CELEX: 31981R0144
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 144/81 of 19 January 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme as food aid

20 . 1 . 81                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 17/ 5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 144/81
                                                          of 19 January 1981
              on the supply of common wheat flour 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 ('), 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, 4 700 tonnes of                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
common wheat flour to the World Food Programme                         following its publication in the Official Journal of
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, 19 January 1981 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                   Gaston THORN
(>)  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 .
(4)  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 . 1 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1980
            2. Recipient : World Food Programme
            3 . Place or country of destination : the Arab Republic of Egypt and the People s Democratic
                 Republic of Yemen
            4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5 . Total quantity : 4 700 tonnes
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 ONIC : Office National Interprofessionnel des Cereales, 21 , Av. Bosquet, Paris 7eme — télex
                 270807
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                 — moisture : 14 % maximum
                 — protein content : 10-5% minimum (N x 6-25 on dry matter)
                 — ash content : 0-52 % maximum referred to dry matter
           10 . Packaging :
                 — in bags (')
                 — quality of the bags : new jute sacks lined with cotton sacks
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                  — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high :
                    'Arab Republic of Egypt 644 X /    Wheat flour / Alexandria' for 4 000 tonnes
                    'People's Democratic Republic of   the Yemen 2166 / Wheat flour / Aden' for 200 tonnes
                    'People's Democratic Republic of  the Yemen 608 XV Wheat flour / Aden' for 300 tonnes
                    'People's Democratic Republic of   the Yemen 2453 / Wheat flour / Aden' for 200 tonnes
                     followed by : 'Gift of the European Economic Community / Action of the World Food
                     Programme'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. 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 : 30 January 1981 at 12 noon
           16. Shipment period :
                  — from 15 to 28 February 1981 for the Arab Republic of Egypt, 644 X and the Peoples Democ­
                     ratic Republic of the Yemen , 2166 and 608 X
                  — from 1 to 31 March 1981 for the People's Democratic Republic of the Yemen, 2453
            17 . Security : 12 ECU/tonne
            (') Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R