CELEX: 31981R1730
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1730/81 of 29 June 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar as food aid

No L 172/28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            30 . 6 . 81
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1730/81
                                                          of 29 June 1981
             on the supply of common wheat flour to the Democratic Republic of
                                                     Madagascar 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 ( 1 ), 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 German intervention agency shall be charged
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                  with implementing the mobilization and supply proce­
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                    dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Committee,                                                          in the Annex hereto .
Whereas on 19 May 1981 the Council of the Euro­                                             Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 15 000 tonnes of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
under its food-aid programme for 1981 ;                              the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 June 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                Gaston THORN
0)   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 .                              (') OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                          ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1981
             2. Recipient : Democratic Republic of Madagascar
             3. Place or country of destination : Madagascar
             4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
             5 . Total quantity : 10 950 tonnes ( 15 000 tonnes of common wheat)
             6 . Number of lots : two
                  Lot 1 : 7 000 tonnes
                  Lot 2 : 3 950 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frank­
                  furt/Main — telex 411475
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  — fair and sound merchantable quality,
                  — moisture : 14 % maximum,
                  — protein content : 10-5% minimum (N x 6-25 on dry matter),
                  — ash content : 0-62 % maximum referred to dry matter
            10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags ('),
                  — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, lined with three ply kraft paper,
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                  — marking of the bags :
                      letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'Farine de froment — Don de la Communauté économique europeenne à la République
                       Démocratique de Madagascar'
            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 : 12 noon on 10 July 1981
            16. Shipment period :
                   Lot 1 : 27 July to 27 August 1981
                   Lot 2 : 27 August to 27 September 1981
            17. Security : 12 ECU per 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 .