CELEX: 31983R0675
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 675/83 of 23 March 1983 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid

No L 79 /8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             25. 3 . 83
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 675/83
                                                   of 23 March 1983
                on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   and rice (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization            3323/81 Q ; whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of       purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 25              characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
thereof,                                                       supply conditions which are set out in the Annex to
                                                               this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (2), as           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                               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
the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of                                   Article 1
the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 Q, and in particular               The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
Article 3 thereof,                                             implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
                                                               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 3 December 1982 the Council of the                                          Article 2
European Communities expressed its intention to
grant, under a Community measure, 5 000 tonnes of              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
cereals to the Republic of Ghana under its food-aid            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
programme for 1982 ;                                           European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 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 OJ 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 Ghana
            3 . Place or country of destination : Republic of Ghana
            4. Product to be mobilized : milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 1 725 tonnes (5 000 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 : 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, 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
                    GHANA'
           11 . Port of shipment :
                 Copenhagen, Arhus, Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin,
                 Le Havre, Rouen, Marseille, Dunkerque, Genoa, Trieste or another Community port with regular
                 shipping connections with the recipient country (2)
           12. Delivery stage : fob
           13 . Port of landing : —
           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 : 15 May to 15 June 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'.
           (2) In all cases where a port other than those listed above is chosen, the tender must be accompanied
                by a declaration by the competent port authorities certifying that the port has regular connections
                with the recipient country during the period of shipment provided for in point 16.