CELEX: 31982R2665
Language: en
Date: 1982-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2665/82 of 4 October 1982 on the supply of maize to the World Food Programme as food aid under Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81o

6 . 10 . 82                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 283/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2665/82
                                                       of 4 October 1982
              on the supply of maize to the World Food Programme as food aid under
                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out
 COMMUNITIES,          '                                           of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                   by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Economic Community,                                               respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                   and rice f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
                                                                   purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by            characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                 supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      this Regulation ;
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in          are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
particular Article 6 thereof,                                      Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by                                     Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,                                                 The French intervention agency shall be charged with
                                                                   implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Committee ,                                                        No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
                                                                   Annex hereto .
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81 (6)
provided for exceptional food aid totalling 40 million                                     Article 2
 ECU to be granted to the least-developed countries ;
whereas various sums have been allocated for the deli­             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
very of cereals and rice to certain non-member                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
countries and beneficiary organizations ;                          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 October 1982.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(>) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p . 1 .
 3  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
(<) OJ   No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, p . 2553/62.
O OJ No     L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                            Ç) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(É) OJ No   L 373, 29 . 12. 1981 , p. 11 .                         (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1981 (Regulation (EEC) No 3723/81 )
               2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
               3 . Place or country of destination : Benin
               4. Product to be mobilized : maize
               5 . Total quantity : 2 736 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Office national interprofessionnel des ceréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-Paris 7' (telex
                   OFIBLE 270807 F)
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
               9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                   the maize must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to the standard
                   quality required for which the intervention price is fixed
             10. Packaging :
                   — in new bags (')
                       — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                   — marking of the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                       'BENIN 1288 / MAÏS / COTONOU / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE
                       EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             1 2. Delivery stage : cif
             13 . Port of landing : Cotonou
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 October 1982
             16 . Shipment period : 1 to 30 November 1982
             17 . Security : 6 ECU per tonne
             (') 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'.