CELEX: 31981R2978
Language: en
Date: 1981-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2978/81 of 16 October 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour for the Republic of SSao Tomé as food aid

17. 10 . 81                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 298 /9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2978/81
                                                         of 16 October 1981
                on the supply of common wheat flour for the Republic of Sao Tome 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
Economic Community,                                                  Member States the procedure for comparing tenders
                                                                     should be specified ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular                   ment Committee for Cereals,
Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,                                                               Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                     The Belgian intervention agency shall be charged
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                     with implementing the mobilization and supply proce­
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                 dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by               (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                   in the Annex hereto .
Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 2
Committee,
Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­                   For the purposes of comparing tenders, without preju­
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,                   dice to the provisions of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
under a Community measure, 1 000 tonnes of cereals                   (EEC) No 1974/80, each tender shall be corrected by
for the Republic of Sao Tome under its food-aid                      the accession compensatory amount, if any, applicable
                                                                     in trade between Greece and the other Member States .
programme for 1981 ;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out              The correction shall be made by increasing tenders
of this measure in accordance with the rules laid                    which, pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80                       4 (3) of the said Regulation, state Greece, by the
of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the                    accession compensatory amount.
implementation of certain food-aid operations
involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is                                      Article 3
necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
products to be supplied and the supply conditions                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;                   the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
                                                   «
               Done at Brussels , 16 October 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 89 .
(4)  OJ No  106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
(5 ) OJ No  L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .
\b) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                          ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1981
              2. Recipient : the Republic of Sao Tome
              3 . Place or country of destination : the Republic of Sao Tome
              4 . Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour
              5. Total quantity : 730 tonnes (1 000 tonnes of common wheat)
              6 . Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Brussels (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
                   — moisture : 1 5 % 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 of the bags :
                      letters at least 5 cm high :
                      ' FARINHA DE TRIGO / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA A REPÚ­
                      BLICA DEMOCRATICA DE SAO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE'
             11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
             12. Delivery stage : cif
             13 . Port of landing : Sao Tomé
             14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
             15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 30 October 1981
             16 . Shipment period : 15 November to 15 December 1981
             17 . 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 .