31984R2530

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2530/84 of 3 September 1984 on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas on 30 May 1984 the Commission of the COMMUNITIES, European Communities decided to grant, under Community measures, various quantities of cereals to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­ Economic Community, zations ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as 3323/81 (9); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the particular Article 6 thereof, characteristics of the products to be supplied and the supply conditions ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implemen­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ Committee for Cereals, ment (*), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and Article 1 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), and in particular shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­ Article 3 thereof, dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex hereto . Committee, Whereas on 29 July 1983 the Commission of the Article 2 European Communities decided to grant, under Community measures, various quantities of cereals to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­ following its publication in the Official Journal of the zations ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (<) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 196, 20 . 7. 1983 , p. 1 . (<) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (") 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.

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1983 (1 101 tonnes cereals) and 1984 (260 tonnes cereals) 2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 3 . Place or country of destination : Ethiopia 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 994 tonnes (1 361 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one (in two parts : 500 tonnes and 494 tonnes) 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, Fountain House, 2 Queens Walk, UK-Reading RG1 7QW, Berkshire (telex 848 302) 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, which produces dough which does not stick during the mechanical kneading process ; the flour shall have the following characteristics : — moisture : 14 % maximum (ICC Method No 110) — protein content : 10,5 % minimum (N X 6,25 in terms of dry matter) (ICC Method No 105) — Hagberg falling number of at least 180, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60 seconds (ICC Method No 107) — ash content : 0,62 % maximum , referred to dry matter ( ICC Method No 104)

1 0 . Packaging : — in new bags (') — jute sacks lined with cotton 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 : a red cross 15x15 cm followed by in letters at least 5 cm high : 500 tonnes : ' ETS-1 10 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY' 494 tonnes : ' ETS-1 13 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Port Sudan 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 18 September 1984 16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 October 1984 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'.