31983R1706

No L 166/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 6 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1706/83 of 24 June 1983 on the supply of common wheat flour to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 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 of 22 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in Economic Community, respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and rice (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 (8) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by characteristics of the products to be supplied and the Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as are in accordance with the opinion of the Management amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in Committee for Cereals, particular Article 6 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of Article 1 the common agricultural policy ( s), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular The German intervention agency shall be charged Article 3 thereof, with implementing the mobilization and supply procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid Committee, down in the Annex hereto .

Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­ Article 2 pean Communities expressed its intention to grant, under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of cereals This Regulation shall enter into force on the day to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the gees under its food-aid programme for 1982 ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . O OJ No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . (5) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. O OJ No L 192, 26 . 7 . 1980, p . 11 . (6) OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27.

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1982 (reserve) 2 . Recipient : UNHCR — the refugees of Somalia 3 . Place or country of destination : Somalia 4 . Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 3 650 tonnes (5 000 tonnes of common wheat) 6 . Number of lots : two Lot 1 : 2 190 tonnes Lot 2 : 1 460 tonnes 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Bundesanstalt für landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung (BALM), Adickesallee 40, D-6000 Frankfurt/ Main (telex 411 475) 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 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 on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : Lot 1 : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / UNHCR ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / MOGA­ DISHU' Lot 2 : 'WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / UNHCR ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN SOMALIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / BERBERA' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12 . Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Lot 1 — Mogadishu / Lot 2 — Berbera 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : at 12 noon on 6 July 1983 16 . Shipment period : 20 July to 20 August 1983 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'.