31980R2840

No L 295 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 4 . 11 . 80

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2840/80 of 31 October 1980 on the supply of common wheat flour to UNRWA as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is necessary to provide for the COMMUNITIES , carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the No 1974/ 80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general European Economic Community, rules for the implementation of certain food-aid operations involving cereal and rice products (6); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the purposes of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the Community measure envisaged, the characteristics 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ of the products to be supplied and the supply zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by conditions which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation (EEC) No 1870 / 80 (2), and in particular Regulation ; Article 28 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the Management Committee for Cereals, mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in 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 Article 1 and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (s), and The German intervention agency shall be charged in particular Article 3 thereof, with implementing the mobilization and supply pro­ cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary laid down in the Annex hereto . Committee,

Whereas, on 28 May 1980, the Council of the Article 2 European Communities has expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 3 353 tonnes of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day common wheat flour to UNRWA under its food-aid following that of its publication in the Official Journal programme for 1979/ 80 ; ofthe European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 31 October 1980 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 1 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 184 , 17. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 89 . O OJ No 106 , 30 . 10 . 1962 , p . 2553 /62 . (s) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 . (*) OJ No L 192 , 26 . 7 . 1980, p. 1 1 .

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1979/ 80 2 . Recipient : UNRWA 3 . Place or country of destination : Israel 4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5 . Total quantity : 3 353 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 'Frankfurt/ Main ; telex 411475 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — 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 bags (') — quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight : 600 g (pre-slung 1-10 x 1-10 x 1 m) — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high : 'Wheat flour / Gift of the European Economic Community to UNRWA / For free distribu­ tion to Palestine refugees' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12 . Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Ashdod 14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 14 November 1980 at 12 noon 16 . Shipment period : from 1 to 31 January 1981 17 . Security : 12 ECU/ tonne

(') 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'.