NoL309/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.11.80
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2976/80
of17November1980
onthesupplyofwhollymilledlonggrainricetoMadagascarasfoodaid
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1871/80(2),andinparticular
Article25thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2750/75of29October1975fixingcriteriaforthe
mobilizationofcerealsintendedasfoodaid(3),and
inparticularArticle6thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129of
23October1962onthevalueoftheunitofaccount
andtheexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposes
ofthecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2543/73(5),and
inparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
Whereas,on28May1980,theCouncilofthe
EuropeanCommunities hasexpresseditsintentionto
grant,underaCommunitymeasure,4140tonnesof
whollymilledlonggrainricetoMadagascarunderits
food-aidprogrammefor1980;Whereasitisnecessarytoprovideforthe
carrying-outofthismeasureinaccordancewiththe
ruleslaiddownbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1974/80of22July1980layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheimplementation ofcertainfood-aid
operationsinvolvingcerealandriceproducts(6);
whereasitisnecessarytospecify,forthepurposesof
theCommunitymeasureenvisaged,thecharacteristics
oftheproductstobesuppliedandthesupply
conditionswhicharesetoutintheAnnextothis
Regulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagencyshallbechargedwith
implementingthemobilizationandsupplyprocedures
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation
(EEC)No1974/80andwiththeconditionslaid
downintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DontatBrussels,17November1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
2)OJNoL184,17.7.1980,p.4.
')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.89.
4)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62.
s)OJNoL263,19.9.1973,p.1. (")OJNoL192,26.7.1980,p.11.

19.11.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL309/9
ANNEX
1.Programme :1980
2.Recipient:Madagascar
3.Placeorcountryofdestination :Madagascar
4.Producttobemobilized:whollymilledlonggrainrice
5.Totalquantity:4140tonnes
6.Numberoflots:one
7.Interventionagencyresponsibleforconductingtheprocedure:
Enterisi—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:
—inbags(')
—qualityofthebags:newjutesacks—minimumweight600g
—netweightofthebags:50kg
—markingofthebags:
lettersatleast5cmhigh:
'Rizblanchi/DondelaCommunautééconomiqueeuropéenneàMadagascar'
11.Portofshipment:aCommunityport
12.Deliverystage:fob
13.Portoflanding:—
14.Proceduretobeappliedinordertodeterminesupplycosts:tender
15.Deadlineforthesubmissionoftenders:1December1980at12noon
16.Shipmentperiod:15December1980to15January1981
17.Security:12ECU/tonne
(')Sincethegoodsmayberebagged,thesuccessfultenderermustprovide2%ofemptybagsof
thesamequalityasthosecontainingthegoods,withthemarkingfollowedbyacapital'R'.