31981R2220

1 . 8 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 214/79

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2220/81 of 31 July 1981 on die supply of common wheat flour to Somalia 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 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 ('), as last amended by nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (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 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, 12 000 tonnes of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day cereals to Somalia under its food-aid programme for following its publication in the Official Journal of 1981 ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 July 1981 . For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p. 2. b) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. (4 ) OJ No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, P. 2553/62. (») OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 . («) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .

No L 214/ 80 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 8 . 81

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : Sc.nalia 3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia 4 . Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 8 760 tonnes ( 12 000 tonnes of common wheat) 6. Number of lots : two Lot 1 : 5 110 tonnes Lot 2 : 3 650 tonnes 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : BALM — Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung, Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frank­ furt/Main (telex 41 1 475) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — 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, or — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g — 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 Somalia' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : cif 1 3 . Port of landing : Lot 1 : Mogadiscio Lot 2 : Berbera 1 4. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 13 August 1981 16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1981 17. Security : 12 ECU per 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 .