31985R0611

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EJEC) No 611/85 of 8 March 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to non-governmental organizations (NGO) 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 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 ('), 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 3323/8 1 (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 Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No its chairman, 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 shall implement the mobilization and supply the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­ the common agricultural policy C5), as last amended by lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 f), 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 31 October 1984 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, 8 March 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 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 . (4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . Is) OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . (*) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62. (8) 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.

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1984 2. Recipient : NGO (Euronaid, PO box 77, NL-2340 Oegstgeest, (telex 30 223)) 3. Place or country of destination : Ethiopia 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 730 tonnes (1 000 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : OBEA, rue de Trêves 82, B- 1 040 Bruxelles (telex 24076) 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 of a minimum weight of 600 g, or — polypropylene sacks of a minimum weight of 1 20 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) : ' ETHIOPIA / WHEAT FLOUR / DIA / 41 12 / PORT SUDAN / ACTION OF DIA / FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION' 11 . Port of shipment : Any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient country during the period for shipment laid down in point 1 6. The tender must be accompanied by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said period 1 2. Delivery stage : fob 13 . Port of landing : — 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 19 March 1985 16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1985 1 7. . Security : 12 ECU per tonne 18 . Supplier to send duplicate original invoice to : Messrs M. H. Schutz BV, Postbus 1438 , Blaak 16, NL-3000 BK Rotterdam

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\