CELEX: 31983R3231
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3231/83 of 15 November 1983 on the supply of maize to the Republic of Cape Verde as food aid

No L 319/20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            17 . 11 . 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3231 /83
                                                   of 15 November 1983
                     on the supply of maize to the Republic of Cape Verde 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
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 Q, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular               The Italian 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, 7 000 tonnes of cereals                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to the Republic of Cape Verde 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, 15 November 1983 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (J) 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 .
 Is) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                        0 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 : 1982
               2. Recipient : Republic of Cape Verde
               3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Cape Verde
               4. Product to be mobilized : maize
               5. Total quantity : 7 000 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli (AIMA), via Palestre 81 , I-Roma (telex
                   613 003)
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
               9. Characteristics of the goods :
                   (a) Maize for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests
                   (b) moisture content : 1 5 %
                   (c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality : 5 %, of which
                       — percentage of broken grains : 2 % ('broken grains' means pieces of grain or grains which
                            pass through a sieve with a circular mesh 4,5 millimetres in diameter)
                       — percentage of grain impurities : 2 % ('grain impurities' means grains of other cereals,
                           grains damaged by pests and grains of abnormal coloration, the latter being grains which
                            have acquired through heating a darkish brown colour on a fairly substantial part of the
                            tegument and of the kernel and are not damaged grains)
                       — percentage of sprouted grains : 0,5 %
                       — percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 0,5 % ('miscellaneous impurities' consist of weed
                           seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and fragments of insects)
             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 :
                       'MILHO / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONOMICA EUROPEIA A REPUBLICA DE
                       CABO VERDE'
             1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
             13. Port of landing : Mindelo (4 500 tonnes); Praia (2 500 tonnes)
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 29 November 1983
             16. Shipment period : 10 December 1983 to 10 January 1984
             17. Security : 6 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 Cape Verde, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200, rue de la
                  Loi, B-1049 Brussels.