISTRIBUTION APRIL 1985'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Massawa.
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement
           15. Shipment period : before 10 March 1985
           16 . 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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                 are required.
           3. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                 B-1049 Brussels .