31981R2978

17 . 10 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 298 /9

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2978 /81 of 16 October 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour for the Republic of Sao Tome 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 Belgian intervention agency shall be charged October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and with implementing the mobilization and supply proce­ the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular in the Annex hereto . Article 3 thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Article 2 Committee, For the purposes of comparing tenders, without preju­ Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­ dice to the provisions of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation pean Communities expressed its intention to grant, (EEC) No 1974/80, each tender shall be corrected by under a Community measure, 1 000 tonnes of cereals the accession compensatory amount, if any, applicable for the Republic of Sao Tome under its food-aid in trade between Greece and the other Member States . 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 of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the accession 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 , 16 October 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2 . (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 . \b) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p . 11 .

No L 298 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 10 . 81

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : the Republic of Sao Tome 3 . Place or country of destination : the Republic of Sao Tome 4 . Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 730 tonnes (1 000 tonnes of common wheat) 6 . Number of lots : one 7 . Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Brussels (telex 24076) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9 . Characteristics of the goods : — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — moisture : 1 5 % 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 : ' FARINHA DE TRIGO / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA A REPÚ­ BLICA DEMOCRATICA DE SAO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Sao Tomé 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 30 October 1981 16 . Shipment period : 15 November to 15 December 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 .