9.9.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL236/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2342/80
of8September1980
onthesupplyofwholly-milled longgrainricetotheRepublicofGhanaasfood
aid
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthecarrying-out
ofthismeasureinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1974/80
of22July1980layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
implementation ofcertainfood-aidoperations
involvingcerealandriceproducts(6);whereasitis
necessarytospecify,forthepurposesoftheCommu­
nitymeasureenvisaged,thecharacteristics ofthe
productstobesuppliedandthesupplyconditions
whicharesetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementingthemobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice(1),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1871/80(2),andinparticularArticle
25thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(3),andin
particularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of23
October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccountand
theexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposesof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2543/73(5),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
Whereason28May1980theCounciloftheEuro­
peanCommunities hasexpresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,1725tonnesof
wholly-milledlonggrainricetoGhanaunderitsfood­
aidprogrammefor1979/80;
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8September1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(1)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL184,17.7.1980,p.4.
(»)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
WOJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
(S)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1. (*>)OJNoL192,26.7.1980,p.11.

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ANNEX
1.Programme :1979/80
2.Recipient:RepublicofGhana
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :Ghana
4.Producttobemobilized :wholly-milledlonggrainrice
5.Totalquantity:1725tonnes
6.Numberoflots:1
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingdieprocedure:
Entenazionalerisi,piazzaPioXI,1—Milano,telex334032
8.Methodofmobilizingtheproduct:ontheCommunitymarket
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 :
—inbagsI1),
—qualityofthebags:newjutesacks—minimumweight600g,
—netweightofthebags:50kg,
—markingofthebags:lettersatleast5cmhigh:
'Whitericelonggrain/GiftoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunitytotheRepublicof
Ghana'
11.Portofshipment:aCommunityport
12.Deliverystage:fob
13.Portoflanding:—
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tender
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:22September1980at12noon
16.Shipmentperiod:1to30November1980.
17.Security:12ECU/tonne.
(!)Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsofthe
samequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapitalR.