CELEX: 31980R2096
Language: en
Date: 1980-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2096/80 of 4 August 1980 on the supply of semi-milled long grain rice to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as food aid

6. 8 . 80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 204/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2096/80
                                                      of 4 August 1980
              on the supply of semi-milled long grain rice to the United Nations High
                                         Commissioner for Refugees 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           of 22 July 1980 laying down general rules for the
 Economic Community,                                             implementation of certain food-aid operations
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     involving cereal and rice products (6); whereas it is
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                 necessary to specify, for the purposes of the Commu­
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­         nity measure envisaged, the characteristics of the
lation (EEC) No 1871 /80 (2), and in particular Article          products to be supplied and the supply conditions
25 thereof,                                                      which are set out in the Annex to 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 Manage­
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (}), and in         ment Committee for Cereals,
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
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                     Article 1
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by           The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (5), and in particular               implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
Committee,                                                       Annex hereto.
Whereas, on 24 July 1979, the Council of the Euro­                                       Article 2
pean Communities has expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 20 000 tonnes of               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
rice to the United Nations High Commissioner for                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
Refugees under its food-aid programme for 1978/79 ;              the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 4 August 1980.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(1) OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(*) OJ  No L 184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 4.
(3) OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
(«) OJ  No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.
(5) OJ No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .                           (6) OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1978/79
             2. Recipient : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
             3. Place or country of destination : China
             4. Product to be mobilized : semi-milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 4 000 tonnes
             6 . Number of lots : one
             7. Intervention agency responsible for conducting the procedure :
                   Ente Nazionale Risi, Piazza Pio XI, 1 , Milano : telex 26032
             8 . Method of mobilizing the product : Community market.
             9. Characteristics of the goods :
                  — 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 bags,
                  —   net weight of the bags : 50 kg,
                  —   marking of the bags :
                  —   letters at least 5 cm high.
                      'Rice / Gift of the European Economic Community to UNHCR / For free distribution /
                      Hainan'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Haikou (Hainan)
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           1 5. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 1 September 1980 at 1 2 noon
           1 6. Shipment period : from 1 to 1 5 October 1980
           17. Security : 12 ECU/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 .