CELEX: 31984R3422
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3422/84 of 3 December 1984 on the supply of maize to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

6 . 12. 84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 316/37
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3422/84
                                                       of 3 December 1984
                on the supply of maize to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
                                                      (UNHCR) as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
  COMMUNITIES,                                                      certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
                                                                    zations ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                               Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                    of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
  zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
  Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                  and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
  2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
  mobilization of cereals intended as food , aid (3), as            supply conditions ;
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in
. particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Committee for Cereals,
  1278/ 84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
  rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
  ment (*),
                                                                                             Article 1
  Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
  October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
  the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
  the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by            dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
  Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular                 (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid dowrj
  Article 3 thereof,                                                in the Annex hereto .
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                               Article 2
  Committee,
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
  Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  European Communities decided to grant, under                      European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 3 December 1984.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
  (') OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ  No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
  (4) OJ  No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
  (*) OJ  No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
  (6) OJ  No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
  O   OJ  No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                             (9) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX         '
             1 . Programme : 1984
             2. Recipient : UNHCR
             3. Place or country of destination : Honduras
             4 . Product to be mobilized : maize
             5 . Total quantity : 200 tonnes
             6. Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des ceréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-Paris 7' (telex
                 OFIBLE 200490 F)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :                                               1
                 (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 mm 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)
          1 0. Packaging :
                 — in new bags :
                     — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                  • — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'MAIZE / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / PARA
                     DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / ALTO COMISARIO DE LAS NACIÓNES UNIDAS PARA
                     REFUGIADOS / PUERTO CORTES'
          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 : 12 noon on 18 December 1984
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 January 1985
          17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
          Notes :
          1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
               recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
               for importation of the goods into the country of destination .
          2. 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'.