CELEX: 31981R3203
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3203/81 of 9 November 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour and maize meal to Jamaica as food aid

11 . 11 . 81                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 322/ 11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3203/81
                                                           of 9 November 1981
                    on the supply of common wheat flour and maize meal to Jamaica as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas, following Greek accession, in the case of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            products for which there are accession compensatory
                                                                        amounts in trade between Greece and the other
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Member States the procedure for comparing tenders
 Economic Community,                                                    should be specified ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by                  ment Committee for Cereals,
 Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular
Article 28 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 particular Article 6 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation
(EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                                              Article 1
 dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (4),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                       The Dutch intervention agency shall be charged with
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and                     implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
 the exchange rates to be appplied for the purposes of                  in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
 the common agricultural policy (5 ), as last amended by                 No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular                     Annex hereto .
Article 3 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­
 pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,                      For the purposes of comparing tenders, without preju­
under a Community measure, 1 000 tonnes of cereals                      dice to the provisions of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 to Jamaica under its food-aid programme for 1981 ;                     (EEC) No 1974/80, each tender shall be corrected by
                                                                        the accession compensatory amount, if any, applicable
 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out                 in trade between Greece and the other Member States.
of this measure in accordance with the rules laid
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80
of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the                       The correction shall be made by increasing tenders
 implementation of certain food-aid operations                          which, pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article
 involving cereal and rice products (7) ; whereas it is                 4 (3) of the said Regulation, state Greece, by the acces­
 necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­                   sion compensatory amount.
 nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
 products to be supplied and the supply conditions
which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(!)  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .                                                    Article 3
(2 ) OJ  No   L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2 .
(3 ) OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4 ) OJ  No   L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976 , p . 8 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
(5 ) OJ  No   106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553 /62.
(*)  OJ  No   L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .                            following its publication in the Official Journal of
( 7) OJ  No   L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .                                the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 9 November 1981 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
               1 . Programme : 1981
              2. Recipient : Jamaica
              3 . Place or country of destination : Jamaica
              4. Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour and maize meal
               5 . Total quantity :
                   — 438 tonnes of common wheat flour (600 tonnes of cereals)
                   — 203 tonnes of maize meal (400 tonnes of cereals)
               6 . Number of lots : one
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : VIB, Kouvenderstraat 229,
                   NL-Hoensbroek, (telex 56396)
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
               9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                   — Common wheat flour :
                      — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                      — 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
                   — Maize meal ( 11.02 A V a) 2) :
                      — maize meal of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                      — moisture content : 12% maximum
                      — acidity : 0-6 % maximum
             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 : 50 kg
                   — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high :
                      — 'Wheat flour — Gift of the European Community to Jamaica — For free distribution'
                      — ' Corn meal — Gift of the European Community to Jamaica — For free distribution '
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port (the same port for both products)
             12 . Delivery stage : tob
             13 . Port of landing : —
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement
             15 . Shipment period : 10 to 31 December 1981
             16 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
             (*) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
                  same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .