CELEX: 31981R1522
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1522/81 of 5 June 1981 on the supply of fully milled long grain rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau as food aid

No L 149/ 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              6. 6. 81
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1522/81
                                                       of 5 June 1981
              on the supply of fully milled long grain rice to the Republic of 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
                                                                  down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
Economic Community,
                                                                  implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      involving cereal and rice products (5) ; 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 the            nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article             products to be supplied and the supply conditions
25 thereof,                                                       which are set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 (2), and in          ment Committee for Cereals,
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
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 (3), as last amended by
                                                                  The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular                implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  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 9 April 1981 , the Council of the Euro­                                        Article 2
 pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 776 tonnes of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 fully milled long grain rice to the Republic of Guinea           following its publication in the Official Journal of
 Bissau under its food-aid programme for 1978 ;                    the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 5 June 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                               Gaston THORN
  (1) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
  P)  OJ No  106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
  («) OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980 , p. 11 .
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                                                        ANNEX
           1 . Programme : 1978
           2. Recipient : Republic of Guinea Bissau
           3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Guinea Bissau
           4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice
           5. Total quantity : 776 tonnes
           6 . Number of lots : one
           7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, I-Milano : telex 334 032
           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 (J ),
                —  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 grão longo / Dom da Comunidade Económica Europeia à Guiné-Bissau
          1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
          12. Delivery stage : cif
          13. Port of landing : Bissau
          14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
          15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 22 June 1981
          16. Shipment period : from 1 to 31 July 1981
          17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
          (•) Since the goods may be rebagged, the successful tenderer must provide 2 % of empty ba^s of the
               same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .