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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3121 /84 of 8 November 1984 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and rice 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 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization and rice (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation 3323/81 ("); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the (EEC) No 1025/84 0, purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the characteristics of the products to be supplied and the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No supply conditions ; 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (*), as Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (6), and in Committee for Cereals, particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 Article 1 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes ment (*), hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­ October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of down in the Annexes hereto . the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular Article 2 Article 3 thereof, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary following its publication in the Official Journal of the Committee, European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . O OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. (*) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . (8) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. (,0) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

No L 292/36 9 . 11 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX I

1 . Programme : 1984 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 : 900 tonnes (1 233 tonnes of cereals) 6. Number of lots : one 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, 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)

10. 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, or polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) : 'ETS-1 14 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 1 3. 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 20 November 1984 16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 1984 17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne

Notes : 1 . The successful tenderer shall contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents are required. 2. 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'.

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ANNEX II

1 . Programme : 1984 2. Recipient : International Committee, of the Red Cross (ICRC) 3. Place or country of destination : the Philippines 4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice 5. Total quantity : 500 tonnes (1 450 tonnes of cereals) 6. Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Ente nazionale risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032) 8 . Method of mobilizing me product : the Community market 9. Characteristics of the goods : — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests — moisture : 15 % — broken rice : 5 % maximum — chalky grains : 5 % maximum — grains striated with red : 3 % maximum — spotted grains : 1,5% maximum —- stained grains : 1 % maximum — yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum — amber grains : 0,20 % maximum 10. Packaging : — in bags : — quality of the bags : woven synthetic or polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 120 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags : a red cross 15 x 15 cm followed by, in letters at least 5 cm high : •PHL-33 / RICE / MANILA / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION' 1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Manila 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 November 1984 16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 December 1984 1 7. Security : 1 2 ECU per tonne 18 . At die request of die ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to die beneficiary on delivery, die following documents : — certificate of origin — phytosanitary certificate — pro forma invoices

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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents are required.