NoL161/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.6.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of11June1976
relatingtotheurgentsupplyofmilledroundgrainriceasfoodaidtotheRepu
blicofSenegal
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(76/552/EEC)
tonsofmilledroundgrainricefordeliverytothe
RepublicofSenegal.
2.Inconcludingtheprivatecontract,EnteRisi
mustseektheleastoneroustermspossible.
3.Thecontractshallbeforthepurchaseand
supplyoftheproductsdeliveredtothequayatthe
portofDakar.
4.Theproductshallbepackedin50kgnewjute
sacks.
Thesacksshallbemarkedbyprinting:
'Riz—DondelaCommunauté économiqueeuro­
péenneàlaRépubliqueduSénégal.'THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC
of25July1967onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No668/75(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(3),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2752/75of29October1975derogatingfromRegula­
tion(EEC)No1693/72inrespectoftheprocedures
laiddownforthemobilization offoodaidtothecoun­
triesoftheSahelandEthiopia(4),
Whereason3March1975theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities declaredthatitproposed,byway
ofCommunityaction,togranttheequivalentof1000
metrictonsofhuskedrice(inotherwords,775metric
tonsofroundgrainmilledrice)totheRepublicof
Senegalunderits1974/75food-aidprogramme ;
Whereas,inviewoftheneedtoprovidequickaid,it
isnecessarytohaverecoursetocontractsbymutual
agreement ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,Article2
TheproductreferredtoinArticle1mustmeetthe
followingrequirements :
—moisture:15%,
—brokenrice:5%maximum,
—chalkygrains:3%maximum,
—graihsstriatedwithred:3%maximum,
—spottedgrains:1%maximum,
—stainedgrains:0-50%maximum,
—yellowgrains:0050%maximum,
—ambergrains:0125%maximum .
Ricenotmeetingtheserequirementsshallberefused.
Article3HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithArticle1ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2752/75of29October1975,the
Italianinterventionagencyforrice(EnteRisi),Piazza
PioXI,1,Milan,shallconcludeaprivatecontractfor
purchaseontheCommunitymarketof775metric1.Asecurityofavalueof10unitsofaccountper
metrictonshallbegivenbythepartyconcernedon
thesignatureofthecontract.Itshallbereleasedon
thecompletionoftheoperationsinquestionwithin
thetimelimitlaiddownandalsoforthosequantities
notrealizedduetoforcemajeure.
2.Thesecurityprovidedforinparagraph 1maybe
givenintheformofacashdepositorofaguarantee
issuedbyacreditinstitutionconformingtothe
criterialaiddownbytheMemberState.(')OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.18.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
HOJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.93.

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Article4 Theinterventionagencyshalltransmittheinforma­
tionprovidedfortotheCommission assoonasitis
receivedtogetherwithacopyoftheprivatecontract.Shipmentshallbecarriedoutbetween 1and15July
1976.
Article6 Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressed10theItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,11June1976.Theinterventionagencyshallaskthattheinterested
partyspecifiesthefollowinginformation :
(a)aftereachshipment,astatementgivingdetailsof
thequantitiesloaded,thequalityoftheproducts
andtheirpackaging ;
(b)thedateofthedepartureoftheships;the
expecteddateofarrivaloftheproductsattheir
destination ;
(c)allpossiblecontingencies whichmightoccur
duringtransportation oftheproducts.FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission