CELEX: 31986R1431
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1431/86 of 14 may 1986 on the supply of common wheat flour to the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid

No L 129/28                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               15. 5. 86
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1431/86
                                                            of 14 May 1986
                      on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red
                                                       Cross (ICRC) as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           3826/85 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
 Economic Community,                                                   followed to determine the resultant costs ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 management and amending Regulation (EEC) No                           Committee for Cereals,
 2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of
 Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                     - HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                     Article 1
 No 3793/85 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                       The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
Whereas, by its Decision of 27 November 1985 on the                    shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
 supply of food aid to ICRC, the Commission allocated to               in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No­
 the latter organization 3 000 tonnes of cereals to be                 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the said
 supplied cif ;                                                        Annex hereto.
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of
 this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                                         Article 2
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July
 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      European Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                      Done at Brussels, 14 May 1986.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ    No L  352,   14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ    No L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
O   OJ    No L  367,   31 . 12. 1985, p. 19.
(4  OJ    No L  192,   26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .                            0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           1 . Programme : 1985
           2. Recipient : CICR — Attn. Mme Hock — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Geneve
           3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
           4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
           5. Total quantity : 2 190 tonnes (3 000 tonnes of cereals)
           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 : 411475)
           8. Method of mobilizing the product : on 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
                — cotton sacks of 180 g, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 110 g. The top edge of the
                    two sacks will be sewn together
                — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                — marking on the bags : a red cross 15 x 1 5 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                    'ETH-358 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                    ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                    DISTRIBUTION / ASSAB'
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Assab
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 27 May 1986
          16. Shipment period : 10 to 30 June 1986
          17. Security : 15 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.