CELEX: 31985R0426
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 426/85 of 19 February 1985 on the supply of common wheat to the world food programme as food aid

No L 51 /22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 2. 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 426/85
                                                        of 19 February 1985
                    on the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       nity measures, various quantities of cereals to certain
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         non-member countries and beneficiary organizations ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
 Economic Community,                                                  of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
                                                                      by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                    3323/81 (9) ; 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 (3), as                 supply conditions ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in                  Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
particular Article 6 thereof,                                        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 (*),                                                                                    Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                     The intervention agency specified in the Annexes
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
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
                                                                     lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (J), and in particular                   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 3 July 1984 the Commission of the Euro­                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
pean Communities decided to grant, under Commu­                      European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 19 February 1985.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ No  L  281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L  107,   19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No   L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(<) OJ No   L 352,   14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
Is) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(6) OT No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                           (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                  0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.
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                                                          ANNEX I        ,
              1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
             3. Place or country of destination : Democratic Republic of Madagascar
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
             5. Total quantity : 1 149 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (telex :
                  OFIBLE 200 490 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : 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 (moisture : 14,5 % maximum)
           10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags :
                      — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                      — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                  'MADAGASCAR 2679 / FROMENT / TOAMASINA / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ
                  ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                  any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 1 6. The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
           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 5 March 1985
           16. Shipment period : 20 March to 20 April 1985
           17. Security : 6 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 II
              1 . Programme : 1984
              2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
              3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
              4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
              5. Total quantity : 10 244 tonnes
              6. Number of lots : one (in two parts)
                  No 1 : 4 070 tonnes — Massawa
                  No 2 : 6 174 tonnes — Assab
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7' (telex
                  OFIBLE 200 490 F)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : 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 (moisture : maximum 14,5 %)
            10. Packaging :
                  — No 1 :
                      in bulk plus 89 500 empty polypropylene sacks, minimum weight 120 g, of a capacity of 50
                      kilograms, 60 needles and sufficient twine
                  — No 2 :
                      in bulk plus 135 800 empty polypropylene sacks, minimum weight 120 g, of a capacity of 50
                      kilograms, 100 needles and sufficient twine
                  — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      — No 1 : 'ETHIOPIA 2488 Pi / WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                                 COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME /
                                 MASSAWA'
                      — No 2 : ' ETHIOPIA 2488 PI / WHEAT / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
                                 COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME / ASSAB'
            11 . Port of shipment :
                  any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16. The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
            12. Delivery stage : fob
            1 3 . 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 5 March 1985
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1985
            17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
            Note :
            The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
            are required.