CELEX: 31981R0335
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 335/81 of 9 February 1981 on the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid

No L 37/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             10 . 2 . 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 335/81
                                                        of 9 February 1981
               on the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,                                                  implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in cereals ( j ), as last amended by              nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 28 thereof,                                                  which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in             ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
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 (4), as last amended by               The French intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation ( EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                  implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     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 28 May 1980 the Council of the Euro­                                              Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant under a Community measure, 18 473 tonnes of                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
common wheat to the World Food Programme under                       following its publication in the Official Journal of
its food-aid programme for 1 980 ;                                    the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 February 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 (')  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17.
 (3)  OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
 (<)  OJ No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
 (5)  OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p . 1 .                              (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                             ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1 980
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme
             3. Place or country of destination : Tunisia, The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen,
                  Lesotho and Mali
              4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat
              5. Total quantity : 18 473 tonnes
              6 . Number of lots : five
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : ONIC : Office National
                  Interprofessionnel des Céréales, 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7ème. telex 270807
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Intervention
              9 . Characteristics of the goods : the common wheat must be of a fair and sound merchantable
                  quality and correspond at least to the standard quality for which the reference price is fixed,
                  except that the moisture content shall not exceed 1 5-5 %
           10 . Packaging :
                  — in bags (') : for the People s Democratic Republic of Yemen, Lesotho and Mali
                  — in bulk : for Tunisia
                  — quality of the bags : new jute bags ; minimum weight 600 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high
                      'Common wheat / Gift of the EEC / Action of WFP'
                      and to be added in smaller letters :
                      — for 4 000 tonnes : 'Yemen RDP / 2265 / ADEN
                      — for 2 200 tonnes : 'Yemen RDP / 546 X / ADEN '
                      — for     173 tonnes : ' Lesotho 2481 / DURBAN
                      — for     500 tonnes : 'Mali 1231 X / Abidjan in transit to Mopti and Timbuktu'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           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 21 February 1981
           16 . Shipment period : 15 to 31 March 1981
            17 . 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.