COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3539/91 of 5 December 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3458/91 on the supply of various consignments of cereals as food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3458/91 (3) issued an invitation to tender for the supply, as food aid, of 1 965 tonnes of cereals;

Whereas following the rapid entry into force of Commission Communication 91/C 114/01 regarding the characteristics of products to be supplied under the Community food aid programme (4), suppliers of sacks for the packaging of oat flakes are faced with a surplus of sacks of a type not specified in the Communication; whereas such sacks should therefore be permitted, exceptionally, to be used for the supply of the food aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3458/91,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In point 10 of the Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3458/91, the following note (12) shall be added:

'(12) Exceptionally, the product may be packaged in sacks of the following type:

- bag composition:

- four bags of Kraft paper, of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 grams/m2,

- one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 140 grams/m2,

- one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0,06 mm thick,

- top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted;

- net weight of bags: 25 kg.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 December 1991. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 174, 7. 7. 1990, p. 6. (3) OJ No L 327, 29. 11. 1991, p. 16. (4) OJ No C 114, 29. 4. 1991, p. 1.