CELEX: 31973R1292
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1292/73 of the Commission of 15 May 1973 opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled rice as food aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNWRA)

18 . 5 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 131 /23
                              REGULATION (EEC No 1292/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 15 May 1973
              opening an invitation to tender for the mobilization of milled rice as food aid
                  for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNWRA)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tions arising by virtue of participation in the invita­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tion to tender for supplies to UNWRA will be
                                                                      fulfilled ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                 Whereas the Italian intervention agency should, in
                                                                      any event, be made responsible for the tendering
                                                                      procedure ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
359/67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organ­                 Whereas the Commission must be informed quickly
ization of the market in rice, as last amended by the                 of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Acces­               and of those accepted by the intervention agency ;
sion of new Memeber States to the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
1 973 ;                                                               ment Committee for Cereals ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 693/72 (4) of 3 August 1972 laying down the con T
ditions for the mobilization of cereals as food aid, and              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in particular Article 6 thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas on 23 May 1972 and 19 December 1972 the
Council of the European Communities declared that                     1 . Tenders are hereby invited tor the supply to
it proposed, by way of Community action , to grant the                UNWRA, by way of Community action, of 3 240
equivalent of 3 870 metric tons and 309 metric tons                   metric tons of round-grained milled rice.
of husked rice (in other words, 3 240 metric tons of
round-grained milled rice), to UNWRA under its                        2. The tendering procedure shall take place in Italy
1971 /72 food aid programme ;                                         in two lots. The products shall be mobilized on the
                                                                      Community market. The products shall be loaded for
Whereas analysis of the state of the Community rice                   departure from the Community ports listed in Annex
market indicates that the criteria of Article 3 (3) of                I.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1693/72 should be
applied and that the products should be purchased on                  3 . The invitation to tender provided for in para­
the Community market ;                                                graph 1 is for supply of products delivered cif, that is
                                                                      to say, actually placed on the quay in one of the ports
Whereas the proposed invitation to tender should be                   of unloading listed in Annex II .
for supply of the products cif, that is to say actually
placed on the quay at the port of unloading ;                         4. The successful tenderer shall deliver the product
                                                                      specified in paragraph 1 cif to one of the ports listed
Whereas the award under the invitation to tender
                                                                      in Annex II in new jute sacks of a net capacity of 50
                                                                      kilogrammes.
must be made to the tenderer offering the best terms ;
                                                                      The following shall be printed on the sacks :
Whereas, should force majeure make it impossible to
complete the operation in question within the time                         'Milled rice — gift of the European Community'.
limits specified, it mus be made clear who is to bear
the liability for any resulting costs ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas provision should be made for security to be                    1 . The decision on tenders received in rsponse to
given for the purpose of guaranteeing that the obliga­                the invitation provided for in Article 1 shall be taken
                                                                      on 28 May 1973 .
(')  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3 ) OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . .5 .                            2.     The closing date for the submission of tenders
 4   OJ  No L 178 , 5. 8 . 1972, p . 3 .                              shall be 28 May 1973 at 12 noon .
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3.    The    notice  of invitation  to  tender  shall be     —     Spotted grains : 1 % maximum
published in the Official Journal of the European            —     Stained grains : 0-50 % maximum
Communities not less than 10 days before the closing
date for the submission of tenders .                          —    Yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum
                                                              —    Amber grains : 0-125 % maximum
                        Article 3
                                                              Rice not meeting these requirements shall be refused.
The contract shall be awarded to the tenderer offering
the best terms .                                              2. Tenders for supply to UNWRA of the round­
                                                              grained milled rice referred to in Article 1 must relate
However, if the tenders submitted do not appear to            to a product with the following characteristics :
correspond to normal market prices and costs, the             — Moisture : 1 5 %
intervention agency may cancel the invitation to
tender.                                                       — Broken rice : 5 % maximum
                                                              — Chalky grains : 3 % maximum
                        Article 4
                                                              — Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum
1 . The successful tenderer shall give security of a          —    Spotted grains : 1 % maximum
value of 10 units of account per metric ton ; the secur­
ity is intended to guarantee that the operations speci­       —    Stained grains : 0-5 % maximum
fied in Article 1 are duly completed. The security            —    Yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum
shall be forfeit if those operations are not carried out
                                                              —    Amber grains : 0-125 % maximum .
within the prescribed time limit, save as regards quan­
tities not delivered owing to force majeure.
                                                                                        Article 6
2. The secrurity provided for in paragraph 1 may
be given in the form of a cash deposit or of a                 1 . The Italian intervention agency shall be respon­
guarantee issued by a credit institution conforming to        sible for the operations relating to the invitations to
 the criteria laid down by the Member State.                   tender provided for by this Regulation
                                                               2.    It shall forthwith communicate to the Commis­
                         Article 5
                                                               sion the list of firms which have responded to the invi­
 1 . The round-grained milled rice referred to in              tation to tender, specifying the terms of each tender,
 Article 1 to be supplied to UNWRA must meet the               together with the name and business name of the
                                                               successful tenderer.
 following requirements :
 — Moisture : 1 5 %
                                                                                        Article 7
 — Broken rice : 5 % maximum
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 — Chalky grains : 3 % maximum                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
 — Grains striated with red : 3 % maximum                      Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                  ANNEX 1
            Number                                          Minimum rate of loading
             of lot     Port from which consigned                  per day          Tonnage fob
                    j Community ports
               1                                                                       2 340
                                                        Customs of the port
               2                                                                         900
                                                 ANNEX II
            Number
             of lot        Port of unloading            Minimum rate of unloading   Tonnage cif
               1
               2
                    Beirut
                    Ashdod                           j Customs of the port             2 340
                                                                                         900