31982R1555

18 . 6 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 172/ 15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1555 / 82 of 15 June 1982 on the supply of common wheat flour to the Arab Republic of Egypt 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 3323/81 Q ; 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 3808/81 (*), 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 French intervention agency shall be charged with Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary implementing the mobilization and supply procedures Committee , in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­ Annex hereto . pean Communities has expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 140 000 tonnes of Article 2 cereals to the Arab Republic of Egypt under its food­ aid programme for 1982 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­ Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out wing 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 , 15 June 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1981 , p . 37. (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 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

No L 172/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 6 . 82

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1982 2. Recipient : Arab Republic of Egypt 3 . Place or country of destination : Egypt 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 102 200 tonnes ( 140 000 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : seven lots of 12 750 tonnes and one lot of 12 950 tonnes 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7C, telex : 270 807 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 : 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 bags ('), — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 650 g, or — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 375 g — net weight of the bags : 68 kg — marking on the bags : letters at least 5 cm high : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO EGYPT 1 1 . 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 28 June 1982 16 . Shipment period : 10 to 31 July 1982 (Lots 1 , 2, 3 , 4) 1 to 31 August 1982 (Lots 5, 6, 7, 8) 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 '.