NoL79/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.3.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No675/83
of23March1983
onthesupplyofmilledlonggrainricetotheRepublicofGhanaasfoodaid
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbytheActof
AccessionofGreece,andinparticularArticle25
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(2),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3331/82(3),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of23
October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2543/73Q,andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereason3December1982theCouncilofthe
EuropeanCommunities expresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,5000tonnesof
cerealstotheRepublicofGhanaunderitsfood-aid
programmefor1982;Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthecarryingout
ofthismeasureinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddown
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1974/80of22
July1980layingdowngeneralimplementing rulesin
respectofcertainfood-aidoperationsinvolvingcereals
andrice(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3323/81Q;whereasitisnecessarytospecify,forthe
purposesoftheCommunitymeasuresenvisaged,the
characteristics oftheproductstobesuppliedandthe
supplyconditionswhicharesetoutintheAnnexto
thisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementing themobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23March1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(3)OJNoL352,14.12.1982,p.1.
(4)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.nOJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1.(6)OJNoL192,26.7.1980,p.11.
OOJNoL334,21.11.1981,p.27.

25.3.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL79/9
ANNEX
1.Programme :1982
2.Recipient :RepublicofGhana
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :RepublicofGhana
4.Producttobemobilized :milledlonggrainrice
5.Totalquantity:1725tonnes(5000tonnesofcereals)
6.Numberoflots:one
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingtheprocedure :
Entenazionalerisi,piazzaPioXI,1,I-Milano(telex26032)
8.Methodofmobilizingtheproduct:theCommunitymarket
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:0,20%maximum
10.Packaging :
—inbags(')
—qualityofthebags:newjutesacks,600g
—netweightofthebags:50kg
—markingonthebags(inlettersatleast5cmhigh):
'RICE/GIFTOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TOTHEREPUBLICOF
GHANA'
11.Portofshipment :
Copenhagen ,Arhus,Hamburg,Bremen,Rotterdam,Antwerp,London,Liverpool,Belfast,Dublin,
LeHavre,Rouen,Marseille,Dunkerque,Genoa,TriesteoranotherCommunityportwithregular
shippingconnectionswiththerecipientcountry(2)
12.Deliverystage:fob
13.Portoflanding:—
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tendering
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:12noonon11April1983
16.Shipmentperiod:15Mayto15June1983
17.Security:12ECUpertonne
(')Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthe
samequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapital'R'.
(2)Inallcaseswhereaportotherthanthoselistedaboveischosen,thetendermustbeaccompanied
byadeclarationbythecompetentportauthoritiescertifyingthattheporthasregularconnections
withtherecipientcountryduringtheperiodofshipmentprovidedforinpoint16.