NoL141/17 30.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of28April1978
relatingtotheurgentsupplyofmilledlonggrainriceasfoodaidtotheLeague
ofRedCrossSocieties
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(78/448/EEC)
milledlonggrainricefordeliverytotheLeagueof
RedCrossSocieties.,
2.Inconcludingtheprivatecontract,Enterisi
mustseektheleastoneroustermspossible.
3.Thecontractshallbeforthepurchaseand
supplyoftheproductstobedepositedonthequay,or
inthelighterwhereapplicableinoneoftheportsof
unloadinglistedintheAnnexhereto.
4.Thesuccessfultenderer-shalldelivertheproduct
specifiedinparagraph 1innewjutesackslinedwith
cottonsacksofanetcapacityof50kilograms.
Onthesacksshallbeprinted:
—aredcross,15x15cm(lots1,2and3)and
—aredcrescent15cmhighwiththepointsfacing
totheleft(lot4)
aswellasthefollowing :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice('),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No709/78(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975layingdownthecondi­
tionsforthemobilizationofcerealsasfoodaid(3),and
inparticularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
696/76of25March1976derogatingfromRegulation
(EEC)No2750/75inrespectofmobilizationproce­
duresforcerealstobesuppliedasfoodaid(4),
Whereason31January1978theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities declaredthatitproposed,byway
ofCommunityaction,togranttheequivalentof
1145-5tonnesofhuskedrice(inotherwords,790
tonnesoflonggrainmilledrice)totheLeagueofRed
CrossSocietiesunderits1976/77and1977/78food­
aidprogrammes ;
Whereas,inviewoftheneedtoprovidequickaid,it
isnecessarytohaverecoursetocontractsbymutual
agreement ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,'Rizblanchi/DondelaCommunauté économique
européenne/Actiondelaliguedessociétésdela
Croix-Rouge/Pourdistributiongratuite'.
Toallowforthepossibilityofre-bagging,the
successfultenderershallsupply2%ofnewempty
sacks,ofthesamequalityasthosecontainingthe
goodsbutwiththeprintingfollowedbyacapital
letter'R'.
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.InaccordancewithArticle1ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No696/76of25March1976,theItalian
riceinterventionagency(Enterisi),PiazzaPioXI,1,
Milan,shallconcludeaprivatecontractforthe
purchaseontheCommunitymarketof790tonnesofArticle2
TheproductsreferredtoinArticle1mustmeetthe
followingrequirements :
—moisture :15%,
—brokenrice:5%maximum,
—chalkygrains:5%maximum,
—grainsstriatedwithred:3%maximum,
—spottedgrains:1-5%maximum,
—stainedgrains:1%maximum,
—yellowgrains:0050%maximum,
—ambergrains:0-20%maximum .
Ricenotmeetingtheserequirementsshallberefused.(■)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL94,8.4.1978,p.9.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
(4)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.8.

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(c)allpossiblecontingencies whichmightoccui
duringtransportation oftheproducts.
Theinterventionagencyshalltransmittheinforma­
tionprovidedfortotheCommission assoonasitis
receivedtogetherwithacopyoftheprivatecontract
Article6
Asregardsthistender,theinterventionagencyisauth­
orizedtomakeaninitialpaymentof80%ofthe
valueofthequantitygiveninthebilloflading,on
presentation ofthatdocumentandsubjecttothe
takingofasecurityforanamountequaltotheinitial
payment.
Article7
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.ArticleJ
1.Asecurityofavalueof10unitsofaccountper
tonneshallbegivenbythepartyconcernedonthe
signatureofthecontract.Itshallbereleasedonthe
completionoftheoperationinquestionwithinthe
timelimitlaiddownandalsoforthosequantitiesnot
realizedduetoforcemajeure.
2.Thesecurityprovidedforinparagraph 1maybe
givenintheformofacashdepositorofaguarantee
issuedbyacreditinstitutionconformingtothe
criterialaiddownbytheMemberState.
Article4
Shipmentshallbecarriedoutbetween15and30May
1978.
Article5
Theinterventionagencyshallaskthattheinterested
partyprovidesthefollowinginformation :
(a)aftereachshipment,astatementgivingdetailsof
thequantitiesloaded,thequalityoftheproducts
andtheirpackaging ;
(b)thedateofthedepartureoftheships;the
expecteddateofarrivaloftheproductsattheir
destination :DoneatBrussels,28April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —ANHANG—BILAG—ANNEX —BIJLAGE
Numérodulot
N.dellapartita
Nr.desLoses
Partietsnummer
Nooflot
Nr.vandepartijPortdedébarquement
Portodisbarco
Bestimmungshafen
Lossehavn
Portofunloading
HavenvanlossingTonnageàmettreencaf
Tonnellaggio daconsegnarecif
NachcifzubringendeMenge
Mængdetilleveringcif
Tonnagecif
Cifaanteleverenhoeveelheid
1
2
3
4Dakar(Sénégal)
Praia(Cap-Vert)
Kigali(Rwanda)
Nouakchott (Mauritanie)100t
50t
100t
540t