CELEX: 31986R3402
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3402/86 of 6 November 1986 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid

No L 312/ 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               7. 11 . 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3402/86
                                                        of 6 November 1986
                   on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice to the International
                                        Committee of the ' Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Economic Community,                                                  followed to determine the resultant costs ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
management and amending Regulation (EEC) No                          Committee for Cereals,
2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                     Article 1
No 1579/86 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
                                                                     The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes hereto
Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the                  shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
supply of food aid to ICRC, the Commission allocated to              in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
the latter organization 8 172 tonnes of cereals to be                1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
supplied cif ;                                                       Annexes hereto .
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by                                         Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July
1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­
of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and                 wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     pean Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 6 November 1986.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ   No L  352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L  139,  24. 5. 1986, p. 29.
 <) OJ   No L  192,  26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .                            0 OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX I
              1 . Programme : 1986
             2. Recipent : CICR / 17 avenue de la Paix — CH 1211 Geneve TELEX 23176
             3. Place or country of destination : Angola
             4. Product to be mobilized : maize meal
              5. Total quantitiy : 1 200 tonnes (2 308 tonnes of common wheat)
              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 411 475)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                   maize meal ( 11.02 A V a) 2):
                   — maize meal of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                   — moisture content : 1 2 % maximum
                   — acidity : 0,6 % maximum
            10. Packaging :
                   — new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less than 120 g, which have been
                       specially treated against the effects of ultraviolet light,
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                   — marking on the bags : a red cross 15x15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                       'ANG-210 / SEMOLA DE MILHO / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA
                       / ACÇÃO DA CRUZ VERMELHA / DESTINADO A DISTRIBUIÇÃO GRATUITA /
                       LOBITO'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            1 3. Port of landing : Lobito
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 18 November 1986
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 1986
            17. Security : 15 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 forward, to the recipient on the latter's request and in accordance
                 with his instructions the documents necessary for importation of the goods into the country of
                  destination .
            3. At the request of the beneficiary the successful may deliver a certificate from an official entity
                  certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State
                  concerned, have not been gone beyond.
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                                                             ANNEX II
                1 . Programme : 1986
               2. Recipient : CICR — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Genève — Télex 23 176
               3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
               4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
               5. Total quantity : 1 811 tonnes (2 481 tonnes of cereals)
               6 . Number of lots : 2
                    — 1 300 tonnes (Massawa)
                    — 511 tonnes (Assab)
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Bruxelles (Telex 24076)
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
               9. Characteristics of the goods :
                     Flour of fair and 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 terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105)
                    — Hagberg falling number of at least 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60
                        seconds (ICC Method No 107)
                    — Zeleny index of at least 20 (ICC Method No 116)
                    — ash content : 0,62 % maximum, referred to . dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
             10. Packaging :
                    — new cotton sacks of 180 g, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 110 g. The top edge of
                        the two sacks will be sewn together
                    — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                    — marking on the bags :
                        a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                        No 1 .:
                        'ETH-375 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                        ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                        DISTRIBUTION / MASSAWA'
                        No 2 :
                        'ETH-376 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY /
                        ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE
                        DISTRIBUTION / ASSAB'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
             13. Port of landing : Massawa (1 300 Tonnes) — Assab (511 tonnes)
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 November 1986
             16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 January 1987
             17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne
             Note :
             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 following should be included in the charter party :
                   'Food-aid consignment from the European Economic Community ; since the freight charges do
                   not include coordination or supervision costs, the US $ 1 ,5 tax normally paid must not be applied
                   in the case of this ship'.
             3. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official
                   entity certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State
                   concerned, have not been gone beyond.
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                                                         ANNEX III
             1 . Programme : 1986
            2. Recipient : CICR — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Geneve. Telex 23176
            3 . Place or country of destination : Sudan
            4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
            5. Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes (2 055 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 VIB, Burgemeester Kessenplein 3, NL-6431 KM Hoensbroek (telex 56396)
            8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on 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 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60
                     seconds (ICC Method No 107)
                 — Zeleny index of at least 20 (ICC No 116)
                 — ash content : 0,62% maximum, referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104)
           10. Packaging :
                 — in new jute sacks of 370 g, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 1 1 0 g. The top edge of
                     the sacks will be sewn together
                 — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                 — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     ΈTH-201 / WHEAT FLOUR'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Port Sudan
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 18 November 1986
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 1986
           17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne
           Note :
           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. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official
                entity certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State
                concerned, have not been gone beyond.
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                                                            ANNEX IV
               1 . Programme : 1986
               2. Recipient : CICR — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Genève — Telex 23176
               3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua
               4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled round grain rice (non-parboiled)
               5. Total quantity : 250 tonnes (725 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 334032)
               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 : 15 % ,
                   — 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.
             lO.Packaging :
                   — new woven-polypropylene bags for food use, weighing not less that 120 g, which have been
                       specially treated against the effects of ultraviolet light
                   — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                   — marking on the bags :
                       a red cross 15 x 15 followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                   'NIC. 165 / ARROZ / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA /
                   ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA
                   DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
             1 3. Port of landing : Corinto
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15. Deadling for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 17 November 1986
             16. Shipment period : before 10 January 1987
             17. Security : 15 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 supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the follo­
                  wing documents : (in Spanish)
                  — certificate of origin,
                  — phytosanitary certificate,
                  — proforma inoices,
             4. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official
                  entity certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State
                  concerned, have not been gone beyond.
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                                                          ANNEX V
             1 . Programme : 1986
            2. Recipient : CICR, 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Geneve — Telex 23176
            3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua
            4. Product to be mobilized : rolled oats
            5. Total quantity : 350 tonnes (603 tonnes of cereals)
            6 . Number of lots : one
            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 :
                 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 1 2 %
                 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 1 2 % of dry matter
           10. Packaging :
                 — in 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/m2
                     — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0,06 mm thick
                     — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted
                 — net weight of bags : 25 kilograms
                 — marking on the bags :
                     a red cross 10 x 10 cm followed by, in letters at least 3 cm high :
                     'NIC 164 / COPOS DE AVENA / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA
                     EUROPEA / ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTI­
                     NADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO*
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Corinto
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 18 November 1986
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             16. Shipment period : before 10 January 1987
             1 7. Security : 1 5 ECU per tonne
             Note
             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 supply to the beneficiary or its representative, on delivery, the
                 following documents : (in Spanish)
                 — certificate of origin,
                 — phytosanitary certificate,
                 — pro-forma invoices.
             4. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official
                 entity certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State
                 concerned, have not been gone beyond.