CELEX: 31982R2589
Language: en
Date: 1982-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2589/82 of 21 September 1982 on the supply of various consignments of cereals and/or rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

28 . 9 . 82                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 276/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2589/82
                                                       of 21 September 1982
              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                                       cereals to certain non-member countries and benefi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         ciary organizations under its food-aid programme for
                                                                     1982 ;
 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
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                      July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular                  and rice f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Article 28 thereof,                                                  3323/81 (8); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
                                                                     purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
                                                                     supply conditions which are set out in the Annexes to
of the market in rice (3), as last amended by the Act of
                                                                     this Regulation ;
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25
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,
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (4), and in
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                                             Article 1
October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                 The intervention agencies specified in the Annexes
the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by               hereto shall implement the mobilization and supply
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (6), and in particular                   procedures in accordance with the provisions of Regu­
Article 3 thereof,                                                   lation (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid
                                                                     down in the Annexes hereto .
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
pean Communities expressed its intention of granting,                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
under Community measures, various quantities of                      European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 21 September 1982.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 4) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
0   OJ   No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                           0 OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
ft  OJ   No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1973, p . 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                           ANNEX I
              1 . Programme : 1982
             2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross
             3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua
             4. Product to be mobilized : fully milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 80 tonnes (232 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 : 2-5 % maximum
                  —  stained grains : 1 -5 % maximum
                  —  yellow grains : 0-050 % maximum
                  —  amber grains : 0-20 % maximum
           10 . Packaging :
                  — in new bags (') :
                     — jute sacks lined with cotton sacks, of a minimum weight of 600 g, or
                     — composite sacks jute/polypropylene of a minimum weight of 335 g
                  — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags :
                     a red cross, 15 x 15 cm, followed by :
                     ' NIC 92 / ARROZ / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA /
                     ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA
                     DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO'
           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           1 2. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Corinto
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 11 October 1982
           16. Shipment period : December 1982
           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'.
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                                                             ANNEX II
               1 . Programme : 1982
               2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross
               3. Place or country of destination : Nicaragua
               4. Product to be mobilized : rolled oats
               5. Total quantity : 50 tonnes (86 tonnes of cereals)
               6. Number of lots : two
                    Lot 1 : 30 tonnes
                    Lot 2 : 20 tonnes
               7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                    Verkoop- en Inkoopbureau (VIB), Kouvenderstraat 229, NL-Hoensbroek (telex 56 396)
               8 . Method of mobilizing the product : the Community market
               9. Characteristics of the goods :
                    Production of quick-cooking oat flakes :
                    Raw oats : First quality high-density oats
                    Cleaning and preparation . Oats to be cleaned of extraneous matter, debittered and stabilized by
                    treatment with steam
                    Hulling : Oats to be size-classified and hulled. After separation of husks, oat kernels to be
                    scoured and polished
                    Groats : Oat kernels to be cut, sorted and air-cleaned. Groats dampened and pre-cooked with
                    steam, then rolled to flakes
                    Quality of oat flakes :
                    humidity : less than 1 2 %
                   ash content : less than 2-3 % of dry matter
                   crude fibre : less than 1 -5 % of dry matter
                   husk content : less than 010 % of dry matter
                   protein content : not less than 1 4 % of dry matter
             10 . Packaging :
                   — in bags (')
                   — bag composition :
                        — four bags of Kraft paper, of a strength corresponding to a weight of at least 70 g/m2
                        — one interposed bag made of tarred paper of a strength corresponding to a weight of at
                            least 140 g/m2
                        — one double-bound polyethylene internal pocket at least 0-06 mm thick
                        — top and bottom seals of bag to be pasted
                   — net weight of bags : 25 kg
                   — marking on the bags :
                        a red cross, 10 x 10 cm, as well as the following :
                        Lot 1 : ' NIC 88 '
                        Lot 2 : 'NIC 89'
                        followed by :
                        'COPAS DE AVENA / DONACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA /
                        ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA
                        DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / CORINTO'
            (l) 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'.
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           1 1 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Corinto
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 12 October 1982
           16. Shipment period :
                 Lot 1 : December 1982
                 Lot 2 : March 1 983
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           18 . At the request of the ICRC, the successful tenderer shall supply to the beneficiary, on delivery,
                 the following documents (in Spanish) :
                 — certificate of origin
                 — phytosanitary certificate
                 — pro forma invoices