CELEX: 31983R3230
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3230/83 of 15 November 1983 on the supply of maize to the Catholic Relief Services as food aid

No L 319/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            17. 11 . 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3230/83
                                                   of 15 November 1983
                      on the supply of maize to the Catholic Relief Services 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 Q, 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
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
                                                                 purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
                                                                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),                                supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     this Regulation ;
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 (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular               The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                               implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                 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 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                        Article 2
pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 1 500 tonnes of cereals               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to the Catholic Relief Services under its food-aid               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
programme for 1982 ;                                             European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 15 November 1983 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0 OJ   No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        Q 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
              2. Recipient : Catholic Relief Services (El Salvador)
              3. Place or country of destination : El Salvador
              4. Product to be mobilized : maize
              5. Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes
              6. Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli (AIMA), via Palestra 81 , I-Roma (Telex
                  613 003)
              8. Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
              9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  (a) maize for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests
                  (b) moisture content : 1 5 %
                  (c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality : 5 % , of which :
                      — percentage of broken grains : 2 % ('broken grains' means pieces of grain or grains which
                            pass through a sieve with a circular mesh 4,5 mm in diameter)
                      — percentage of grain impurities : 2 % ('grain impurities' means grains of other cereals,
                           grains damaged by pests and grains of abnormal coloration, the latter being grains which
                            have acquired through heating a darkish brown colour on a fairly substantial part of the
                            tegument and of the kernel and are not damaged grains)
                      — percentage of sprouted grains : 0,5 % ,
                      — percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 0,5 % ('miscellaneous impurities' consist of weed
                           seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and fragments of insects)
            1 0. Packaging :
                  — in new bags
                  — quality of the bags : woven synthetic
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'MAIZE / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / DESTINADO
                      A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA EN EL SALVADOR / CATHWEL / ACAJUTLA'
                       11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            1 2. Delivery stage : cif
            13. Port of landing : Acajutla
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 29 November 1983
            16. Shipment period : 10 December 1983 to 10 January 1984
            1 7. Security : 6 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 successful tenderer 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 .