CELEX: 31982R2949
Language: en
Date: 1982-11-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2949/82 of 3 November 1982 on the supply of common wheat flour for the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 309 / 8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              5 . 11 . 82
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2949/82
                                                       of 3 November 1982
              on the supply of common wheat flour for the International Committee of the
                                                      Red Cross 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 of 22
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
Economic Community,                                                 respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                    and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        3323/81 (7) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
2727/75    of   29     October    1975      on    the common
                                                                    purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
organization of the market in cereals ('), as last                  characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in                 supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
particular Article 28 thereof,                                      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                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
Regulation (EEC) No *2543/73 (5), and in particular                 The Belgian intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                                  implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                    in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                          Annex hereto .
Whereas, on 26 April 1982, the Council of the                                               Article 2
European Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 1 507 tonnes of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals for the International Committee of the Red                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Cross under its food-aid programme for 1982 ;                       European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 November 1982.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p . 1 .
(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 .
(5) 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 : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5 . Total quantity : 1 100 tonnes (1 507 tonnes of common wheat)
             6 . Number of lots : two
                  — No 1 : 600 tonnes
                  — No 2 : 500 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office belge de 1 économie et de l'agriculture (OBEA), rue de Trêves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (télex
                  240 76).
             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 on the bags :
                      a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by (letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      ' ETH 41 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                      ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                      DISTRIBUTION'
                      ' ETH 42 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                      ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                      DISTRIBUTION'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing :
                  — No 1 (600 tonnes) : Assab
                  — No 2 (500 tonnes) : Massawa
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 16 November 1982
            16 . Shipment period : 1 to 20 December 1982
            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'.