CELEX: 31982R3118
Language: en
Date: 1982-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3118/82 of 23 November 1982 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and/or rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aidt

24 . 11 . 82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 327/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3118/82
                                                       of 23 November 1982
               derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 on the supply of various
               consignments of cereals and/or rice to the International Committee of the Red
                                                         Cross as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       health angle ; whereas the abovementioned provision
COMMUNITIES,                                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 should therefore be
                                                                     derogated from and it should be laid down that the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                additional cost resulting from the use of synthetic
Economic Community,                                                  woven sacks is to be refunded to the successful
                                                                     tenderer ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of             are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25                    Committee for Cereals,
thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), and in                                     Article 1
particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                     By way of derogation from the first indent of point 10
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                     of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82, rice may
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                     be supplied to the International Committee of the Red
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                 Cross in synthetic woven sacks.
the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (4), and in particular                   The additional cost resulting from the replacement of
Article 3 thereof,                                                   jute sacks by such sacks shall be refunded to the
                                                                     successful tenderer by the intervention agency of the
Whereas the first indent of point 10 of Annex I to                   Member State in which the customs export formalities
Regulation (EEC) No 2589/ 82 (*), lays down that jute                are completed, on the basis of the prices normally
sacks lined with cotton sacks or composite sacks jute/               obtaining on the market.
polypropylene are to be used to supply rice to the
International Committee of the Red Cross ; whereas                                           Article 2
the country of destination , which is seriously affected
by foot-and-mouth disease, requests that the use of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
synthetic woven sacks be permitted for this supply                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
because these offer substantial advantages from the                  European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 November 1982.
                                                                               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  106, 30 . 10 . 1962, p . 2553 /62.
O   OJ   No  L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(5) OJ No L 276, 28 . 9 . 1982, p . 5 .