31984R3576

20 . 12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 332/31

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3576/84 of 18 December 1984 on the supply of maize to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Community measures, various quantities of cereals to COMMUNITIES, certain non-member countries and beneficiary organizations ; 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 ('X as last, amended by respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3323/81 (') ; 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 ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals, 1278/84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ ment (*), Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of shall implement the mobilization and supply the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular down in the Annex hereto. Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Article 2 Committee, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas on 21 November 1984 the Commission of following its publication in the Official Journal of the the European Communities decided to grant, under European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 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 . 3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. (4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . (*) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. (') OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1973, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

No L 332/32 20 . 12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1984 2. Recipient : UNHCR 3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia 4. Product to be - mobilized : maize 5. Total quantity : 5 000 tonnes 6. Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting die procedure : Office national interprofessionnel des ceréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, Paris 7e (telex OFIBLE 200 490 F) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market 9. Characteristics of die 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 : $ % , 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 % fgrain 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) 10. Packaging : — in new bags : — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 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 : 'MAIZE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO UNHCR PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / DJIBOUTI' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13. Port of landing : Djibouti 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 8 January 1985 16. Shipment period : 20 January to 20 February 1985 17. Security : 6 ECU per tonne

Notes : . 1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, 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. 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'. 3. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address : Commission Delegation in Ethiopia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200, rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels.