31986R3442

No L 318/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 11 . 86

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3442/86 of 11 November 1986 on the supply of common wheat flour to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European followed to determine the resultant costs ; Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are of 3 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid in accordance with the opinion of the Management management and amending Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals, 2750/75 ('), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 1579/86 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof, The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures supply of food aid to ICRC, the Commission allocated to in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No the latter organization 1 500 tonnes of cereals to be 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the said supplied cif ; Annex hereto. Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Article 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of certain food-aid operations involving - cereals and following its publication in the Official Journal of the rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 November 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. O OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . o OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1986 2. Recipient : CICR — 17, avenue de la Paix — CH-1211 Geneve — Telex 23176 3. Place or country of destination : Sudan 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 1 095 tonnes (1 500 tonnes of cereals) 6. Number of lots : one 7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure : OBEA, rue de Treves 82, B- 1 040 Bruxelles (Telex 24076) 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 220, including the preparation (agitation) time of 60 seconds (ICC Method No 107) — Zeleny index of at least 20 (ICC No 116) — ash content : 0,62 % maximum, referred to dry matter (ICC Method No 104) 10. Packaging : — new cotton sacks of 180 grams, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 110 grams. The top edge of the sacks will be sewn together —r net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'ETS-205 / WHEAT FLOUR' 11 . Port of shipment : a Community port 12. Delivery stage : cif 13 . Port of landing : Port Sudan 14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering 15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 25 November 1986 16. Shipment period : 10 to 31 December 1986 17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne

Note : 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. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity certifying that the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have not been gone beyond.