31981R2656

No L 261 /8 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 9 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2656/81 of 11 September 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour for the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, following Greek accession, in the case of COMMUNITIES, products for which there are accession compensatory amounts in trade between Greece and the other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Member States the procedure for comparing tenders Economic Community, should be specified ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), and in particular ment Committee for Cereals, Article 28 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in Article 1 particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and implementing the mobilization and supply procedures the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Annex hereto . Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Article 2 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, For the purposes of comparing tenders, without preju­ Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­ dice to the provisions of Articles 8 and 1 1 of Regula­ pean Communities has expressed its intention to tion (EEC) No 1974/80, each tender shall be corrected grant, under a Community measure, 830-50 tonnes of by the accession compensatory amount, if any, appli­ cereals for the International Committee of the Red cable in trade between Greece and the other Member States. Cross under its food-aid programme for 1981 ; Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out The correction shall be made by increasing tenders of this measure in accordance with the rules laid which, pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 4 (3) of the said Regulation, state Greece by the acces­ of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the sion compensatory amount. implementation of certain food-aid operations involving cereal and rice products (6) ; whereas it is Article 3 necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­ nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day products to be supplied and the supply conditions following its publication in the Official Journal of which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 September 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 198, 20. 7. 1981 , p. 2. P) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) 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. 11 .

15. 9 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 261 /9

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross 3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia 4. Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 550 tonnes (830-50 tonnes of common wheat) 6. Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : AIMA — Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli, via Palestro 81 , I-Roma (telex 613 003). 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market 9. Characteristics of die 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 : On the sacks shall be printed a red cross, 15 x 15 cm, as well as the following : 'ERY-78 / Wheat flour / Gift of the European Economic Community / Action of the Interna­ tional Committee of the Red Cross / For free distribution* 1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Port Sudan 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 28 September 1981 1 6. Shipment period : 15 October to 15 November 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 .