CELEX: 31985R2277
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2277/85 of 7 August 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Arab Republic of Egypt as food aid

No L 212/20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               9 . 8 . 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2277/85
                                                     of 7 August 1985
              on the supply of common wheat flour to the Arab Republic of Egypt 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 457/85              its chairman,
of 19 February 1985 laying down the implementing
rules for 1985 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
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and             The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of             shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by           dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                 in the Annex 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 9 July 1985 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, 7 August 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 .
(4) OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 54, 23 . 2. 1985, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        (8) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p . 11 .
O 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 : 1985
             2. Recipient : Arab Republic of Egypt
             3 . Place or country of destination : Egypt
             4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5. Total quantity : 87 600 tonnes ( 120 000 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : seven
                  Lots 1 , 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6 ; 12 500 tonnes
                  Lot 7:12 600 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                 OFIBLE 200490 F)
             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 reparation (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 jute sacks 400 g, lined with polypropylene sacks of 110 g
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO EGYPT'
           11 . Port of shipment :
                 Any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels of not less than 1 5 000 tonnes
           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 20 August 1985
           1 6 . Shipment period :
                 — No 1 , 2, 3 : 15 September to 15 October 1985
                 — No 4, 5, 6 : 15 October to 15 November 1985
                 — No 7 : 15 to 30 November 1985
           17 . Security : 12 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 send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                Commission Delegation in Egypt, c/o ' Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200, rue de la Loi,
                B-1049 Brussels .
           3. The successful tenderer will be notified of the vessel's arrival at the port of shipment not less than
                five day's in advance.