31985R0388

No L 46/26 15 . 2 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 388/85 of 14 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 Community measures, various quantities of cereals to COMMUNITIES, certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­ zations ; 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 aid 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 ('), 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 (9) ; 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 (5), 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 shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­ the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by (EEC) No 1974/80 and which the condition laid down Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular 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 11 February 1985 the Commission of the following its publication in the Official Journal of 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, 14 February 1985. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 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 . 4 OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . (6) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62. (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p . 11 . O OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 . 9 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.

15 . 2. 85 No L 46/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 : 1 557 tonnes (2 133 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : VIB, Burgemeester Kessenplein 3, NL-6431 KM Hoensbroek (telex 56 396) 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-228 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION APRIL 1985' 1 1 . 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 : mutual agreement 15. Shipment period : before 10 March 1985 16 . 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 .