10.6.81 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL151/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1540/81
of5June1981
onthesupplyoffully-milledlonggrainricetoLebanonasfoodaid
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthecarrying-out
ofthismeasureinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1974/80
of22July1980layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
implementation ofcertainfood-aidoperations
involvingcerealandriceproducts(6);whereasitis
necessarytospecify,forthepurposesoftheCommu­
nitymeasureenvisaged,thecharacteristics ofthe
productstobesuppliedandthesupplyconditions
whicharesetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice(1),aslastamendedbythe
ActofAccessionofGreece(2),andinparticular
Article25thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(3),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of23
October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2543/73(5),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereas,on19May1981,theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities hasexpresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,10000tonnesof
cerealstoLebanonunderitsfood-aidprogrammefor
1981;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementing themobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5June1981.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
GastonTHORN
0)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(4)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 :1981
2.Recipient :Lebanon
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :Lebanon
4.Producttobemobilized :fully-milledlonggrainrice
5.Totalquantity:3448tonnes
6.Numberoflots:one
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingtheprocedure :
EnteNazionaleRisi,PiazzaPioXI,1,Milano;telex334032
8.Methodofmobilizingtheproduct:Communitymarket
9.Characteristics ofthegoods:
—riceoffairandsoundmerchantablequality,freefromabnormalsmellandpests,
—moisture :15%,
—brokenrice:5%maximum ,
—chalkygrains:5%maximum,
—grainsstriatedwithred:3%maximum,
—spottedgrains:1-5%maximum,
—stainedgrains:1%maximum,
—yellowgrains:0-050%maximum,
—ambergrains:020%maximum .
10.Packaging :
—inbags('),
—qualityofthebags:newjutesacks600g,
—netweightofthebags:50kg,
—markingofthebags:
lettersatleast5cmhigh:
'Rizblanchiàgrainslongs/DondelaCommunauté économiqueeuropéenneàla
Républiquelibanaise/Àdistribuergratuitement'
11.Portofshipment :aCommunityport
12.Deliverystage:fob
13.Portoflanding:—
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tendering
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:22June1981at12noon
16.Shipmentperiod:from1to31July1981
17.Security:12ECUpertonne
(!)Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptyba^softhe
samequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapital'R.