CELEX: 31981R2220
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/81 of 31 July 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to Somalia as food aid

1 . 8 . 81                             Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 214/79
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2220/81
                                                        of 31 July 1981
                          on die supply of common wheat flour 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 ('), 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 German intervention agency shall be charged
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                with implementing the mobilization and supply proce­
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Committee,                                                        in the 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, 12 000 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, 31 July 1981 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                              Gaston THORN
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p. 2.
b) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4 ) OJ No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, P. 2553/62.
(») OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .                           («) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1981
              2. Recipient : Sc.nalia
              3. Place or country of destination : Somalia
              4 . Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 8 760 tonnes ( 12 000 tonnes of common wheat)
              6. Number of lots : two
                  Lot 1 : 5 110 tonnes
                  Lot 2 : 3 650 tonnes
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frank­
                  furt/Main (telex 41 1 475)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                  — moisture : 14 % maximum
                  — protein content : 10-5 % minimum (N x 6-25 on dry matter)
                  — ash content : 0-62 % maximum referred to dry matter
           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 :
                      'Wheat flour / Gift of the European Economic Community to Somalia'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            1 3. Port of landing :
                  Lot 1 : Mogadiscio
                  Lot 2 : Berbera
            1 4. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 13 August 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 bags of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .