31981R1732

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1732 / 81 of 29 June 1981 on the supply of rolled oats 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of 22 July 1980 laying down general rliles for the Economic Community, implementation of certain food-aid operations involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the are in accordance with the opinion of thfe Manage­ mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in ment 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular The Dutch 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 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 cereals for the Catholic Relief Services under its food­ following its publication in the Official Journal of 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, 29 June 1981 . For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

( i) 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 : Catholic Relief Services (El Salvador) 3 . Place or country of destination : El Salvador 4. Product to be mobilized : rolled oats 5 . Total quantity : 475 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Verkoop- en Inkoopbureau (VIB), Kouvenderstraat 229, NL-Hoensbroek ; telex 56 396 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : production of quick-cooking oat flakes : Raw oats : First quality high-density oats Cleaning and preparation : Oats to be cleaned of extraneous matter, debittered and stabilized by treatment with steam Hulling : Oats to be size-classified and hulled . After separation of husks, oat kernels to be scoured and polished Groats : Oat kernels to be cut, sorted and air-cleaned. Groats dampened and pre-cooked with steam, then rolled to flakes quality of oat flakes : humidity : less than 1 2 % ash content : less than 2-3 % of dry matter crude fibre : less than 1 -5 % of dry matter husk content : less than 0-10 % of dry matter protein content : not less than 14% of dry matter 10 . Packaging : — in bags (*) — quality of the bags : bag composition : — four bags of Kraft paper, of a stength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 g/m2 — one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 140 g/m2 — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0-06 mm thick — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted — insect repellent to be applied to outside of bag — net weight of bags : 25 kg — marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high : Copas de avena / Donacion de la Comunidad economica europea / Destinado a la distribución gratuita en El Salvador / Cathwel / Acajutla' (!) 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 .

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11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. 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 : 25 July to 10 August 1981 17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne