CELEX: 31985R1159
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1159/85 of 3 may 1985 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 120/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 5. 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1159/85
                                                         of 3 May 1985
               on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food
                                                               aid
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Community measures, various quantities of cereals to
  COMMUNITIES,                                                      certain non-member countries and beneficiary organi­
                                                                    zations ;
  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 1025/84 (2),                                            and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   3323/8 1 (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 (*),
                                                                                            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 pro­
  the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by           cedures in accordance with the provisions of Regula­
  Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular                 tion (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
 Article 3 thereof,                                                down in the Annex hereto.
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 2
  Committee,
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 Whereas on 25 October 1984 the Commission of the                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  European Communities decided to grant, under                     European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 May 1985.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
  (') OJ No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No  L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 .
  0   OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89 .
  0   OJ No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
  0   OJ No  L 124, 11 . 5. 1984, p. 1 .
  («) OJ No  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                      (8) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
  0   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 Sierra Leone
           3. Place or country of destination : Republic of Sierra Leone
           4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
           5. Total quantity : 2 070 tonnes (6 000 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 :
               — 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 :
               —   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 :
                   'RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO THE REPUBLIC OF
                   SIERRA LEONE'
         1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
         12. Delivery stage : cif
         13 . Port of landing : Freetown
         14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
         15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 13 May 1985
         16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 June 1985
         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 Sierra Leone, c/o 'Diplomatic Bag', Berlaymont 1 / 123, 200 rue de la
              Loi, B-1049 Brussels.