CELEX: 31981R1523
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1523/81 of 5 June 1981 on the supply of fully milled long grain rice to Senegal as food aid

No L 149/ 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              6. 6 . 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1523/81
                                                      of 5 June 1981
                    on the supply of fully milled long grain rice to Senegal 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 (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 the           nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                products to be supplied and the supply conditions
Article 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 (3), 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 (4), as last amended by           The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), 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 19 May 1981 , the Council of the Euro­                                        Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 7 250 tonnes of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to Senegal under its food-aid programme for               following its publication in the Official Journal of
 1981 ;                                                           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
 (>) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
 (4) 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 : 1981
             2. Recipient : Senegal
             3. Place or country of destination : Senegal
             4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 2 500 tonnes (maximum 40 % broken rice)
             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 : 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 600 g,
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                  — marking of the bags :
                      letters at least 5 cm high :
                      'Riz / Don de la Communauté économique européenne au Sénégal
            1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12. Delivery stage : fob
            13. Port of landing : —
            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
12               same quality as those containing the goods, with the marking followed by a capital 'R .