CELEX: 31987R0637
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 637/87 of 2 March 1987 on the supply of milled long grain rice to the league of Red Cross societies (LRCs) as food aid

4. 3 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 61 /7
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 637/87
                                                        of 2 March 1987
                  on the supply of milled long grain rice to the League of Red Cross Societies
                                                      (LRCS) as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              followed to determine the resultant costs ;
Economic Community,                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                Committee for Cereals,
management ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1449/86 (3), and in particular Article 25 thereof,                                      Article 1
Whereas, by its Decision of 10 February 1986 on the                The intervention agencies specified in the Annex hereto
supply of food aid to LRCS, the Commission allocated to            shall implement the mobilization and supply procedures
the latter organization 3 300 tonnes of cereals to be              in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
supplied cif ;                                                     1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the Annex
                                                                   hereto.
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of
this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/80 of 22 July                                          Article -2
1980 laying down general implementing rules in respect
of certain food-aid operations involving cereals and               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
3826/85 (*) ; whereas it is necessary to specify the time          European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 2 March 1987 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ   No L 370, 30 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 192, 26.  7. 1980, p. 11 .
V) OJ No L 371 , 31 . 12. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1986 — Operation No 89/87 f1)
             2. Recipient : Ligue des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant Rouge, BP 372, CH-1211 Genève 19
                  (telex : 22555 LRCS CH)
             3 . Place or country of destination : Mauritania
             4. Product to be mobilized : wholly-milled long grain rice (non-parboiled)
             5. Total quantity : 1 139 tonnes (3 300 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 : 1 ,5 % maximum
                  —    stained grains : 1 % maximum
                  —    yellow grains : 0,050 % maximum
                  —    amber grains : 0,20 % maximum
           10. Packaging :
                  — in bags (in 20-foot containers) :
                       — quality of the bags : new jute sacks, minimum weight 600 grams
                       — net weight of the bags : 50 kilograms
                  — on the sacks shall be printed a red crescent 1 5 cm high with the points facing to the right as well as
                       the following (in letters at least 5 cm high) :
                       'ACTION N0 89/87 / RIZ / DON DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ ÉCONOMIQUE EUROPÉENNE /
                       ACTION DE LA LIGUE DES SOCIÉTÉS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE ET DU CROISSANT ROUGE
                       / POUR DISTRIBUTION GRATUITE / NOUAKCHOTT'
           11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
           12. Delivery stage : cif
           13 . Port of landing : Nouakchott
           14. Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 16 March 1987
           16. Shipment period : 1 to 30 April 1987
           17. Security : 15 ECU per tonne
           Notes :
           1 . 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. At the request of the beneficiary the successful tenderer may deliver a certificate from an official entity
                 certifying that for the product to be delivered the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the
                 Member State concerned, have not been exceeded.
           3 . As soon as the successful tenderer has been informed of the award of the contract, he shall contact the
                 beneficiary or his representative without delay, in order to determine the necessary consignment docu­
                 ments, as well as the details of period, rate and other circumstances concerning shipment.
           4. The successful tenderer shall send a copy of the shipping documents to the following address :
                 Commission Delegation in Mauritania : llot V, Lot No 24, PO Box 213, Nouakchott, Tel. 527 24/527 32,
                 Telex 549 DELEG MTN - NOUAKCHOTT.
           (') The operation number is to be quoted in all correspondence .