CELEX: 31984R2481
Language: en
Date: 1984-08-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2481/84 of 27 August 1984 on the supply of various consignments of cereals to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

30 . 8 . 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 232/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2481 /84
                                                      of 27 August 1984
              on the supply of various consignments of cereals to the United Nations High
                                  Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 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 (s), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  3323/81 f); 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 (*), as              supply conditions ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
                                                                  not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      its chairman ,
1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
ment (5),
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by            procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (7), and in particular                lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
                                                                  down in the Annexes hereto .
Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                               Article 2
Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas on 20 July 1984 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, 27 August 1984.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 107,  19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(')  OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(4)  OJ  No L 352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
if) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(<•) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (*) OJ No L 1 92, 26. /. 1980, p. 11 .
O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                 O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                          ANNEX I
             1 . Programme : 1 984
             2. Recipient : UNHCR — Pakistan
             3 . Place or country of destination : Karachi
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5 . Total quantity : 40 200 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : two
                 — Lot 1 : 20 000 tonnes
                 — Lot 2 : 20 200 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                 OFIBLE 270807 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to
                 the minimum bread-making quality required for intervention (humidity : 14 %)
           10 . Packaging :
                 Lot 1 :
                 — in bulk plus 408 000 empty new jute sacks, minimum weight 500 g, of a capacity of 50 kilo­
                    grams, 250 needles and sufficient twine
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                     PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN / FOR FREE
                     DISTRIBUTION / KARACHI'
                 Lot 2 :
                 — in bulk plus 412 000 empty new jute sacks, minimum weight 500 g, of a capacity of 50 kilo­
                     grams, 250 needles and sufficient twine
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                     PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN / FOR FREE
                     DISTRIBUTION / KARACHI'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Karachi
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 11 September 1984
           16. Shipment period :
                 Lot 1 : October 1984
                 Lot 2 : November 1984
           17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
           Note :
           The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of 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 .
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                                                          ANNEX II
             1 . Programme : 1984
             2 . Recipient : UNHCR — Somalia
             3 . Place or country of destination : Berbera and Mogadishu
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5 . Total quantity : 5 160 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one in two parts :
                  1 : 1 720 tonnes
                  2 : 3 440 tonnes
             7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                  OFIBLE 270 807 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to
                  the minimum bread-making quality required for intervention (humidity : 14 % )
            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 on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      Lot 1 :
                      'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION /
                      BERBERA'
                      Lot 2 :
                      'WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / MOGA­
                      DISHU'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Berbera and Mogadishu
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            1 5 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 2 noon on 1 1 September 1 984
            1 6 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1 984
            17. Security : 6 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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                 are required .
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                                                         ANNEX III
              1 . Programme : 1984
             2 . Recipient : UNHCR
             3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5 . Total quantity : 2 410 tonnes (3 300 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (telex 24 076)
             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, 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
                      — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / MOGA­
                      DISHU '
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Mogadishu
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 11 September 1984
           16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1984
           17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                 are required .
           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'.
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                                                           ANNEX IV
              1 . Programme : 1 984
              2 . Recipient : UNHCR — Somalia
              3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia
             4 . Product to be mobilized : maize flour
              5 . Total quantity : 4 000 tonnes (6 780 tonnes of cereals)
              6 . Number of lots : two
                  Lot 1 : 1 333 tonnes — Berbera / Lot 2 : 2 667 tonnes — Mogadishu
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli (AIMA), via Palestro 81 , I-Roma (telex
                  613 003)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
              9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  — maize flour (1 1.01 E I) for human consumption , of sound merchantable quality, free of odour
                      and pests
                  — moisture content : maximum 13 %
                  — acidity : 0,6 % maximum
            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 on the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking of the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      Lot 1 :
                      'MAIZE FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION BERBERA'
                      Lot 2 :
                      'MAIZE FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR
                      PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION MOGA­
                      DISHU'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Lot 1 : Berbera / Lot 2 : Mogadishu
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon on 11 September 1984
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1984
            17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of 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'.