CELEX: 31982R1555
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1555/82 of 15 June 1982 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Arab Republic of Egypt as food aid

18 . 6 . 82                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 172/ 15
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1555 /82
                                                       of 15 June 1982
              on the supply of common wheat flour to the Arab Republic of Egypt as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
COMMUNITIES,                                                      July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
                                                                  respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
Regulation (EEC) No 3808/81 (*),                                  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 Management
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in          Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by                                    Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and 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 down in the
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                  Annex hereto .
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 140 000 tonnes of
                                                                                          Article 2
cereals to the Arab Republic of Egypt under its food­
aid programme for 1982 ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out            wing its publication in the Official Journal of the
 of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down             European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 June 1982.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .
 (2) OJ  No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p . 37.
 (3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
 (4) OJ  No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62.                    (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
 O   OJ  No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                         0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1982
             2. Recipient : Arab Republic of Egypt
             3. Place or country of destination : Egypt
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 102 200 tonnes ( 140 000 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : seven lots of 12 750 tonnes and one lot of 12 950 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7C, telex :
                   270 807
             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
                   — 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 bags ('),
                       — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 650 g, or
                       — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 375 g
                   — net weight of the bags : 68 kg
                   — marking on the bags :
                       letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO EGYPT
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : fob
            13 . Port of landing : —
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 28 June 1982
            16 . Shipment period : 10 to 31 July 1982 (Lots 1 , 2, 3 , 4)
                                           1 to 31 August 1982 (Lots 5, 6, 7, 8)
            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'.