CELEX: 31980R2975
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2975/80 of 17 November 1980 on the supply of rolled oats to the Catholic Relief Services as food aid

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2975/ 80
                                                         of 17 November 1980
                            on the supply of rolled oats to the Catholic Relief Services as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas it is necessary to provide for the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the
                                                                       rules laid down by Commission Regulation ( EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           No 1974 / 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general
European Economic Community ,                                          rules for the implementation of certain food-aid
                                                                       operations involving cereal and rice products (');
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of
2727 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                     the Community measure envisaged , the characteristics
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by                of the products to be supplied and the supply
Regulation ( EEC) No 1870 / 80 (2), and in particular                  conditions which are set out in the Annex to this
Article 28 thereof,                                                    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
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and                  Management Committee for Cereals ,
in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account
and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes                                             Article 1
of the common agricultural policy (4), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2543 / 73 ( 5), and                    The German intervention agency shall be charged
in particular Article 3 thereof,                                       with implementing the mobilization and supply pro­
                                                                       cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                           lation (EEC) No 1974 / 80 and with the conditions
Committee ,                                                            laid down in the Annex hereto .
Whereas , on 28 May 1980 , the Council of the                                                     Article 2
European Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 1 400 tonnes of                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to the Catholic Relief Services under its                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
food-aid programme for 1980 ;                                          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 17 November 1980 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                 Vice-President
(')  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No L 184 , 17 . 7 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(>)  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 89 .
( J) OJ No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , p . 2553 / 62 .
 O   OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . I.                               O OJ No L 192 , 26 . 7 . 1980 , p . 1 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1980
               2 . Recipient : Catholic Relief Services
               3 . Place or country of destination : Haiti
               4 . Product to be mobilized : rolled oats
               5 . Total quantity : 700 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, 6000 Frankfurt/ Main ,
                    Adickesallee 40 , telex 41 1 475
               8. Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
               9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                    production of quick-cooking oat flakes :
                    Raw oats : First quality high-density oats .
                    Cleaning and preparation : Oats to be cleaned of extraneous matter, debittered and stabilized by
                    treatment with steam .
                    Hulling : Oats to be size-classified and hulled . After separation of husks , oat kernels to be
                    scoured and polished .
                    Groats : Oat kernels to be cut, sorted and air-cleaned . Groats dampened and pre-cooked with
                    steam , then rolled to flakes .
                    quality of oat flakes :
                    humidity : less than 12 % ,
                    ash content : less than 2-3 % of dry matter,
                    crude fibre : less than 1 - 5 % of dry matter,
                    husk content : less than 0 - 10 % of dry matter,
                    protein content : not less than 14 % of dry matter
             10 . Packaging :
                    — in bags (')
                    — quality of the bags :
                        bag composition :
                        — four bags of Kraft paper, of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 g/ m2 ,
                        — one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at
                              least 140 g/ m 2 ,
                        — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0 06 mm thick,
                        — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted ,
                        — insect repellent to be applied to outside of bag
                    — net weight of bags : 25 kg
                     — marking of the bags :
                          letters at least 5 cm high :
                         ' Flocons d'avoine / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Destiné à la distri­
                         bution gratuite en Haïti / Cathwel / 6134 / Port-au-Prince '
              I I . Port of shipment : a Community port
              12 . Delivery stage : fob
              (') 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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             13 . Port of landing : Port-au-Prince
             14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 28 November 1980 at 12 noon
             16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981
             17 . Security : 12 ECU / tonne
             18 . At the request of Catholic Relief Services a phytosanitary certificate must be supplied to
                  Cebemo (The Hague)