CELEX: 31983R0597
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 597/83 of 16 March 1983 on the supply of milled rice to the international Committee of the Red Cross as food aid

No L 71 /34                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             17. 3 . 83
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 597/83
                                                      of 16 March 1983
                on the supply of milled rice to the International Committee of the Red Cross 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 0 ; 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
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3331 /82 (3), and in              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
                                                                                          Article 1
 the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of
 the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by           The Italian intervention agency shall be charged with
 Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (*), and in particular               implementing the mobilization and supply procedures
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                  in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 1974/80 and with the conditions laid down in the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
                                                                  Annex hereto .
 Committee,
Whereas on 26 April 1982 the Council of the Euro­                                         Article 2
 pean Communities expressed its intention to grant,
under a Community measure, 870 tonnes of cereals for              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 the International Committee of the Red Cross under               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 its food-aid programme for 1982 ;                                European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 16 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 .
j5) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1 .                              I7) OJ No L 334, 21 . 11 . 1981 , p. 27.
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                                                             ANNEX
              1 . Programme : 1982
              2. Recipient : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
              3 . Place or country of destination : El Salvador
              4. Product to be mobilized : milled round grain rice
              5. Total quantity : 300 tonnes (870 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 : 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 : woven synthetic
                       — net weight of the bags : 50 kg
                  — marking on the bags :
                       a red cross 15 X 15 cm followed by (in letters at least 5 cm high):
                      ' ELS-21 / ARROZ / DONACION DE LA COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA EUROPEA /
                      ACCIÓN DEL COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA / DESTINADO A LA
                       DISTRIBUCIÓN GRATUITA / ACAJUTLA'
            11 . Port of shipment : a Community port
            12 . Delivery stage : cif
            13 . Port of landing : Acajutla
            14 . Procedure to be applied in order to determine supply costs : tendering
           15 . Deadline for the submission of tenders : 12 noon on 28 March 1983
            16 . Shipment period : 10 to 30 April 1983
            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 :
                  — certificate of origin
                  — phytosanitary certificate
                  — fumigation certificate (fumigation of rice using methyl bromide)
                  — pro forma invoices, with the words :
                      ' Los productos mencionados llegan a El Salvador como donativo al pueblo de este país. Según
                      el acuerdo de sede firmado el 12 de septiembre de 1980 (Art. n° 11 ) el Gobierno autoriza su
                      introducción libre de todo tipo de impuestos.'
           (') 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\