CELEX: 31980R2974
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2974/80 of 17 November 1980 on the supply of rolled oats and common wheat flour to Caritas as food aid

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                                           COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2974/ 80
                                                            of 17 November 1980
                           on the supply of rolled oats and common wheat flour to Caritas as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             Whereas it is necessary to provide for the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                              carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the
                                                                           rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC )
                                                                           No 1974 / 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                               rules for the implementation of certain food-aid
European Economic Community,                                               operations involving cereal and rice products (6);
                                                                           whereas it is necessary to specify , for the purposes of
                                                                           the Community measure envisaged , the characteristics
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                              of the products to be supplied and the supply
2727 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                          conditions which are set out in the Annexes to this
ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended                      Regulation ;
by Regulation (EEC ) No 1870 / 80 (2 ), and in
particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                              are in accordance with the opinion of the
2750 / 75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                       Management Committee for Cereals ,
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid ( 3), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account
and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes
of the common agricultural policy (4), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2543 / 73 ( 5 ), and                                                   Article 1
in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                           The German intervention agency shall be charged
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                               with implementing the mobilization and supply pro­
Committee ,                                                                cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
                                                                           lation ( EEC ) No 1974 / 80 and with the conditions
                                                                           laid down in the Annexes hereto .
Whereas , on 28 May 1980 , the Council of the
European Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure , 1 500 tonnes of
cereals to Caritas under its food-aid programme for                                                    Article 2
1980 ;
                                                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(')  OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 .                               European Communities.
C)   OJ  No  L 184 , 17 . 7 . 1980 , p . 1 .
C)   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975 , p . 89 .
(4 ) OJ  No  106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , p . 2553 / 62 .
C)   OJ  No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                               (") OJ No L 192 , 26 . 7 . 1980 , p. 11 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels , 17 November 1980 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEXA
               1 . Programme : 1980
               2 . Recipient : Caritas
               3 . Place or country of destination : Haiti
               4 . Product to be mobilized : rolled oats
               5 . Total quantity : 250 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, 6000 Frankfurt/ Main ,
                    Adickesallee 40 , telex 41 1 475
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
               9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                    production of quick-cooking oat flakes :
                    Raw oats : First quality high-density oats .
                    Cleaning and preparation : Oats to be cleaned of extraneous matter, debittered and stabilized by
                    treatment with steam .
                    Hulling : Oats to be size-classified and hulled . After separation of husks , oat kernels to be
                    scoured and polished .
                    Groats : Oat kernels to be cut , sorted and air-cleaned . Groats dampened and pre-cooked with
                    steam , then rolled to flakes .
                    quality of oat flakes :
                    humidity : less than 12 % ,
                    ash content : less than 2-3 % of dry matter,
                    crude fibre : less than 1 • 5 % of dry matter,
                    husk content : less than 0 - 10 % of dry matter,
                    protein content : not less than 14 % of dry matter
             10 . Packaging :
                    — in bags (')
                    — quality of the bags :
                        bag composition :
                        — four bags of Kraft paper, of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 g/ m2 ,
                        — one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at
                              least 140 g / m 2 ,
                        — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0-06 mm thick,
                        — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted,
                        — insect repellent to be applied to outside of bag
                    — net weight of bags : 25 kg
                     — marking of the bags :
                         letters at least 5 cm high :
                         ' Flocons d'avoine / Don de la Communauté économique européenne / Destiné à la distri­
                         bution gratuite en Haïti / Caritas / 6467 / Port-au-Prince'
              1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12 . Delivery stage : fob
             (') 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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             13 . Port of landing : Port-au-Prince
             14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 28 November 1980 at 12 noon
             16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981
             17 . Security : 12 ECU /tonne
             18 . At the request of Caritas a phytosanitary certificate must be supplied to Cebemo (The Hague)
                                                              ANNEX B
               1 . Programme : 1980
               2 . Recipient : Caritas
               3 . Place or country of destination : Haiti
               4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
               5 . Total quantity : 752 tonnes
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, 6000 Frankfurt/Main ,
                   Adickesallee 40 , telex 411 475
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
               9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                   — moisture : 14 °/o 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 bags (')
                   — quality of the bags : new jute sacks lined with cotton sacks,
                   — 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 européenne / Destiné à la distri­
                       bution gratuite en Haïti / Caritas / 6466 / Port-au-Prince'
             1 1 . Port of shipment : Community port
             12 . Delivery stage : fob
              13 . Port of landing : Port-au-Prince
              14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
              15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 28 November 1980 at 12 noon
              16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981
              17 . Security : 12 ECU / tonne
              18 . At the request of Caritas a phytosanitary certificate must be supplied to Cebemo (The Hague)
             (') 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'.