CELEX: 31985R0310
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 310/85 of 4 February 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 34/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              7. 2. 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 310/85
                                                       of 4 February 1985
              on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red
                                                        Cross as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       European Communities decided to grant, under
                                                                    Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
 Economic Community,                                                zations ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2),                                  July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                and rice (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation          3323/81 (") ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
(EEC) No 1 025/84 (4),                                             purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                   characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      supply conditions ;
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (*), as              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (6), and in                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
particular Article 6 thereof,                                      Committee for Cereals,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                                             Article 1
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­
ment I7),                                                          The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
                                                                   shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                  dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                   (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of               in the Annex hereto .
the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular                                          Article 2
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Committee,                                                         European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 February 1985.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No L  107,  19. 4.   1984, p. 1.
0   OJ  No L  166,  25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ  No L  107,  19. 4.   1984, p. 13.
i5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(6) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
I7) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(8) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62                            H OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p . 11 .
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                                 (") OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
            1 . Programme : 1984
            2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
            3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
            4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5. Total quantity : 2 237 tonnes (3 064 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche 'Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frankfurt/
                Main, telex 41 1 475
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
            9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests, which produces
                dough which does not stick during the mechanical kneading process ; the flour shall have the
                following characteristics :
                — moisture : 14 % maximum (ICC Method No 110)
                — protein content : 10,5 % minimum (N x 6,25 in terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105)
                — Hagberg falling number of at least 180, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60
                    seconds (ICC Method No 107)
                — ash content : 0,62 % maximum, referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
          10 . Packaging :
                — in new bags
                    — jute sacks lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                    — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 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 :
                    ' ETH-203 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                    ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                    DISTRIBUTION / MASSAWA'
          11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          1 2. Delivery stage : cif
          13 . Port of landing : Massawa
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 February 1985
          16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 March 1985
          17 . Security : 12 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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
               are required.
          3. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
               Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
               B-1049 Brussels .