CELEX: 31983R0717
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 717/83 of 29 March 1983 on the supply of broken rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau as food aid

No L 83/32                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 3 . 83
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 717/83
                                                    of 29 March 1983
               on the supply of broken 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 of 22
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 Economic Community,                                            respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization             3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of        purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25               characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
thereof,                                                        supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
                                                                this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), as            are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                Committee for Cereals,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in
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 (4), as last amended by          The Dutch intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular              implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                in accordance with the provision 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 3 December 1982 the Council of the                                           Article 2
European Communities expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 3 500 tonnes of               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
broken rice to the Republic of Guinea Bissau under its          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
food-aid programme for 1982 ;                                   European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 March 1983 .
                                                                         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  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                     0 OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                            f) OJ No L 334. 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                             ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1982
              2. Recipient : Republic of Guinea Bissau
              3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Guinea Bissau
              4. Product to be mobilized : broken rice
              5. Total quantity : 3 500 tonnes
              6 . Number of lots : one
              7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Verkoop- en Inkoopbureau (VIB), Kouvenderstraat 229, NL-6430 AZ Hoensbroek (telex 56 396)
              8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                   (a) Broken rice for human consumption, of sound merchantable quality, free of odour and pests,
                       of at least the standard quality for which the threshold price is fixed
                   (b) — moisture : 1 5 %
                       — pieces of rice : 1,5 % maximum
                       — chalky grains : 6 % maximum
                       — grains striated with red : 10 % maximum
                       — spotted and/or stained grains : 4 % maximum
                       — yellow and/or amber grains : 1,175% maximum
                   (c) tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of :
                       — mineral and vegetable inedible substances ; provided that they are not toxic : 0,0 1 %
                       — extraneous broken grains or parts thereof, edible : 0,10 %
            10 . Packaging :
                   —   in bags (')
                   —   quality of the bags : new jute sacks — minimum weight 600 g
                   —   net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                   —   marking on the bags (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                       'QUEBRA DE ARROZ / DOM DA COMUNIDADE ECONÓMICA EUROPEIA A
                       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 11 April 1983
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1983
            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'.