CELEX: 31983R2257
Language: en
Date: 1983-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2257/83 of 1 August 1983 on the supply of common wheat to the world food programme (WFP) as food aid

No L 216/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 8 . 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2257/83
                                                      of 1 August 1983
             on the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme (WFP) 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  and rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
                                                                  3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
                                                                  purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                 supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      this Regulation ;
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), 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 (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), 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 Euro­                                         Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 109 tonnes of cereals to               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
the World Food Programme under its food-aid                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
programme for 1982 ;                                              European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 1 August 1983 .
                                                                           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.
0   OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p . 1 .
O   OJ No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                       O OJ No L 1 92, 26 . 7 . 1980 , p . II .
M OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . II . 1981 , p . 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1982
            2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
            3 . Place or country of destination : Mali
            4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
            5. Total quantity : 109 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Brussels (telex 24 076)
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : 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
                    — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                    'MALI 2231 -PI / FROMENT TENDRE / LOMÉ EN TRANSIT POUR TOMBOUCTOU /
                     DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU
                     PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL'
          11 . Port of shipment :
                 Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Le Havre, Rouen, Marseille,
                 Dunkerque, Genoa, Trieste or another Community port with shipping connections with the reci­
                 pient country (z)
          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 17 August 1983
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 September 1983
          1 7. Security : 6 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'.
          (2) In all cases where a port other than those listed above is chosen, the tender must be accompanied
                by a declaration by the competent port authorities certifying that the port has connections with
                the recipient country during the period of shipment provided for in point 16.