CELEX: 31983R1706
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1706/83 of 24 June 1983 on the supply of common wheat flour to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

No L 166/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             25. 6 . 83
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1706/83
                                                          of 24 June 1983
              on the supply of common wheat flour to the United Nations High
                                    Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 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 of 22
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Economic Community,                                                 respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                     and rice (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
                                                                     purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                    characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
                                                                     supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
                                                                     this Regulation ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in                  Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 ( s), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular                  The German intervention agency shall be charged
Article 3 thereof,                                                   with implementing the mobilization and supply
                                                                     procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
Committee,                                                           down in the Annex hereto .
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                            Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of cereals                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu­                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
gees under its food-aid programme for 1982 ;                         European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 June 1983 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ No   L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(5) OJ No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                         O OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980, p . 11 .
(6) OJ  No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1982 (reserve)
              2. Recipient : UNHCR — the refugees of Somalia
              3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia
              4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 3 650 tonnes (5 000 tonnes of common wheat)
              6 . Number of lots : two
                  Lot 1 : 2 190 tonnes
                  Lot 2 : 1 460 tonnes
              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 :
                  — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                  — 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, or
                     — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     Lot 1 :
                     'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / UNHCR
                     ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / MOGA­
                     DISHU'
                     Lot 2 :
                     'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / UNHCR
                     ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / BERBERA'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Lot 1 — Mogadishu / Lot 2 — Berbera
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon on 6 July 1983
            16. Shipment period : 20 July to 20 August 1983
            17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            (') 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'.