CELEX: 31984R0669
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 669/84 of 15 March 1984 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid

No L 73/20                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              16. 3 . 84
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 669/84
                                                    of IS March 1984
                 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the Republic of Ghana as food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  certain   non-member       countries   and   beneficiary
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    organizations ;
 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
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization             July 1980 laying down general implementing rules in
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation        respect of certain food-aid operations involving cereals
 (EEC) No 174/84 (2),                                            and rice (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    3323/81 f); whereas it is necessary to specify, for the
 2750/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing criteria for the              purposes of the Community measures envisaged, the
 mobilization of cereals intended as food aid (3), as            characteristics of the products to be supplied and the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (4), and in             supply conditions ;
 particular Article 6 thereof,                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
 1992/83 of 11 July 1983 laying down the implemen­
 ting rules for 1983 for Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82
 concerning food-aid policy and food-aid manage­                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ment (*),
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 129 of 23                                        Article 1
 October 1962 on the value of the unit of account and
                                                                 The intervention agency specified in the Annex hereto
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of            shall implement the mobilization and supply proce­
 the common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by          dures in accordance with the provisions of Regulation
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (7), and in particular             (EEC) No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down
Article 3 thereof,                                               in the Annex hereto.
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, on 16 December 1983, the Commission of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 the European Communities decided to grant, under                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 Community measures, various quantities of cereals to            European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 15 March 1984.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
I1) OJ No L 21 , 26. 1 . 1984, p. 2.
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 89.
I4) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 196, 20. 7. 1983, p. 1 .
Is) OJ No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p. 2553/62.                        (») OJ No L 192, 26. 7. 1980, p. 11 .
0 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 : 1983
            2. Recipient : Ghana
            3. Place or country of destination : Ghana
            4. Product to be mobilized : wholly milled long grain rice
             5. Total quantity : 7 935 tonnes (23 01 1 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 : 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 new bags :
                     — jute 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 in letters at least 5 cm high :
                     'WHITE RICE / GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TO GHANA'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13. Port of landing : Tema
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : mutual agreement
           15. Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 26 March 1984
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 31 May 1984
           17. Security : 12 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . The successful tenderer shall forward, through the intermediary of the intervention agency, to the
                recipient on the latter's request and in accordance with his instructions the documents necessary
                for importation of the goods into the country of destination.
           2. 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'.