CELEX: 31984R1286
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-10
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1286/84 of 10 May 1984 on the supply of broken rice to the Republic of Gambia as food aid

11 . 5 . 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 124/ 21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1286/84
                                                        of 10 May 1984
                    on the supply of broken rice to the Republic of Gambia as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    certain non-member         countries      and   beneficiary
COMMUNITIES,                                                      organizations ;
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 Regulation          respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
(EEC) No 174/84 (2),                                              and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  3323/81 (9) ; 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 (3), as
                                                                  supply conditions ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in
particular Article 6 thereof,                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Committee for Cereals,
1278 /84 of 7 May 1984 laying down the implementing
rules for 1984 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ment Is),
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                  The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of               shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by             dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                   (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Article 3 thereof,                                                 in the Annex hereto .
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,                                                                                Article 2
Whereas on 25 April 1984 the Commission of the                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
European Communities decided to grant, under                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community measures, various quantities of cereals to               Eu ropea n Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 10 May 1984.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L 21 , 26 . 1 . 1984, p. 2.
(3) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
(«) OJ   No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
    See  page 1 of the Official Journal .
(6) OJ   No 106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553 / 62.                     (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7 . 1980 , p . 11 .
O OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p . 27 .
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                                                           ANNEX
             1 . Programme : 1984
            2. Recipient : Republic of Gambia
             3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Gambia
             4 . Product to be mobilized : broken rice
             5. Total quantity : 500 tonnes (1 000 tonnes of cereals)
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                 Ente nazionale risi, piazza Pio XI, 1 , I-Milano (telex 334 032)
             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 : 0,01 %
                     — 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 :
                     ' BROKEN RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO GAMBIA'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Banjul
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 21 May 1984
           16 . Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 1984
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . 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'.
           2. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                Commission Delegation in Gambia, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la Loi,
                B-1049 Brussels .