CELEX: 31985R1223
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1223/85 of 10 may 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to non-governmental organizations (NGO) as food aid

11 . 5. 85                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 125/5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1223/85
                                                           of 10 May 1985
                on the supply of common wheat flour to non-governmental organizations
                                                         (NGO) 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 ('); 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                         Committee for Cereals,
 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
 rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (*),
                                                                                              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
the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by               procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                     lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Article 3 thereof,                                                   down 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 3 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 .
0   OJ   No  L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ   No  L 352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : NGO (Save the Children Fund, Job House, 157 Clapham Road, London SW 90 PT
                  — tel 01-703 54 00)
             3. Place or country of destination : Sudan
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 1 095 tonnes (1 500 tonnes of cereals)
             6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Bruxelles (telex 24076)
             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 of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                      — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                  — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION
                      OF SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / PORT SUDAN'
           11 . 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 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-1049 Brussels .