CELEX: 31981R0548
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 548/81 of 27 February 1981 on the supply of maize meal to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 548 /81
                                                        of 27 February 1981
              on the supply of maize meal to the International Committee of the Red Cross 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,                                                   implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in cereals ( !), as last amended by                nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                 products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 28 thereof,                                                   which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in              ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
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 (4), as last amended by
                                                                      The French intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular                    implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                      in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                            Annex hereto .
Whereas, on 28 May 1980, the Council of the Euro­                                             Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 950 tonnes of                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
maize meal to the International Committee of the                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
Red Cross under its food-aid programme for 1980 ;                     the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 27 February 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(')   OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(2 )  OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(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 .                             (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980 , p . 11 .
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                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1980
             2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross
             3. Place or country of destination : Angola
             4. Products to be mobilized : maize meal [ 11.02 A V a) 2]
             5. Total quantity : 950 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : three :
                  Lot 1 : 350 tonnes ; Lot 2 : 300 tonnes : Lot 3 : 300 tonnes
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  ONIC : Office national interprofessionnel des ceréales, 21 , Av. Bosquet, Paris 7eme, telex
                  270 807
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods : at the request of the ICRC a phytosanitary certificate must be
                  supplied
                  — moisture content : 1 2 % maximum
                  — acidity : 0-6 % maximum
            10. Packaging :
                  — in bags (')
                  — quality of the bags : new jute sacks lined with cotton sacks (in containers of 20 ft)
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking of the bags :
                     on the sacks shall be printed a red cross, 15 x 15 cm, as well as the following :
                      Lot 1 : 'ANG-14 / Semola de milho / Dom da Comunidade economica europeia / Acção do
                              Comité internacional da Cruz Vermelha / Distribuição gratuita / Lobito'
                      Lots 2 and 3 : 'ANG-18 / Sêmola de milho / Dom da Comunidade económica europeia /
                                     Acção do Comité internacional da Cruz Vermelha / Distribuição gratuita /
                                      Lobito'
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Lobito
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement (Lot 1 ),
                  tendering (Lots 2 and 3)
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 13 March 1981 (Lots 2 and 3)
            16 . Shipment period :
                  Lot 1:15 March to 15 April 1981
                  Lot 2:1 to 30 April 1981
                  Lot 3 : 1 to 31 May 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 .