CELEX: 31984R3121
Language: en
Date: 1984-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3121/84 of 8 November 1984 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

9 . 11 . 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 292/35
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3121/84
                                                    of 8 November 1984
              on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to the International
                                         Committee of the Red Cross as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     European Communities decided to grant, under
                                                                 Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
 Economic Community,                                             zations ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by         by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              and rice (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation        3323/81 ("); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
(EEC) No 1025/84 0,                                              purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    supply conditions ;
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (*), as            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (6), and in              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                   Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
 rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                                          Article 1
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
 ment (*),                                                       The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes
                                                                 hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and             lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of             down in the Annexes hereto.
the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular                                        Article 2
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 Committee,                                                      European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 8 November 1984.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
O   OJ   No L 107,  19. 4.   1984, p. 1.
O   OJ   No L 166,  25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ   No L 107,  19. 4.   1984, p. 13.
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(*) OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(8) OJ   No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                       (,0) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0   OJ   No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                         (") OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                         ANNEX I
            1 . Programme : 1984
            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 : 900 tonnes (1 233 tonnes of cereals)
            6. Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frankfurt/
                Main, telex 411 475
            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, 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 lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                    — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 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) :
                    'ETS-1 14 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY'
          11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          1 3. Port of landing : Port Sudan
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 20 November 1984
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 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 II
             1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : International Committee, of the Red Cross (ICRC)
             3. Place or country of destination : the Philippines
             4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 500 tonnes (1 450 tonnes of cereals)
             6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Ente nazionale risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032)
             8 . Method of mobilizing me product : the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                 — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                 — moisture : 15 %
                 — broken rice : 5 % maximum
                 —   chalky grains : 5 % maximum
                 —   grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
                 —   spotted grains : 1,5% maximum
                 —-  stained grains : 1 % maximum
                 —   yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum
                 —   amber grains : 0,20 % maximum
           10. Packaging :
                 — in bags :
                     — quality of the bags : woven synthetic or polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of
                         120 g
                     — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags :
                     a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     •PHL-33 / RICE / MANILA / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                     ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                     DISTRIBUTION'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Manila
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 November 1984
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 1984
           1 7. Security : 1 2 ECU per tonne
           18. At die request of die ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to die beneficiary on
                 delivery, die following documents :
                 — certificate of origin
                 — phytosanitary certificate
                 — pro forma invoices
           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.