31983R3230

No L 319/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 11 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3230/83 of 15 November 1983 on the supply of maize to the Catholic Relief Services 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 Q, 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with Article 3 thereof, implementing the mobilization and supply procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Committee, 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, 1 500 tonnes of cereals This Regulation shall enter into force on the day to the Catholic Relief Services under its food-aid following its publication in the Official Journal of the programme for 1982 ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 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 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . 0 OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. Q 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 2. Recipient : Catholic Relief Services (El Salvador) 3 . Place or country of destination : El Salvador 4. Product to be mobilized : maize 5. Total quantity : 1 500 tonnes 6. Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Azienda di Stato per gli interventi sui mercati agricoli (AIMA), via Palestra 81 , I-Roma (Telex 613 003) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : (a) maize for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests (b) moisture content : 1 5 % (c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality : 5 % , of which : — percentage of broken grains : 2 % ('broken grains' means pieces of grain or grains which pass through a sieve with a circular mesh 4,5 mm in diameter) — percentage of grain impurities : 2 % ('grain impurities' means grains of other cereals, grains damaged by pests and grains of abnormal coloration, the latter being grains which have acquired through heating a darkish brown colour on a fairly substantial part of the tegument and of the kernel and are not damaged grains) — percentage of sprouted grains : 0,5 % , — percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 0,5 % ('miscellaneous impurities' consist of weed seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and fragments of insects) 1 0. Packaging : — in new bags — quality of the bags : woven synthetic — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags, in letters at least 5 cm high : 'MAIZE / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA / DESTINADO A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA EN EL SALVADOR / CATHWEL / ACAJUTLA' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Acajutla 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 29 November 1983 16. Shipment period : 10 December 1983 to 10 January 1984 1 7. Security : 6 ECU per tonne

Notes : 1 . 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. The successful tenderer shall forward to the recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary for importation of the goods into the country of destination .