31987R0543

No L 55/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 543/87 of 23 February 1987 on the supply of common wheat flour to the World Food Programme (WFP) as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 in accordance with the opinion of the Management of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid Committee for Cereals, management ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (3), and in particular Article 28 thereof, Article 1 Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto supply of food aid to the WFP, the Commission allocated shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures to the latter organization 12 192 tonnes of cereals to be in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No supplied fob ; 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex hereto. Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July Article 2 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­ rice (4)? as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ 3826/85 15) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time pean Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29 . («) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 . Ì5) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .

25 . 2. 87 No L 55/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

1 . Programme : 1986 — Operation No 70/87 (') 2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP) 3. Place or country of destination : Egypt 4. Product to be mobilized : common wheat flour 5. Total quantity : 8 900 tonnes (12192 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 charac­ teristics : — 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 : — in new jute sacks of 370 grams, lined with woven polypropylene sacks of 1 10 grams. The top edge of the sacks will be sewn together — net weight of the bags : 50 kg — marking on the bags in letters at least 5 cm high : 'ACTION No 70/87 / EGYPT / 0249901 / WHEAT FLOUR / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME / ALEXAN­ DRIA' 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 ' 17 March 1987 16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1987 17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne

Notes : 1 . At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer shall deliver a certificate from an official entity certifying that for the product to be delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned, have not been exceeded. 2. As soon as the successful tenderer has been informed of the award of the contract, he shall contact the beneficiary or his representative without delay, in order to determine the necessary consignment docu­ ments, as well as the details of period, rate and other circumstances concerning shipment. 3. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address : Commission Delegation in Egypt, 4 Gezira Street, 8th Floor, Cairo Zamalek, telex 94258 EUROP UN — CAIRO . 4. 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'.

(') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence.