CELEX: 31982R0243
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 243/82 of 1 February 1982 opening a new invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice to Somalia as food aid

2. 2. 82                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 25/ 17
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 243/82
                                                    of 1 February 1982
             opening a new invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled long grain rice
                                                 to Somalia as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  of 1 379 tonnes was not supplied ; whereas a new invi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tation to tender should therefore be opened for this
                                                                lot ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out
                                                                of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of        respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25               and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
thereof,
                                                                3323/8 1 (J) ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the              characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in        supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
particular Article 6 thereof,                                   this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                             Article 1
Committee,
                                                                The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Whereas, on 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­               implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
pean Communities has expressed its intention to                  in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
grant, under a Community measure, 8 000 tonnes of                No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
cereals to Somalia under its food-aid programme for              Annex hereto .
 1981 ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas under the invitation to tender opened in the
Community under Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
2289/81 of 7 August 1981 regarding the supply of                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
milled long grain rice to Somalia as food aid (*), one lot       European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 1 February 1982.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
 (3) OJ No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.
 O   OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                          O OJ No L 192, 26. 7 . 1980, p. 11 .
 (*) OJ No L 223, 8 . 8 . 1981 , p. 21 .                          0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                          ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1981
             2. Recipient : Somalia
             3. Place or country of destination : Somalia
             4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 1 379 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                  Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, 1 , Milano (telex 26032)
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market
             9 . Characteristics of the goods :
                  — rice of fair and sound merchantable quality, free from abnormal smell and pests
                  — moisture : 1 5 %
                  — 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 bags (')
                  — quality of the bags : new jute sacks 600 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking of the bags :
                     letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'Rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to Somalia
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Berbera
            14. Procedure to be applied to determine supply costs : tendering
            15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 15 February 1982
            16. Shipment period : March 1982
            17. Security : 12 ECU per 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'.