CELEX: 31976D0748
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 September 1976 relating to the urgent supply of husked long grain rice as food aid to the Republic of Niger

No L 259/ 22                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                23 . 9 . 76
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 10 September 1976
              relating to the urgent supply of husked long grain rice as food aid to the Repu­
                                                            blic of Niger
                                                  (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                             (76/748/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        3. The contract shall be for the purchase and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          supply of the products delivered to the destination
                                                                       shown in the Annex.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                   4.     The product shall be packed in 50 kg new jute
                                                                       sacks .
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­
                                                                       The sacks shall be marked by printing :
 tion of the market in rice ( J ),
                                                                        Riz — Don de la Communauté europeenne a la
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          république du Niger.'
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                                                 Article 2
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 696/76 of 25 March 1976 derogating from Regulation                    The product referred to in Article 1 must meet the
 (EEC) No 2750/75 in respect of mobilization proce­                    following requirements :
 dures for cereals to be supplied as food aid (3),                     — moisture content : maximum 15% ,
 Whereas on 25 March 1976 the Council of the Euro­                     — broken grains : 5 % maximum,
 pean Communities declared that it proposed, by way                    — green grains or grains having natural deformities :
 of Community action, to grant the equivalent of 3 750                     3 % maximum .
 metric tons of husked long grain rice to the Republic
 of Niger under its 1975/76 food-aid programme ;                       Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused.
 Whereas, in view of the need to provide quick aid, it
 is necessary to have recourse to contracts by mutual                                          Article 3
 agreements ;
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    1.     A security of a value of 10 units of account per
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                     metric ton shall be given by the party concerned on
 ment Committee for Cereals,                                           the  signature of the contract. It shall be released on
                                                                       the  completion of the operations in question within
                                                                       the  time limit laid down and also for those quantities
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                           not  realized due to force majeure.
                                                                       2. The security provided for in paragraph 1 may be
                            Article 1
                                                                      given in the form of a cash deposit or of a guarantee
                                                                       issued by a credit institution conforming to the
 1 . In accordance with Article 1 of Council Regula­                   criteria laid down by the Member State .
 tion (EEC) No 696/76 of 25 March 1976, the Italian
 Rice Intervention Agency (Enterrisi), Piazza Pio XI , 1 ,
Milan, shall conclude a private contract for the                                               Article 4
 purchase on the Community market of 3 750 metric
 tons of husked long grain rice for delivery to the Repu­              Shipment shall be carried out between 1 and 7
blic of Niger.                                                         October 1976.
 2.    In concluding the private contract, Enterrisi
 must seek the least onerous terms possible.
                                                                                               Article 5
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .                             The intervention agency shall ask that the interested
P) OJ No L 83 , 30 . 3 . 1976, p . 8 .                                 party specifies the following information :
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(a) after each shipment, a statement giving details of                               Article 6
     the quantities loaded, the quality of the products
     and their packaging ;                                     This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
(b) the date of the departure of the ships ; the
     expected date of arrival of the products at their
     destination ;                                              Done at Brussels, 10 September 1976.
(c) all possible contingencies which might occur
     during transportation of the products.                                            For the Commission
The intervention agency shall transmit the informa­                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
 tion provided for to the Commission as soon as it is
 received together with a copy of the private contract.                             Member, of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
                            Destination for the delivery of 3 750 metric tons of husked rice
                                         Niamey                 1 500 metric tons
                                         Maradi                   400 metric tons
                                         Tessaoua                 100 metric tons
                                         Zinder                   450 metric tons
                                         Magaria                   50 metric tons
                                         Dosso                    250 metric tons
                                         Tahoua                   350 metric tons
                                         Konni                    150 metric tons
                                         Agadez                   300 metric tons
                                         Diffa                    200 metric tons