CELEX: 31985R1224
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1224/85 of 10 may 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

11 . 5. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 125/7
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1224/85
                                                       of 10 May 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 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
                                                                 3323/81 (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 457/85              Committee for Cereals,
of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
rules for 1985 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 (*), as last amended by           dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f7), and in particular               (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Article 3 thereof,                                               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 18 April 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, 10 May 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 .
(3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4) OJ  No L 352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
Is) OJ No L 54, 23. 2. 1985, p. 1 .
(«) 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 .                             0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1985
             2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
             3. Place or country of destination : Sudan
             4. Product to be mobilized ': common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 2 920 tonnes (4 000 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 411 475
             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) :
                      ΈTS — 176 / WHEAT FLOUR'
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. 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 21 May 1985
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 1985
          17. 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 Sudan, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
               B - 1 049 Brussels .