31981R3372

27 . 11 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 340/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3372/81 of 25 November 1981 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Republic of the Philippines as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 COMMUNITIES, July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 3323/81 f) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ characteristics of the products to be supplied and the zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2), 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 Management mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in Committee for Cereals, particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, The United Kingdom intervention agency shall be charged with implementing the mobilization and Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, supply procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions Whereas on 19 May 1981 the Council of the European laid down in the Annex hereto . Communities has expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of cereals Article 2 to the Philippines under its food-aid programme for 1981 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out following its publication in the Official Journal of the of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 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. (6) OJ No L 192, 26 . 7. 1980, p. 11 . O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 . O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

No L 340 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 11 . 81

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1981 2. Recipient : the Republic of the Philippines 3 . Place or country of destination : the Philippines 4 . Products to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5 . Total quantity : 3 650 tonnes (5 000 tonnes of common wheat) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House, 2 West Mall , UK-Reading RGl 7QW, Berks , (telex 848 302) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : intervention 9 . Characteristics of the goods : — flour of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — moisture : 14-5 % 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 (') : — lined jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking of the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE PHILIPPINES' 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 16 December 1981 16 . Shipment period : 10 January to 10 February 1982 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'.