CELEX: 31985R0874
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 874/85 of 28 March 1985 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to non-governmental organizations (NGO) as food aid

No L 95/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               2. 4. 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 874/85
                                                       of 28 March 1985
               on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to non-governmental
                                               organizations (NGO) as food aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the
  COMMUNITIES,                                                      European Communities decided to grant, under
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
  Economic Community,                                              certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
                                                                    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 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation          3323/81 (n) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 (EEC) No 1025/84 (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 Management Committee for Cereals has
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (*), and in               not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                     its chairman,
 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 (7),                                                         The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes
                                                                   hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                  procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              down in the Annexes 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, 28 March 1985.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX I
           1 . Programme : 1984
           2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest, telex 30223)
           3. Place or country of destination : Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau
           4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat
           5. Total quantity : 700 tonnes
           6. Number of lots : one (in three parts : A : 100 tonnes ; B : 400 tonnes ; C : 200 tonnes)
           7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
               Office national interprofessionnel des cereales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex :
               OFIBLE 200490 F)
           8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
           9. Characteristics of the goods :
               the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to
               the minimum bread-making quality required for intervention (moisture : 14,5 % maximum)
         10 . 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 kilograms
               — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                   A — 100 tonnes :
                   'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ZIMBABWE / WHEAT / ULF
                   / 41204 / HARARE VIA DURBAN / ACTION OF ULF / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
                   B — 400 tonnes :
                   'DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / MOÇAMBIQUE / TRIGO / ULF
                   / 41206 / MAPUTO / ACÇÃO DA ULF / DESTINADO À DISTRIBUIÇÃO GRATUITA'
                   C — 200 tonnes :
                   'DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / GUINEA BISSAU / TRIGO /
                   ULF / 41205 / BISSAU / ACÇÀO DO ULF / DESTINADO A DISTRIBUIÇÃO
                   GRATUITA'
         1 1 . Port of shipment :
               any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
               country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16. The tender must be accompanied
               by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
               period
         12. 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 16 April 1985
         16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1985
         1 7. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
         18 . Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to :
               Messrs M. H. Schutz BV, Postbus 1438 , Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam
         Notes :
         1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
              are required.
         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'.
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                                                           ANNEX II
               1 . Programme : 1984
              2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest, (telex 30 223))
              3. Place or country of destination : Indonesia, Sudan, Angola, Zaire
              4. Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 2160 tonnes (2 960 tonnes of cereals)
              6. Number of lots : one (in four parts : A : 500 tonnes ; B : 500 tonnes ; C : 510 tonnes ; D : 650
                   tonnes)
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   VIB, Burgemeester Kessenplein 3, NL-6431 KM Hoensbroek (telex 56396)
              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 of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                       — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                   — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                       A — 500 tonnes :
                       'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / INDONESIA / WHEAT
                        FLOUR / ASNC / 44103 / JAYPURA VIA SURABAYA / ACTION OF ASNC / FOR FREE
                        DISTRIBUTION'
                       B — 500 tonnes :
                       'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / SUDAN / WHEAT FLOUR /
                       DIA / 41110 / ACTION OF DIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
                       C — 510 tonnes :
                       ' DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / ANGOLA / FARINHA DE
                       TRIGO / WOW / 43603 / LUANSA / ACÇÃO DO WOW / DESTINADO A DISTRI­
                       BUIÇÃO GRATUITA'
                       D — 650 tonnes :
                       'DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ZAIRE / FARINE DE
                       FROMENT / CARITAS / 40222 / KINSHASA VIA MATADI / ACTION DE CARITAS /
                       POUR DISTRIBUTION GRATUITE'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                  any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16. The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
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         12. 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 16 April 1985
         16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1985
         17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
         18. Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to :
              Messrs M. H. Schutz BV, Postbus 1438 , Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam
         Notes :
         1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
             are required.
         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'.
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                                                           ANNEX III
              1 . Programme : 1984
              2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest, (telex 30223))
              3. Place or country of destination : Cape Verde, Dominican Republic
              4. Product to be mobilized : maize
              5. Total quantity : 600 tonnes
              6. Number of lots : one (in three parts)
                  — A : 250 tonnes ^              T, . .
                  — B : 250 tonnes > (Cape Verde)
                  — C : 100 tonnes (Dominican Republic)
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                  OFIBLE 200 490 F)
              8. Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  (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 : 6 %, of which :
                      — percentage of broken grains : 3 % ('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)
            10. 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 kilograms
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      A — 250 tonnes :
                      'DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / CABO VERDE / MILHO /
                      OXFAM B / 40811 / PRAIA / ACÇÃO DO OXFAM B / DESTINADO A DISTRIBUIÇÃO
                      GRATUITA'
                      B — 250 tonnes
                      'DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / CABO VERDE / MILHO /
                      OXFAM B / 40812 / PRAIA / ACÇÃO DO OXFAM B / DESTINADO A DISTRIBUIÇÃO
                      GRATUITA'
                      C — 100 tonnes
                      'DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / REPUBLICA DOMINI­
                      CANA / MAIZ / OXFAM B / 40813 / PUERTO PLATA / ACCIÓN DE OXFAM B /
                      DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA'
            1 1 . Port of shipment :
                  any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 1 6. The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
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         12. 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 16 April 1985
         16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1985
         17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne
         18 . Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to :
              Messrs M. H. Schutz BV Postbus 1438 , Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam
         Notes :
         1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
             are required.
         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\
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                                                          ANNEX IV
              1 . Programme : 1984
              2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest (telex 30223))
              3 . Place or country of destination : Burkina Faso
              4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled round grain rice (non-parboiled)
              5. Total quantity : 500 tonnes (1450 tonnes of cereals)
              6 . Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Ente nazionale Risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                  — moisture : 1 5 %
                  — broken rice : 5 % maximum
                  —   chalky grains : 5 % maximum
                  —   grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
                  —   spotted grains : 1,5% maximum
                  —   stained grains : 1 % maximum
                  —   yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum
                  —   amber grains : 0,20 % maximum
            10 . 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 kilograms
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / BURKINA FASO /
                      RIZ / OXFAM B / 40814 / OUAGADOUGOU VIA ABIDJAN / ACTION DE OXFAM B /
                      POUR DISTRIBUTION GRATUITE'
           1 1 . Port of shipment :
                  any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16. The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
           12. 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 15 April 1985
           16. Shipment period : 10 May to 10 June 1985
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents
                are required.
           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\
           3. Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to :
                Messrs M. H. Schutz BV, Postbus 1438, Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam .