CELEX: 31986R2570
Language: en
Date: 1986-08-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2570/86 of 12 August 1986 on the supply of common wheat flour to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

No L 229/22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               15 . 8 . 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2570/86
                                                          of 12 August 1986
                   on the supply of common wheat flour to the United Nations High Com­
                                           missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           3826/85 (*) ; 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 1579/86 ('), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                      The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
Whereas, by its Decision of 6 May 1985 on the supply of               shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
food aid to the UNHCR, the Commission allocated to the                in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
latter organization 3 050 tonnes of cereals to be supplied            1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the said
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, 12 August 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 .
(') OJ   No L  139,  24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
 4  OJ   No L  192,  26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .                             V) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1985
            2. Recipient : UNHCR (Attn. M. Coosemans), Palais des Nations CH — 1211 Geneve 10 — Telex
                 27492
            3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia
            4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5 . Total quantity : 2 227 tonnes (3 050 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : two
                 — 1:1 227 tonnes — Mogadishu
                 — 2:1 000 tonnes — Berbera
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (Telex : 24076)
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
            9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  Flour of fair, sound and 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 : 1 1,5 % minimum (N x 6,25 in terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105)
                 — Hagberg falling number of at least 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60
                      seconds (ICC Method No 107)
                 — Zeleny index of at least 20 (ICC Method No 116)
                 — ash content : 0,62 % maximum in terms of the dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
                 — enriched with vitamin C (20 to 30 p.p.m . of ascorbic acid)
           10 . Packaging :
                 — new woven -polypropylene bags for food use, weighin not less that 120 g, which have been
                      specially treated against the effect of ultraviolet light (in 20-foot containers)
                 — net weigh of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      1 : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO
                          UNHCR PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                          TION / MOGADISHU'
                      2 : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO
                           UNHCR PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                          TION / BERBERA'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing :
                 — 1:1 227 tonnes — Mogadishu
                  — 2:1 000 tonnes — Berbera
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply cost : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26 August 1986
           16. Shipment period : 10 September to 10 October 1986
           17 . Security : 15 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary mf the intervention agency, to the
                recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                for importation of the goods into the country of destination .
           2. 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'.
           3. The successful tender shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                Commission Delegation in Somalia,
                Elio GERMANO
                 Commission Delegate
                Via Makka Al Mukarram n° Z-A6/ 17,
                P.O. Box 943 ,
                Mogadiscio .
                Tel . 811 18 /211 18 / 210 49
                Telex 628 FED MOG SM - MOGADISCIO