CELEX: 31983R0847
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 847/83 of 6 April 1983 on the delivery of various consignments skimmed-milk powder as food aid

13 . 4 . 83                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 94 / 1
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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 847/83
                                                              of 6 April 1983
                         on the delivery of various consignments of skimmed-milk powder as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           whereas , in particular, the periods and terms for
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            delivery and the procedure to be followed by the
                                                                         intervention agencies to establish the costs arising
                                                                         therefrom should be laid down;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,
                                                                         Whereas Article 2 ( 2) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1037 / 82
                                                                         specifies that, provided the normal development of
                                                                         prices on the market is not disturbed , the supply of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 804 / 68                   skimmed-milk powder as food aid shall be ensured by
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                        the buying in of skimmed-milk powder on the
market in milk and milk products { l ), as last amended                  Community market if the quantities available from
by Regulation (EEC ) No 1183 / 82 ( 2 ), and in particular               public stocks are insufficient to meet the required
Article 7 ( 5 ) thereof,                                                  amount or if they do not have the characteristics
                                                                         necessary for their particular destination ; whereas
                                                                          skimmed-milk powder should now be bought on the
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                            open market to secure the necessary supplies , the
1037 / 82 of 26 April 1982 laying down general rules for                  condition in respect of quality being fulfilled and the
the supply of skimmed-milk powder to certain                              quantities involved not being so large as to disturb the
developing countries and specialized bodies under                         normal development of prices on the market;
the 1982 food-aid programme ( 3 ), and in particular
Article 6 thereof,
                                                                         Whereas the size of the food-aid programme calls for a
                                                                         discontinuous series of deliveries and the time normally
Whereas, under the food-aid programmes adopted by                        needed to carry out a delivery is several months ;
the Council Regulations specified in Annex I , certain                   whereas the Commission will probably have cause
recipient third countries and agencies have requested                    during the 1982 / 83 milk year to fix maximum amounts
delivery of the quantity of skimmed-milk powder set out                   for deliveries due to be made during the 1983 / 84 milk
therein ;                                                                 year;
Whereas, therefore, delivery should be effected in
accordance with the rules laid down in Commission                        Whereas, given the foregoing and the close link between
                                                                         the market price of butter and skimmed-milk powder on
Regulation (EEC) No 303 / 77 of 14 February 1977
                                                                         the one hand and the intervention prices for these
laying down general rules for the supply of
skimmed-milk powder and butteroil as food aid ( 4 ), as                  products on the other, it is likely that potential suppliers
                                                                         will hold back until the Council's decisions on common
last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 3474 / 80 ( 5 );
                                                                         agricultural prices and agri-monetary measures are
                                                                         known; whereas past experience has shown that , in
(>) OJ   No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                         such a situation of uncertainty, several potential
(2) OJ   No L  140 , 20 . 5 . 1982 , p. 1 .                              suppliers prefer not to submit tenders or submit them
(3) OJ   No L  120 , 1 . 5 . 1982 , p. 5 .                               on the basis of inaccurate or differing forecasts , hence
(<) OJ   No L  43 , 15 . 2 . 1977 , p. 1 .                               taking the risk that their tender will either not be
(5) OJ   No L  363 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , p. 50 .                             accepted or involve them in serious losses leading them
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to withdraw later from a transaction in which they have            shall arrange for the delivery of skimmed-milk powder
been named as successful tenderer or contracting party             as food aid on the terms specified therein .
by mutual agreement; whereas, in order to encourage
tenders and to ensure that they are not based on                   In the case of supplies of skimmed-milk powder bought
theoretical considerations making them impossible to               on the Community market and for which the delivery
assess objectively , it is necessary to allow for an increase      date referred to in item 9 of Annex I falls after the end
at the time of payment in the price of successful tenders          of the 1982 / 83 milk year, the sum paid on tenders
for deliveries to be made during the 1983 / 84 milk year ,         resulting from application of the procedure referred to
the increase being based on the change in the                      in item 12 of Annex I shall be increased at the time of
intervention price , expressed in national currency , as           payment by the increment in the intervention price , as
decided by the Council for the 1983 / 84 milk year;                expressed in the currency of the Member State in which
                                                                   the tender was submitted , arising from the Council's
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               decisions on common agricultural prices and
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management               agri-monetary measures for the 1983 / 84 milk year .
Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                             Successful tenderers may avail themselves of this
                                                                   provision only from the seventh day of the 1983 / 84
                                                                   milk year onwards and only if they furnish evidence that
                                                                   the skimmed-milk powder has been manufactured after
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      the new intervention prices have come into effect.
                                                                                            Article 2
                            Article 1
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
In accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC )             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
No 303 / 77, the intervention agencies listed in Annex I           European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 April 1983 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX 1 (M
                 Consignment                           A                                       B                                  C
 1.  Application of Council Regu­
     lations:
     ( a) legal basis                                                    (EEC) No 1037 / 82 ( 1982 programme)
     ( b ) affectation                                                              ( EEC) No 1038 / 82
 2.  Beneficiary                                    Licross                                 International Committee of the Red Cross
 3.  Country of destination                       Bangladesh                              Ethiopia                            El Salvador
 4.  Total quantity of the con­                   100 tonnes                             70 tonnes                            150 tonnes
     signment
 5.  Intervention agency responsible        Will result from application of the procedure referred to in                          Irish
     for delivery                                                     point 12
 6.  Origin of the skimmed-milk                          Bought on the Community market                             Bought on the Irish market
     powder ( 2 )
 7.  Special characteristics and / or                                                         H
     packaging ( J )
 8.  Markings on the packaging                      A red cross 10 x 10 cm and, letters at least 1 cm high , the following markings:
                                       'Skimmed-milk powder, enri­            ΈTH-52       /    Skimmed-milk       ΈLS-19 / Leche desnatada en
                                       ched with vitamins A and D /           powder,        enriched    with      polvo con vitaminas A y D /
                                       Gift of the European Econ­             vitamins A and D / Gift of the       Donación de la Comunidad
                                       omic Community / Action of             European Economic Commu­             económica europea / Acción
                                       the League of Red Cross Socie­         nity / Action of the Internatio­     del Comité internacional de la
                                       ties / For free distribution in        nal Committee of the Red             Cruz-Roja / Destinado a la
                                          Bangladesh ( Chittagong)'           Cross / For free distribution /           distributión gratuita /
                                                                                         Ethiopia'                             Acajutla'
 9.  Delivery period                                                  Loading as soon as possible and at the latest
                                                                   31 May 1983                                              30 April 1983
10 . Stage and place of delivery                                Port of unloading ( deposited on the quay or on lighters )
                                                  Chittagong                             Massawa                               Acajutla
11 . Representative of the beneficiary Bangladesh Red Cross Socie­            ICRC Delegation, PO Box              Delegación del CICR , Hotel
     responsible for reception         ty , National Headquarters,            5701 , Addis Ababa , Ethio­          El Salvador Sheraton , PO Box
                                         PO Box 579 , Dacca ( 7 ) («)                      pia ( 9 )               06-1068 ,       San    Salvador
                                                                                                                                ( 1°)(Π )
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                        Tender                                             Mutual agreement
     determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for                            12 noon on 25 April 1983                                               —
     submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                                  D                                                E
 1.  Application of Council Regu­
     lations :
     ( a ) legal basis                                               (EEC ) No 1037 / 82 ( 1982 programme)
     (b) affectation                                                          (EEC ) No 1038 / 82
 2.  Beneficiary                                  World Food Programme
                                                                                             >•            Sierra Leone
 3.  Country of destination                                Angola                           J
 4.  Total quantity of the con­                          265 tonnes                                         250 tonnes
     signment
 5.  Intervention agency responsible                Will result from application of the procedure referred to in point 12
     for delivery
 6.  Origin of the skimmed-milk                                        Bought on the Community market
     powder ( 2 )
 7.  Special characteristics and / or                                                  (5)
     packaging ( 3 )
 8.  Markings on the packaging                          See Annex II                        'Skimmed-milk powder , enriched with
                                                                                            vitamins A and D / Gift of the European
                                                                                            Economic Community to Sierra Leone /
                                                                                                       For free distribution'
 9.  Delivery period                                      Delivery                                            Loading
                                                             As soon as possible and at the latest 31 May 1983
10 . Stage and place of delivery          Community port of loading operating a             Port of unloading Freetown (deposited on
                                          regular service with the recipient coun­                   the quay or on lighters)
                                                           try ( 6 )
11 . Representative of the beneficiary                       —
                                                                                            M. Turay , National Authorizing Officer ,
     responsible for reception ( 4 )                                                        First Vice-President's Office , Tower Hill ,
                                                                                                   PO Box 1402 , Freetown ( 12 )
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                                     Tender
     determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for                                          12 noon on 25 April 1983
     submission of tenders
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                 Consignment                      F                             G                         H                         I
 1.  Application of Council Regu­
     lations :
     ( a ) legal basis                                                 ( EEC ) No 1037 / 82 ( 1982 programme)
     (b ) affectation                                                             ( EEC ) No 1038 / 82
 2.   Beneficiary                                                                      UNRWA
 3.   Country of destination                                Jordan                                                    Israel
 4.  Total quantity of the con­              300 tonnes                    28 tonnes                  500 tonnes                 107 tonnes
     signment
 5.   Intervention agency responsible                   Will result from application of the procedure referred to in point 12
     for delivery
 6.   Origin of the skimmed-milk                                          Bought on the Community market
     powder (2 )
 7.  Special characteristics and / or                          (s)                                                   ( 5 )( 1J )
     packaging ( 3 )
 8.   Markings on the packaging         'Skimmed-milk powder, enriched with vitamins A and D / Gift of the European Economic Community to
                                                                UNRWA / For free distribution to Palestine refugees'
 9.   Delivery period                                        Loading as soon as possible and at the latest 31 May 1983
10 .  Stage and place of delivery                             Port of unloading ( deposited on the quay or on lighters )
                                                            Aquaba                                                  Ashdod
11 .  Representative of the beneficiary UNRWA, Field Supply and Transport Officer, Hevre Klalit, Lehash gaha BM , Pavilion 15 ,
      responsible for reception ( 4 )                  Amman , Jordan                                          Port Arec , Ashdod
                                                                                           ( u)
12 .  Procedure to be applied to                                                          Tender
      determine the costs of supply
13 .  Expiry of the time limit for                                             12 noon on 25 April 1983
      submission of tenders
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                  Consignment                                                            K
  1. Application of Council Regu­
     lations :
      ( a ) legal basis                                             ( EEC) No 1037 / 82 ( 1982 programme)
     ( b ) affectation                                                         ( EEC ) No 1038 / 82
 2.   Beneficiary                                                                      Licross
 3.   Country of destination                                                         Mauritania
 4.  Total quantity of the con­                                                      100 tonnes
     signment
 5.  Intervention agency responsible                 Will result from application of the procedure referred to in point 12
     for delivery
 6.  Origin of the skimmed-milk                                        Bought on the Community market
     powder ( 2 )
 7.  Special characteristics and/ or                                                      (5)
     packaging ( 3 )
 8.  Markings on the packaging            A red crescent 10 cm high with the points towards the left and the following text in letters at
                                                                                  least 1 cm high :
                                          'Lait écrémé en poudre , enrichi en vitamines A et D / Don de la Communauté économique
                                          européenne / Action de la Ligue des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge / Pour distribution gratuite
                                                                         en Mauritanie / Nouakchott'
 9.  Delivery period                                                         Loading in May 1983
10 . Stage and place of delivery                    Port of unloading Nouakchott ( deposited on the quay or on lighters )
11 . Representative of the beneficiary    Croissant-Rouge mauritanien , avenue Général Abdel Nasser, boîte postale 344,
     responsible for reception                                         Nouakchott, Mauritanie ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 14 )
12 . Procedure to be applied to                                                        Tender
     determine the costs of supply
13 . Expiry of the time limit for                                          12 noon on 25 April 1983
     submission of tenders
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          Notes:
          H This Annex, together with the notice published in Official Journal No C 95 of 19 April 1977,
                page 7, takes the place of an invitation to tender from the intervention agencies concerned in cases
                where, under point 12, there must be a tendering procedure. Payment will be effected taking
                into account the possible increase foreseen in Article 1 of this Regulation.
           (2) In cases where the goods come from intervention stocks, an additional notice stating the
                warehouses where the product is stored will be published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of
                the European Communities.
           (3) Other than those set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 (see Article 6 (2) of
                Regulation (EEC) No 303 /77).
           (4) Only in the case of delivery 'to the port of unloading' and 'free at destination' (see Article 5 and the
                last indent of Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 303/77).
            (5) The vitamin A content of the skimmed-milk powder must be at least 5 000 international units per
                  100 grams. The vitamin D content of the skimmed-milk powder must be at least 500 international
                 units per 10CL grams. The vitamin compound incorporated in the milk must be guaranteed to
                 contain 10 times as much vitamin A as vitamin D. The vitamins incorporated must be of
                  pharmaceutical quality and produced for human consumption. The date of manufacture of the
                  vitaminized skimmed-milk powder must be clearly marked on the sacks. The manufacture of the
                 vitaminized skimmed-milk powder should be at die most one month before the date of delivery of
                  the control certificate as mentioned in Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 303 /77.
           (6) Delivery fob shall be deemed to have taken place and the risks shall pass from the successful
                tenderer to the recipient at the moment when the products have actually been lifted across the rails
                of the vessel at the port of shipment designated for delivery.
           (7) The bill of lading must contain the following information:
                 'NOTIFY-ADDRESS :
                 1 . Consignee;
                 2. Ligue des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge,
                      boîte postale 276,
                      CH-1211 Genève 19
                      (telex 22 555 CH).'
           (8) The successful tenderer should send two copies of the dispatch documents to:
                Mr Burtin,
                Ligue des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge,
                boîte postale 276,
                CH-1211 Genève 19 .
           (9) A copy of the dispatch documents should be sent to the following address:
                 Delegation of the Commission of the European Economic Communities,
                 PO Box 5570,
                 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
          (10) The bill of lading must contain the following information:
                 'NOTIFY-ADDRESS :
                 1 . Consignee;
                 2. Delegaciôn del CICR,
                      Hotel El Salvador Sheraton,
                      PO Box 06-1068 , San Salvador.'
          (") The successful tenderer shall send to the beneficiaries' agent, on delivery, a pro forma invoice with
                  the entry :
                 'Los productos mencionados llegan a El Salvador como donativo al pueblo de este país. Según el
                  acuerdo de sede firmado el 12 de septiembre de 1980 (Article 11 ) el Gobierno autoriza su
                  introducción libre de todo tipo de impuestos. '
          (12) A copy of the dispatch documents should be sent to the following address:
                 Délégation de la Commission des Communautés européennes,
                 boite postale 1399,
                 Freetown .
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            ( 13) The successful tenderer should send two copies of the dispatch documents to:
                  Chief Supply and Transport Division,
                  UNRWA Headquarters,
                  PO Box 700,
                  A- 1400 Vienna.
            (14) A copy of the dispatch documents should be sent to the following address:
                  Délégation de la Commission des Communautés européennes,
                  boîte postale 213 ,
                  Nouakchott, Mauritanie.
            ( 1S) Products destined for Ashdod should be in containers of 20 feet (40 to 50 containers per ship).
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                BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGA TO II — BIJLAGE II
                    Totalmængde            Delmængde                 Modtager          Modtagerland
      Parti
                           (i tons )            (i tons )                                                           Emballagens påtegning
                    Gesamtmenge            Teilmengen
  Bezeichnung            der Partie                                  Empfänger       Bestimmungsland            Aufschrift auf der Verpackung
   der Partie                              ( in Tonnen )
                      ( in Tonnen )
                 Συνολική ποσότητα
Χαρακτηρισμός                          Μερικές ποσότητες            Δικαιούχος       Χώρα προορισμού            Ένδειξη επί της συσκευασίας
                    της παρτίδας
 της παρτίδας                              (σε τόνους)
                      (σε τόνους)
                   Total quantity       Partial quantities           Beneficiary
       Lot
                        ( in tonnes)         ( in tonnes )                           Recipient country           Markings on the packaging
  Désignation   Quantité totale du lot Quantités partielles
     du lot            ( en tonnes )        (en tonnes )             Bénéficiaire     Pays destinataire           Inscription sur l'emballage
  Designazione
                   Quantità totale     Quantitativi parziali
                      della partita                                  Beneficiario    Paese destinatario           Iscrizione sull'imballaggio
  della partita                          ( in tonnellate)
                    ( in tonnellate)
                  Totale hoeveelheid
  Aanduiding                            Deelhoeveelheden
  van de partij
                      van de partij             ( in ton )           Begunstigde      Bestemmingsland           Aanduiding op de verpakking
                           ( in ton )
        D                     265                  180           World Food         Angola              Angola 2636 / Dried skimmed milk , enriched /
                                                                 Programme                              Luanda / Gift of the European Economic
                                                                                                        Community / Action of the World Food
                                                                                                        Programme
                                                     35          World Food         Angola              Angola 2506 Q-EXP / Dried skimmed milk ,
                                                                 Programme                              enriched / Luanda / Gift of the European
                                                                                                        Economic Community / Action of the World
                                                                                                        Food Programme
                                                     50          World Food         Angola              Angola 2506 Q-EXP / Dried skimmed milk ,
                                                                 Programme                              enriched / Lobito / Gift of the European
                                                                                                        Economic Community / Action of the World
                                                                                                        Food Programme