CELEX: 31980R2343
Language: en
Date: 1980-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2343/80 of 8 September 1980 on the supply of wholly-milled long grain rice to Guinea Bissau as food aid

9 . 9. 80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 236/ 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2343/80
                                                    of 8 September 1980
              on die supply of wholly-milled long grain rice to Guinea Bissau as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out
COMMUNITIES,                                                     of this measure in accordance with the rules laid
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80
Economic Community,
                                                                 of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
                                                                 implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     involving cereal and rice products (6); whereas it is
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                  necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in rice (*), as last amended by Regu­         nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
lation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article          products to be supplied and the supply conditions
25 thereof,                                                      which are set out in the Annex hereto ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), and in         ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
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 (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular               The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
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 28 May 1980 the Council of the Euro­                                          Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 1 522 tonnes of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
wholly-milled long grain rice to Guinea Bissau under             following its publication in the Official Journal of
its food-aid programme for 1979/80 ;                             the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 8 September 1980.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(») OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(«) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(5) OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                           (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                            ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1979/80
             2. Recipient : Guinea Bissau
             3. Place or country of destination : Bissau
            4. Product to be mobilized : wholly-milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 1 522 tonnes
             6. Number of lots : 1
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Ente nazionale risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 — Milano, telex 334 032
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : on the Community market
             9. Characteristics of die goods :
                  — moisture : 15 % ,
                  — broken rice : 40 % 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 bags (1),
                  —  quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight 600 g,
                  —  net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                  —  marking of the bags : letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'Arroz branqueado grao longo com quebra / Dom da Communidade Economica Europeia a
                     Guiné-Bissau'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           1 3. Port of landing : Bissau
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tender
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 22 September 1980 at 12 noon
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 November 1980.
           17. Security : 12 ECU/tonne.
           (') 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.