CELEX: 31985R1046
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1046/85 of 24 April 1985 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to non-governmental organizations (NGO) as food aid

No L 112/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              25. 4. 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1046/85
                                                         of 24 April 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
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                     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 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 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 I7),                                                          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, 24 April 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 .
(3) OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13.
0   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(«) OJ  No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
(8) OJ  No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (10) 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 I
            1 . Programme : 1984
            2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest (telex 30 223))
            3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
           4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5. Total quantity : 365 tonnes (500 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                OBEA, rue de Trêves 82, B-1040 Bruxelles (telex 24076)
            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 :
                    'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ETHIOPIA / WHEAT FLOUR
                    / CARITAS / 40457 / MASSAWA / ACTION OF CARITAS G / FOR FREE DISTRIBU­
                    TION'
          11 . 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
          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 7 May 1985
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 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 II
             1 . Programme : 1984
            2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest (telex 30223))
            3. Place or country of destination : Uganda and Mozambique
            4. Product to be mobilized : maize
            5. Total quantity : 650 tonnes
            6. Number of lots : one (in two parts) :
                 — 150 tonnes (Uganda)
                 — 500 tonnes (Mozambique)
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Office national interprofessionnel des céreales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex
                 OF1BLE 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 :
                     — 150 tonnes : 'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / UGANDA /
                         MAIZE / CARITAS / 40458 / KAMPALA VIA MOMBASA / ACTION OF CARITAS G
                         / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
                     — 500 tonnes : 'DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA / MOCAMBIQUE
                         / MILHO / WCC / 4071 1 / BEIRA / ACÇÃO DO WC / DESTINADO À DISTRI­
                         BUIÇÃO 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
          12. Delivery stage : fob
          13 . Port of landing : —
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
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          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 7 May 1985
          16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 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'.
          3 . Each part has to be delivered in containers of 20 feet 'FCL/LCL shipper's count-load and stowage'.
               Each container to be sealed with a numbered locktainer bolt, the number of which must appear
               on each transport document.
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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 : Senegal, Egypt, Philippines, Brazil
             4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled round grain rice (non-parboiled)
             5. Total quantity : 1 427 tonnes (4 140 tonnes of cereals)
             6. Number of lots : one (in six parts : A : 185 tonnes ; B : 200 tonnes ; C : 457 tonnes ; D : 200
                 tonnes ; E : 185 tonnes ; F : 200 tonnes)
            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 :
                     A. 185 tonnes :
                     'DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / SÉNÉGAL / RIZ /
                     CATHWELL / 41142 / DAKAR / ACTION DE CRS / POUR DISTRIBUTION
                     GRATUITE'.
                     B. 200 tonnes :
                     'DONACION DE LA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / BRAZIL / ARROZ /
                     CAM / 42003 / NATAL / ACÇÃO DO CAM / DESTINADO A DISTRIBUIÇÃO
                     GRATUITA'.
                     C. 457 tonnes :
                     'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / EGYPT / RICE / CATHWELL
                     / 41146 / ALEXANDRIA / ACTION OF CRS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'.
                     D. 200 tonnes :
                     'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / PHILIPPINES / RICE /
                     CATHWELL / 40144 / LEGASPI VIA MANILA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'.
                     E. 185 tonnes :
                     'DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / SÉNÉGAL / RIZ /
                     CATHWELL / 40143 / DAKAR / ACTION                   DE CRS / POUR DISTRIBUTION
                     GRATUITE'.
                     F. 200 tonnes :
                     'GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / PHILIPPINES / RICE /
                     CATHWELL / 40145 / LEGASPI VIA MANILA / ACTION OF CRS / FOR FREE DISTRI­
                     BUTION'.
          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 6 May 1985
          16. Shipment period :
               — Parts A, B, C, D and E : 1 to 30 June 1985
               — Part F : 1 to 31 August 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.
          4. Each part, except part C, has to be delivered in containers of 20 feet 'FCL/LCL shipper s count­
              load and stowage'. Each container to be sealed with a numbered locktainer bolt, the number of
              which must appear on each transport document.