31985R1764

No L 168 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 6 . 85

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1764/85 of 27 June 1985 on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­ COMMUNITIES, zations ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out Economic Community, of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), 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 Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has particular Article 6 thereof, not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 proce­ the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down Article 3 thereof, in the Annex hereto . Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Article 2 Whereas on 3 July 1984 the Commission of the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day European Communities decided to grant, under following its publication in the Official Journal of the Community measures, various quantities of cereals to European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 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 . 0 OJ No L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 . I6) 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 : World Food Programme (WFP) 3 . Place or country of destination : Mauritius 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 250 tonnes (342 tonnes of cereals) 6 . Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : Office national interprofessionnel des céréales (ONIC), 21 , avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris (telex : OFIBLE 200 490 F) 8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on 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 400 g, lined with polypropylene sacks of 1 10 g or — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'MAURICE 511 P2 / FARINE DE FROMENT TENDRE / PORT LOUIS / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE / ACTION DU PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL' 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 12. 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 9 July 1985 16 . Shipment period : 1 to 20 August 1985 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'.