6.8.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL204/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2096/80
of4August1980
onthesupplyofsemi-milledlonggrainricetotheUnitedNationsHigh
Commissioner forRefugeesasfoodaid
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1871/80(2),andinparticularArticle
25thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(}),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of23
October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2543/73(5),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
Whereas,on24July1979,theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities hasexpresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,20000tonnesof
ricetotheUnitedNationsHighCommissioner for
Refugeesunderitsfood-aidprogrammefor1978/79;Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthecarrying-out
ofthismeasureinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1974/80
of22July1980layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
implementation ofcertainfood-aidoperations
involvingcerealandriceproducts(6);whereasitis
necessarytospecify,forthepurposesoftheCommu­
nitymeasureenvisaged,thecharacteristics ofthe
productstobesuppliedandthesupplyconditions
whicharesetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementing themobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4August1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(1)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(*)OJNoL184,17.7.1980,p.4.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(«)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(5)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1. (6)OJNoL192,26.7.1980,p.11.

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ANNEX
1.Programme :1978/79
2.Recipient :UnitedNationsHighCommissioner forRefugees
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :China
4.Producttobemobilized :semi-milledlonggrainrice
5.Totalquantity:4000tonnes
6.Numberoflots:one
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingtheprocedure :
EnteNazionaleRisi,PiazzaPioXI,1,Milano:telex26032
8.Methodofmobilizingtheproduct:Communitymarket.
9.Characteristics ofthegoods:
—moisture :15%
—brokenrice:5%maximum,
—chalkygrains:5%maximum,
—grainsstriatedwithred:3%maximum,
—spottedgrains:1-5%maximum,
—stainedgrains:1%maximum,
—yellowgrains:0-050%maximum,
—ambergrains:0-20%maximum
10.Packaging :
—inbags('),
—qualityofthebags:newjutebags,
—netweightofthebags:50kg,
—markingofthebags:
—lettersatleast5cmhigh.
'Rice/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunitytoUNHCR/Forfreedistribution/
Hainan'
11.Portofshipment :aCommunityport
12.Deliverystage:cif
13.Portoflanding:Haikou(Hainan)
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tendering
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:1September1980at12noon
16.Shipmentperiod:from1to15October1980
17.Security:12ECU/tonne
(')Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthe
samequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapital'R.