CELEX: 31980R2836
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2836/80 of 31 October 1980 on the supply of maize to the Republic of Gambia as food aid

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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/80
                                                          of 31 October 1980
                                    on the supply of maize to the Republic of Gambia as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas it is necessary to provide for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the
                                                                        rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 1974/ 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            rules for the implementation of certain food-aid
European Economic Community,                                            operations involving cereal and rice products (6);
                                                                        whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            the Community measure envisaged , the characteristics
2727 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                       of the products to be supplied and the supply
                                                                        conditions which are set out in the Annex to this
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1870/ 80 (*), and in particular                     Regulation ;
Article 28 thereof,
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           are in accordance with the opinion               of the
 2750 / 75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                   Management Committee for Cereals,
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (J), and
 in particular Article 6 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of
 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes
 of the common agricultural policy (4), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and                                                 Article 1
 in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                        The French intervention agency shall be charged with
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                           implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
 Committee,                                                             in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid
 Whereas, on 8 May 1979, the Council of the                             down in the Annex hereto .
 European Communities has expressed its intention to
 grant, under a Community measure, 2 600 tonnes of
 maize to the Republic of Gambia under its food-aid
                                                                                                 Article 2
 programme for 1978 /79 ;
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                        following that of its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                        ofthe European Communities.
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
(') OJ   No L 184 , 17 . 7 . 1980 , p . 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 89 .
(4)  OJ  No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 /62 .
(5) OJ   No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 192 , 26. 7 . 1980 , p. 11 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1980 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
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                                                             ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1978 /79
             2 . Recipient : Republic of Gambia
             3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Gambia
             4 . Product to be mobilized : maize
             5. Total quantity: 2 600 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-Paris 7e ; telex
                 270807
             8. Method of mobilizing the product : 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 for which the intervention price is fixed
            10. Packaging :
                   — in bags ('),
                   — quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight 600 g,
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                   — marking of the bags :
                       letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'Maize / Gift of the European Economic Community to the Republic of Gambia / For
                       free distribution'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing: Banjul
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 14 November 1980 at 12 noon
             16. Shipment period : from 1 to 31 December 1980
             17 . Security : 6 ECU/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\