CELEX: 31981R2258
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-03
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2258/81 of 3 August 1981 on the supply of durum wheat to Somalia as food aid

No L 220/ 16                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              6 . 8 . 81
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2258 /81
                                                          of 3 August 1981
                                on the supply of durum wheat to Somalia as food aid
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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,
                                                                      implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by                 nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                    products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 28 thereof,                                                   which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in              ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                           Article 1
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by                The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                    implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee ,                                                           Annex hereto .
Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­                                             Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure 10 000 tonnes of                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Somalia under its food-aid programme for                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
 1981 ;                                                               the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 August 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 (!)  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7 . 1981 , p. 2.
 (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 .                           (6) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980, p . 11 .
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                                                            ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1981
            2. Recipient : Somalia
            3. Place or country of destination : Somalia
            4. Product to be mobilized : durum wheat
            5. Total quantity : 10 000 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : two
                 Lot 1 : 7 500 tonnes
                 Lot 2 : 2 500 tonnes
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 AIMA—Azienda di Stato per gli Interventi sui Mercati Agricoli, via Palestro 81 , I-Roma (telex
                 613 003)
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
            9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 The durum wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality, be free from odour, and
                 correspond at least to the standard quality for which the intervention price is fixed
                 The varieties referred to in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1570/77 (OJ No L 174, 14. 7.
                 1977, p. 18) are excluded
           10. Packaging :
                 — in new bags (')
                     — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g or
                     — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking of the bags :
                     letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'Durum wheat/Gift of the European Economic Community to Somalia
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port                                         1
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing :
                 — Lot 1 : Mogadiscio
                 — Lot 2 : Berbera
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 1 September 1981
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1981
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           (!) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .