31981R1730

No L 172 / 28 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 6 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1730 /81 of 29 June 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar 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 ( 1 ), 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 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the ment 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 and Article 1 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by The German intervention agency shall be charged Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular with implementing the mobilization and supply proce­ Article 3 thereof, dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary ( EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down Committee, in the Annex hereto . Whereas on 19 May 1981 the Council of the Euro­ Article 2 pean Communities has expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 15 000 tonnes of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day cereals to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar following its publication in the Official Journal of under its food-aid programme for 1981 ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1981 . For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

0 ) 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 . (') OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980, p. 11 .

30 . 6 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 172/29

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : Democratic Republic of Madagascar 3 . Place or country of destination : Madagascar 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5 . Total quantity : 10 950 tonnes ( 15 000 tonnes of common wheat) 6 . Number of lots : two Lot 1 : 7 000 tonnes Lot 2 : 3 950 tonnes 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, Adickesallee 40 , D-6000 Frank­ furt/Main — telex 411475 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : — fair and sound merchantable quality, — 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 new bags ('), — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, lined with three ply kraft paper, — net weight of the bags : 50 kg, — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high : ' Farine de froment — Don de la Communauté économique europeenne à la République Démocratique de Madagascar' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : fob 13 . Port of landing : — 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 10 July 1981 16. Shipment period : Lot 1 : 27 July to 27 August 1981 Lot 2 : 27 August to 27 September 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 .