31985R0310

No L 34/ 12 7 . 2 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 310/85 of 4 February 1985 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 respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization and rice (l0), 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 1 025/84 (4), 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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (*), as 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 Article 1 rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­ The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto ment I7), shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23 dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of in the Annex hereto . the common agricultural policy (8), as last amended by Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (9), and in particular 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, 4 February 1985 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 . i5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89. (6) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p . 1 . I7) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . (8) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62 H 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.

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ANNEX

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 : 2 237 tonnes (3 064 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 41 1 475 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 : ' ETH-203 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION / MASSAWA' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 1 2. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Massawa 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 February 1985 16 . Shipment period : 1 to 31 March 1985 17 . Security : 12 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 contact the recipient in order to ascertain which shipping documents are required. 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 .