CELEX: 31981R0456
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-23
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 456/81 of 23 February 1981 on the supply of maize to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 456/81
                                                         of 23 February 1981
              on the supply of maize to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
                                                              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 ('), as last amended by                 nity measure envisaged , the characteristics of the
the Act of Accession of Greece (:), 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 , 2 000 tonnes of                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
maize to the United Nations High Commissioner for                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
Refugees under its food-aid programme for 1980 ;                       the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 February 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Com mission
                                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             At em her of the (.0m mission
 ( )  OJ No L 281 , I. II . 1975 , p . 1 .
 (-') OJ No L 291 , 19 . I 1 . 1979 , p . 17 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1 975 , p . 89 .
 (4 ) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 / 62.
 (s) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1 973, p. 1 .                               (") OJ No 1. 192. 26 . 7 . I 9 ,SO , p . ll .
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                                                          ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1980
            2 . Recipient : the refugees of Salvador ( UNHCR)
            3 . Place or country of destination : Puerto Cortes ( Honduras)
            4 . Product to be mobilized : maize
            5 . Total quantity : 2 000 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 ONIC, Office Nationale Interprotessionel des Cereales, 21 , Avenue Bosquet, Paris 7ème , telex
                 270 807
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                 the maize must be of a fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to the
                 standard quality for which the intervention price is fixed
           10 . Packaging :
                 — in bags ('),
                 — quality of the bags : woven synthetic
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                 — marking of the bags :
                     letters at least 5 cm high :
                     Maiz / Donacion de la Comunidad economica europea / Para distribución gratuita / Acnur­
                     Alto Comisario de las Naciones Unidas para Refugiados
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12 . Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Puerto Cortes
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 6 March 1981 at 12 noon
           16 Shipment period : from 15 March to 15 April 19X1
           17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
            (') Since the goods may be rebagged , the successful tenderer must provide 2 /0 of empty ba^s of the
                 same qualitv as those containing the goods , with the marking followed by n capital 'R .