CELEX: 31983R3268
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3268/83 of 18 November 1983 on the supply of common wheat flour to the League of Red Cross Societies as food aid

No L 322/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            19 . 11 . 83
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3268/83
                                                    of 18 November 1983
             on the supply of common wheat flour to the League of Red Cross Societies as
                                                           food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Community measure, 600 tonnes of cereals for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      League of Red Cross Societies under its food-aid
                                                                  programme for 1983 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                  of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by           respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                 and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as              supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in               this Regulation ;
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implemen­                 Committee for Cereals,
ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment (*),
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and              The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of              implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by            in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                  No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Article 3 thereof,                                                Annex hereto.
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 2
Committee,
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Whereas, on 29 July 1983, the Commission of the                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities decided to grant, under a                    European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 November 1983 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  164,  14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ No  L  352,  14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L  196,  20 . 7. 1983, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No 106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                          (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27 .
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                                                             ANNEX       ■
              1 . Programme : 1983
              2. Recipient : the League of Red Cross Societies
              3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia
              4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 438 tonnes (600 tonnes of cereals)
              6. Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli (AIMA), via Palestro 81 , I-Roma (telex
                   613 003)
               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
                   — on the sacks shall be printed a red crescent 15 cm high with the points facing to the left as
                       well as the following (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                       'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION
                       OF THE RED CROSS SOCIETIES / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION'
             1 1 . Port of shipment : Ravenna
             12. Delivery stage : fob
             13. Port of landing : —
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement
             15. Shipment period : 3 to 8 December 1983
             16 . Security : 12 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 co-contractor 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.