CELEX: 31985R3108
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3108/85 of 7 November 1985 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

No L 296/30                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 11 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3108/85
                                                     of 7 November 1 985
                  on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food
                                                              aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      3323/81 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
                                                                   followed to determine the resultant costs ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 of 3                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 December 1982 on food-aid policy and food-aid manage­             Committee for Cereals,
 ment and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2750/75 ('),
 and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 )
 thereof,                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                                        Article 1
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
 No 1025/84 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof,            shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
Whereas by its Decision of 9 July 1985 on the supply of           in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
 food aid to Sierra Leone the Commission allocated to the          1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
 latter country 6 000 tonnes of cereals to be supplied cif ;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of                                   Article 2
 this measure, in accordance with the rules laid down by
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and              European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 7 November 1985.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
(3) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13 .                             0 OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX
              1 . Programmes : 1985
             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 (non-parboiled)
              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 : 15 %
                   — 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 18 November 1985
            16. Shipment period : 1 to 24 December 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\
            (3) 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.