CELEX: 31983R3710
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-23
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3710/83 of 23 December 1983 on the supply of milled rice to the world food programme as food aid

No L 369 /28                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           30 . 12. 83
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3710/83
                                                       of 23 December 1983
                  on the supply of milled rice to the World Food Programme as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, on 29 July 1983, the Commission of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        European Communities decided to grant, under a
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Community measure, 992 tonnes of cereals for the
 Economic Community,                                                 World Food Programme under the food-aid
                                                                     programme for 1983 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                 Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out
                                                                     of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 1 566/83 (2), and in particular Article 25                 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
 thereof,                                                            July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
                                                                     respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 2750 /75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the                 3323/81 (9); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as                purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                       supply conditions which are set out in the Annex
                                                                     hereto ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1992/83 of 1 1 July 1983 laying down the implemen­                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                     Committee for Cereals,
 ment (5),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                         Article 1
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by
                                                                     The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (7), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,                                                   implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                                     in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
 Committee,                                                          Annex hereto .
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                            Article 2
 pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 5 968 tonnes of cereals                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 to the World Food Programme under its food-aid                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 programme for 1982 ;                                                European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels , 23 December 1983 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 163 , 22. 6. 1983 , p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(4) OJ  No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 196, 20 . 7. 1983, p. 1 .
(6) OJ  No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/ 62.                        (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(7) OJ  No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           (9) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                            ANNEX
             1 . Programmes : 1982 and 1983
             2. Recipient : World Food Programme (WFP)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Gambia
             4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long grain rice
             5 . Total quantity : 2 400 tonnes (6 960 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Ente nazionale Risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                  — moisture : 15 %
                  — broken rice : 5 % maximum
                  —   chalky grains : 5 % maximum
                  —   grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
                  —   spotted grains : 1,5% maximum
                  —   stained grains : 1 % maximum
                  —   yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum
                  —   amber grains : 0,20 % maximum
            10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags :
                      — jute sacks of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                      — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                      'GAMBIA 1343 / RICE / BANJUL / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMU­
                      NITY / ACTION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME'
            11 . Port of shipment :
                  Any Community port accessible to ocean-going vessels with a shipping service to the recipient
                  country during the period for shipment laid down in point 16 . The tender must be accompanied
                  by a statement from the port authorities attesting the existence of the service during the said
                  period
            12. Delivery stage : fob
            13 . Port of landing : —
            14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement
            15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 9 January 1984
            16 . Shipment period : 1 to 29 February 1984
            17 . Security : 12 ECU per tonne
            Notes :
            1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                 recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                 for importation of the goods into the country of destination .
            2. Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty bags of the
                 same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R\