CELEX: 31983R0721
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 721/83 of 29 March 1983 on the supply of milled rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone as food aid

30. 3 . 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 83/43
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 721/83
                                                     of 29 March 1983
                 on the supply of milled rice to the Republic of Sierra Leone 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 of 22
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
Economic Community,                                              respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
                                                                 and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     3323/81 (7); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of
                                                                 characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25                supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
thereof,
                                                                 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 Management
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), as             Committee for Cereals,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in
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                                     Article 1
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of             The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by           implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular               in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                 No 1974/ 80 and with the conditions laid down in the
                                                                 Annex hereto .
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas on 4 December 1982 the Council of the
European Communities expressed its intention to                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
grant, under a Community measure, 4 000 tonnes of                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
cereals for the under its food-aid programme for 1982 ;          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 29 March 1983.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(3) OJ  No  L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  106, 30. 10 . 1962, p. 2553/62.                      (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
n OT 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 : 1982
            2. Recipient : Republic of Sierra Leone
            3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Sierra Leone
            4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 1 380 tonnes (4 000 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 26 032)
            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, 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 11 April 1983
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1983
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           (') 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'.