31983R2404

No L 236/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 8 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2404/83 of 24 August 1983 opening a new invitation to tender for the supply of common wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN wheat to the World Food Programme as food aid Q COMMUNITIES, was not carried out ; whereas a new invitation to tender should therefore be opened ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 (9) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the characteristics of the products to be supplied and the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in this Regulation ; particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and Committee for Cereals, the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (6) as last amended by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, The Belgian intervention agency shall be charged with implementing the mobilization and supply procedures Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­ in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) pean Communities expressed its intention to grant, No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the under a Community measure, 109 tonnes of cereals to Annex hereto . the World Food Programme under its food-aid programme for 1982 ; Article 2

Whereas the invitation to tender opened in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Community under Commission Regulation (EEC) No following its publication in the Official Journal of the 2257/83 of 1 August 1983 on the supply of common European Communities.

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

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

(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) 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 . 0 OJ No L 216, 6. 8 . 1983, p. 16. O OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. <8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . (*) OJ No L 263 , 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 . O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

26 . 8 . 83 No L 236/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1982 2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP) 3 . Place or country of destination : Mali 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat 5. Total quantity : 109 tonnes 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B-1040 Brussel (telex 24 076) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : the common wheat must be of fair and sound merchantable quality and correspond at least to the minimum bread-making quality required for intervention (moisture : 14,5 % maximum) 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) : 'MALI 223 1 -PI / FROMENT TENDRE / LOMÉ EN TRANSIT POUR TOMBOUCTOU / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL'

1 1 . Port of shipment : Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Le Havre, Rouen, Marseille, Dunkerque, Genoa, Trieste or another Community port with shipping connections with the recipient country (2) 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 6 September 1983 16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1983 17. Security : 6 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\ (2) In all cases where a port other than those listed above is chosen, the tender must be accompanied by a declaration by the competent port authorities certifying that the port has connections with the recipient country during the period of shipment provided for in point 16.