CELEX: 31983R2543
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2543/83 of 9 September 1983 on the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia as food aid

10 . 9 . 83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 250/ 13
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2543/83
                                                      of 9 September 1983
                              on the supply of common wheat to Ethiopia 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 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   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
                                                                   this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
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 (6), and in particular                 The German intervention agency shall be charged
Article 3 thereof,                                                 with implementing the mobilization and supply
                                                                   procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Committee,                                                         down in the Annex hereto .
Whereas on 29 July 1983 the Commission of the                                              Article 2
European Communities expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 20 000 tonnes of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Ethiopia under its food-aid programme for               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
1983 ;                                                             European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 September 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.
(4) OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                         f) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(6) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1983
               2. Recipient : Ethiopia
               3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
               4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
               5. Total quantity : 20 000 tonnes
               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 :
                   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 :
                   — in bulk plus 408 000 empty new jute sacks, minimum weight 500 g, of a capacity of 50 kilo­
                      grams, 250 needles and sufficient twine (')
                   — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'FOOD AID OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE PEOPLE OF
                       ETHIOPIA'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Assab
             1 4. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 20 September 1983
             16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1983
             1 7. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
             (') The bagging costs are to be borne by the successful tenderer.